Skateboarding Quotes

(On skateboarding injuries) I have scars on my knees from smashing into the corner of cement benches. I have scars on my pelvis from jumping off my board and sliding like Superman down a hill. One time I snapped my wrist in half and had to get a cast on my arm. Like an idiot, I skated before the cast was taken off, and I fell again and broke my other arm. For the next three months I had to brush my teeth using only my thumb and pinkie.

(On retiring from skateboarding) When I decided to retire, I thought I was getting a little too old to be skating for a living. There was a lot of pressure to be at the top of my game all the time, and my heart just wasn`t in it anymore. But I haven`t given up skating completely. I still cruise around now and then just for fun. I`m way past my prime, so nobody expects much from me anymore.

All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding.

We can do a lot more in our everyday lives to prevent brain injuries. I`d like to see everyone here, when they buy that next car, make sure it has side airbags. And make sure kids under 15 always wear a helmet for bike riding, skateboarding, rollerblading. We could save a life a day just by doing that.

Everyone else but me surfs. I grew up skateboarding, but I don`t even do that anymore. I`ll get hurt and die, ... But if I die, I`ll sell more records. We`re thinking of doing that. Actually dying.

Everyone else but me surfs. I grew up skateboarding, but I don`t even do that anymore. I`ll get hurt and die. But if I die, I`ll sell more records. We`re thinking of doing that. Actually dying.

I just flipped the switch on. I can`t believe I won. It seems the tour has been going smooth for me. The overall impression has been remarkable. The support of the fans and NBC is something that competition skateboarding needs.

Anybody who comes up with the idea of banning skateboarding, that`s a pretty damn good reason right there.

It`s an old fracture and it`s completely healed. It`s not related to anything that`s going to cause a problem. He might have done it when he was seven years old skateboarding in Orange County, for all I know.

Tony Hawk games are known for having incredible soundtracks that match the look and feel of the game play. Tony Hawk`s American Wasteland pays homage to the roots of skateboarding and the music on the CD does the same with the assembly of some of the best new bands of today giving us their take on punk classics.

Tony Hawk games are known for having incredible soundtracks that match the look and feel of the game play, ... Tony Hawk`s American Wasteland pays homage to the roots of skateboarding and the music on the CD does the same with the assembly of some of the best new bands of today giving us their take on punk classics.

Tony Hawk games are known for having incredible soundtracks that match the look and feel of the game play, ... Tony Hawk's American Wasteland pays homage to the roots of skateboarding and the music on the CD does the same with the assembly of some of the best new bands of today giving us their take on punk classics.