Being different is awesome! All of those who are different are more interesting than those who are clamoring for acceptance because they follow the path.

Most of my friends are skaters or were skaters at one time, so they obviously relate.

I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.

I think that the board is a lot more intuitive than people assume. You get on it and all you have to do is put one foot on the tail and one foot on the nose and rock it up and down and that will get you into the tricks or wheelies or manuals. It's not about the balance so much as it is about the timing.

I played team sports, but I never felt like I fitted in that well, so this allowed me to be part of a community but to do it in my own way.

There were so many things associated with it in terms of music and fashion, and a different way of thinking that, for me, skateboarding represented so much of what I wanted to do with my life at an early age.

I love snowboarding, but I would never want to do it competitively or at a professional level. Snowboarding is a spawn of skating, and skating is my passion.