I'd ice-skated before, because I'm Canadian and that's what you do as a kid, but I'd never, ever been on quad skates.
I hung out with all the guys in my neighborhood when I was little... I would, like, skateboard and go to skate parks, like, every day and do motor cross, like, every weekend, and I was kind of one of those girls.
Here's a shock: An adult who still hangs out in skate parks is a bad parent.
L.A. is a city that has given me great support for skating.
I generally like white skates.
I love the fact that there is now a skate park in almost every city, but it will always have a rebellious/underground edge to it because it is based on individuality.
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.
When I was a kid, I always wanted to live in California because I liked skateboarding.
My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
In Dogtown, skateboards are like bikes to the Chinese.
I was a skateboarder when I was little; I still skateboard. I teach my kids how to skate.
All you have to do is drive by the empty tennis courts and basketball courts and compare them to the skate parks... c'mon people, get with the program - the future is now!
I want to be a skater.
We got skate parks in different states, but me skating? Nah, I'm too gangster; I can't rock with it. But I watch it.
When I was growing up, skateboarding was big and basketball was big.
Me and my friends had BMX magazines and skate magazines, and I was a photographer who made skate videos.
The evolution of the plaza always came from the idea of just a really good place to ride a skateboard that you could ride at anytime, and that's what the foundation always stands for - being a place that's free, open and legal... for those that are technical, to do really hard stuff, and for those who are learning, to just have fun.
