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

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

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

I grew up on the Bones Brigade as well. The very first skateboard video I saw was the Bones Brigade Video Show and I'd always valued the Bones Brigade and Powell Peralta as the ultimate in skateboarding.

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.

There's a lot of time when skaters think they know everything because they've seen videos of you, and seen you on TV or the internet, and there's ways of throwing jabs and being inconsiderate and not having your manners.

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.