How to Become a Pro Skateboarder

Video Transcript

"So how do you become a professional skateboarder you may ask? Well there are actually multiple ways of doing it. First you have to start off and you have to practice every day, practice that is the main thing I can point out, is practice. After you get done practicing and you feel real confident in yourself like you are getting good, you go out and you can make a skate video man or you can just really hang out with people and get to know people, go to skate parks and really network that is the major thing with skateboarding, is networking. It is not just about whether you are good it is about who you know too. So I mean just take time, slowly progress get better and better, go out every day and try to learn something new and then when you feel confident go out and make a skate video and once you are done with that you can mail it to any skate shop, any company, any baring company, anything you can think of and if they like you they will give you a call back and they will go into deals with sponsorships you know. There are three main things you need to worry about it is called the three p's, passion, patience and persistence. Those three things can help you get really far. You have got to be passionate about what you do, you can't just be like oh I want to do it because it seems fun. If you want to go pro you have to be very passionate. It is more or less a job, it is a hobby and a job together. Persistence because I mean trust me you are going to fall a lot, you are going to fall all the time. I fall all the time, multiple times but you have got to be persistent enough to get up and get back on the horse and give it another shot and patience because it gets very frustrating trying the same trick over and over again. I found myself for like one whole day trying the same trick repeatedly until I landed it but when I landed it it actually paid off and I felt so much better so those are the three main things you need as far as skating goes, passion, patience and persistence. You have got to have good attitude, that's the main thing man you have to have a good attitude. You have to want it, you have to not only that but be humble because I know a lot of skaters are good but they are terrible people they are no fun to skate with which means that it would be hard for them to find a sponsorship because they don't have good personality. You just have to be real humble man and be happy that you are here, be happy that you are skating because it is crazy how a board and a turning system has like changed so many people's lives, it's ridiculous. So you have got to be real serious about it."