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

I desire to have a dialogue that's positive, and communicative and moves forward, and is about something real, not just consumption.

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.

Everything that I'm really about is being an individualist. I believe in individuality.

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

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

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