When Your Daughter Asks You To Be

My Definition Of Success Is Doing What You Love. I Feel Many People Do Things Because They Feel They Have To, And Are Hesitant To Risk Following Their Passion.

Being Different Is Awesome! All Of Those Who Are Different Are More Interesting Than Those Who Are Clamoring For Acceptance Because They Follow The Path.

I Started Skateboarding At Around Age 10, And Enjoyed The Artistic Aspect Of It As Much As The Sporting Aspect, So For Me It Was More Of An Art Form And A Lifestyle.

The Irony About Selling Out Is That They Only Call You A Sell-out When Your Stuff Finally Sells - I've Had Products Bearing My Name Since I Was 14, But Nobody Was Buying Them Then.

I Think That There's A Sense Of Self-reliance That Exists In Skateboarding That Kids Can Take To Their Daily Lives. I Think There's Also A Sense Of Creativity And Community-based Goals - In Skating, Even Though It Is An Individual Pursuit, A Lot Of Things That You Learn Are Things That You Borrow And Expand From Other People's Ideas. I Call Skating A Combined Evolution - It's Individual, It's Artistic, But At The Time, There Is A Communal Push To Keep Doing Your Thing. And A Sense Of Camaraderie In That.