I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.
My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together.
I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics.
Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things.
Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding.
The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there.
I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them.
Everywhere I go I buy new music shirts.
It's tough now to meet a girl who wants to hang out with you because she likes your personality - who hasn't seen you on TV and is like, 'Hey!'
I play games.
I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably.
It's a pretty heavy thing that happens to me when I'm at competitions. I get so sucked in, I can't really turn it off.
If you think I've got a lot of sponsors, you should see the stuff I turn down.
My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous.
Whenever I do a deal I always have the right of approval.
When I'm on planes, I'd talk to people and I'd tell them I compete in the X Games. Some would know what it was, but maybe half didn't. But everyone knows about the Olympics. They're really like the X Games for the world!
I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.
When I came back to skating, everyone was like 'Oh you're the snowboard guy.'
I can't really describe a trick as much as I just feel it.
I don't think the sport is any more dangerous than it's ever been.
