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

I don't like to get too involved in the idea that "I'm a role model" and that everything I do is right. I don't think that's the case at all, but I think who I am at my core, and what I represent at my core, is something that is meaningful, and can be something that other people can gain inspiration from.

I don't talk down to kids. Usually someone my age who's talking to a ten or twelve year old is yelling at them.

Through getting sponsored and becoming a part of the Bones Brigade and Powell Peralta, doors were being opened. The entire culture was shifting from ramps to street, and I sort of became a poster child for that.

When I got sponsored, it symbolized a major change and a major shift in skateboarding.

Where I'm coming from is that nothing I do is from a sense of obligation.

They told me I'd have to be there for the entire shooting of the movie which was two and a half months and again, I was surprised. Most movies I'd worked on before took only a day or so, so I realized this was a pretty big deal. I got to the set and was involved in a very integral way, which was a fun experience to be a part of.