Skateboarding is a way to let your body control the mind.

When the pressure's on, I always seem to go bigger and land everything better.

The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That's cool if you're a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person.

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.

When I went pro at 13, I had plenty of sponsors that give me endorsement deals and stuff like that.

If you go to a building to skate, or if you go to these places to skate, you're told it's against the law in some cities. It's definitely a bummer. It's unfortunate.

Competition pushes me to improve. If I see someone do a big trick, I try it.