You didn't quit skateboarding because you got old, you got old because you quit skateboarding.
I won't quit skating until I am physically unable.
Skateboarding doesn't make you a skateboarder; not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder.
I grew up skateboarding; it was fun. I didn't think about money, I didn't know how much professional skateboarders made. I just knew that if I became a professional skateboarder, I would achieve a lot and get to travel and do these great things.
I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.
Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding.
If you skateboard, you cant be afraid to have people laugh at you.
Life is a lot like skateboarding.
Hopefully, kids realize you can do anything you want. Skateboarding can be that gateway.
Some girls can skate but I personally believe that skateboarding is not for girls at all. Not one bit.
I think that skateboarding can absolutely help make peace... I know skateboarding can bring people together. You can travel anywhere and if someone’s skateboarding, they like you regardless of where you’re from or what you do. You skateboard and that’s it.”
One of the interesting things about skateboarding and graffiti is that skateboarding exists in the documentation of an act.
All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding.
I was a real skateboarder, not a gifted skateboarder. I represented that skateboarding was fun to do by being terrible at it.
I like skateboarding. I'm here on this planet to skateboard; I feel this is what God wants me to do. I just live it. I get hurt all the time. I break bones. It's just all part of the process.
I wanted to promote skateboarding as much as possible through different media.
I started skateboarding at around age 10, and enjoyed the artistic aspect of it as much as the sporting aspect, so for me it was more of an art form and a lifestyle.
I got into skateboarding when I was like a shorty. It was a toy thing.
Think about how much skateboarding opens your eyes to see the world differently.
I live to ride, and ride to live.
Skateboarding teaches you how to take a fall properly. If you try to kickflip down some stairs, it might take you thirty tries - and you just learn how to take a tumble out of it without getting hurt.
My whole life has been the skate life. I don't really remember doing anything besides skateboarding.
When I was a kid, I always wanted to live in California because I liked skateboarding.
Skateboarding is a way to let your body control the mind.
When I got sponsored, it symbolized a major change and a major shift in skateboarding.