I've been wearing Vans since I was a little kid. I wear…

I grew up skateboarding; it was fun. I didn't think about money, I didn't know how much professional skateboarders made. I just knew that…

— Jason Lee

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.

— Tom DeLonge

When I was younger, I used to be a part of the surfing-and-skateboarding community.

— Katy Perry

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But…

— Lucy Walker

Street culture is punk, hip-hop, skateboarding, surfing, graffiti. It's like a massive global culture that is all tied together. But for so many years…

— Jeffrey Deitch

For me, skateboarding started in 1965, so by the time the Dogtown era came around I'd already been skatin' for 10 years. When I…

— Jay Adams

I love the ocean, and I love surfing. It's something so special and unique, and surfing is unlike any other sport. Skateboarding is amazing,…

— Bethany Hamilton

Mike Clark, who's a really amazing surfer, got me back into surfing. I surfed a lot from '82 to '86, and then I kind…

— Robert Trujillo

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport.

— Tony Hawk

All the fans who see me ride through the city are laughing. They can't believe the manager of Leipzig is skateboarding! They like it.…

— Julian Nagelsmann

If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active.

— Ryan Sheckler

My whole life has been the skate life. I don't really remember doing anything besides skateboarding.

— Ryan Sheckler

Think about how much skateboarding opens your eyes to see the world differently.

— John Humphrys

Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

— Shaun White

There is sort of an unspoken 'no skateboarding' clause on tour that I break pretty often.

— Matt Skiba