Skateboarding Competitions Quotes

Skating was popular, but it wasn't mainstream. It had this underground following, and you could go on tours, win decent prize money, and make royalties from signature products - that's how I came to buy a house when I was a senior in high school.

I'm too into skateboarding to be devastated by anything.

I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.

I generally like white skates.

DC and Monster have always supported my vision for street skateboarding, from building skate plazas throughout the world to now creating the first-ever professional skateboarding league.

I was born in Orange, California and I grew up in Huntington Beach. I started skateboarding when I was five and continued to do so off and on over the years.

I definitely tried to skateboard in middle school, and being from San Diego, surf and skate culture is a big, prevalent thing. But I was not that good - I was kind of a chubby kid and didn't totally master skating.

I got into skateboarding when I was like a shorty. It was a toy thing.

The mainstream thinks that every skateboarder aspires to be in the X Games.

I'll skateboard now and then from time to time.

Ramp skating has become the most popular televised form of skating because they can constrain it. They can judge it based on what's happening within this box of a ramp.

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.

The reality of professional skateboarding contests is that they're not relevant in our world.

The serious professional skateboarder doesn't have a job. They get paid enough not to.

I want to be a skater.

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.

Everyone probably says this, but my favorite athlete is Tony Hawk. I'd really love to meet him.

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.