I don't see masses, I don't see it like, oh there's hundreds of people here and I'm overwhelmed. I just try to think, well I could be a kid in that crowd, or my daughters could be in that crowd, and no one wants to feel like they're just part of the masses.

I'm not going to beat somebody up for talking smack to me, especially another skater.

I understand that these people are all there to see me ride, that that's why they're in the building, and whether I have ten people, or a thousand people come out to see me, they still came out to see me, and I take that to heart.

I grew up with heroes, people who made me aspire to raise my game, to dream bigger and I like to keep it that simple.

I strive to do my best every single time and I think that's something the skate community knows about me and appreciates.

I would dream of being a pro skater, but I never dreamt I'd be discovered by Lance Mountain and Stacey Peralta, who were two major heroes of mine, and be asked to skate for that team and be a part of their company.

We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.