My motivation has always been progression, I mean not just personally but in terms of skateboarding as a whole
and skating has progressed so much further than any of us ever imagined
that I love the fact that I'm still somewhat of a contemporary and I get to take part of it.
My motivation.
I never imagined that we would be able to skate this long.
The fact that we still are doing it actively and still doing it kind of as a team but definitely together.
No, I had no idea. When we were skating, when we first turned pro and we were skating all the pools and things like that,
we were teenagers and the unspoken rule at the time was if you get into your adult life, your adult years,
you can't skate for a living anymore because mostly because there was not a living to be made
and so a lot of people were quitting when they were in their 20s and we never felt that pressure.
My motivation.
I'm going to Tronga Zoo today and I love the animals that are native to Australia obviously.
We don't get to see them that often and so the fact that you get to interact with kangaroos and koalas,
I mean as cliche as it sounds, that's super exciting to us as Americans.
Let's take a bit of a walk.
Well, I love it here in Sydney and New South Wales because to me it's a lot like home.
I live in San Diego, so it's very much a beach culture, which it is here obviously.
But they've embraced skateboarding so much that it's really refreshing because a lot
of times I can travel the world and skateboarding is still considered novelty or maybe a bad
influence.
But here in Sydney and New South Wales, it's like they love it.
They love it almost as much as they love surfing and other sports and so it's a blast
to come here and have people embrace it.
What's next for me?
Well, I'm going to keep skating as long as I can.
We have a new video game coming out this year I'm super excited about and more funding
of skate parks in low income areas.
Tony Hawk Foundation is a passion of mine and it's something that I'm focusing a lot
more on in terms of raising awareness, raising funding and we're doing more international
outreach so that's very close to my heart.
