Originally Posted by
Scott Philips
I skateboarded since like 5th or 6th grade so 10 or 11. My city didn't really do anything about giving any type of reasonable skating area not to mention city is very flat so focused on flatland stuff, homemade boxes/rails and smaller stairs and gaps and then migrated to doing stuff down larger stairs and handrails or putting obstacles such as picknick tables across gaps and stairs. Kept getting arrested and kicked out of spots any time a good session would break out but I got a good bit of skating in until about 16 or 17 when i focused on other sports. Picked it back up occasionally until i really found Jiu Jitsu. I have surfed but definitely wouldn't say I'm good, mainly due to lack of experience and availability. Think if I lived somewhere where it was something I could do daily, I certainly would. SNOWBOARDING IS MY SHIT though. Use to go to Lake Tahoe about once a year with family in CA and with my skateboarding experience it just came naturally. After several days on the mountain, coming back to a shitty skateboarding town just couldn't compare. Few things in life compare to dropping in on a double black diamond with fresh powder and just killing it.