Having the balance to be able to stay on the board in skating and surfing gives you all-around much better balance.

When I'm on planes, I'd talk to people and I'd tell them I compete in the X Games. Some would know what it was, but maybe half didn't. But everyone knows about the Olympics. They're really like the X Games for the world!

I was told from a very young age that I wasn't gonna be anything. That I wasn't gonna amount to a single thing.

Generally, I'm a pretty mellow guy.

I've always wanted to land a 1080, it's been a beast of a burden for me.

My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together.

The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there.