I grew up on the Bones Brigade as well. The very first skateboard video I saw was the Bones Brigade Video Show and I'd always valued the Bones Brigade and Powell Peralta as the ultimate in skateboarding. — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
There's a lot of time when skaters think they know everything because they've seen videos of you, and seen you on TV or the internet, and there's ways of throwing jabs and being inconsiderate and not having your manners. — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
I don't talk down to kids. Usually someone my age who's talking to a ten or twelve year old is yelling at them. — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
I grew up on the Bones Brigade as well. The very first skateboard video I saw was the Bones Brigade Video Show and I'd… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
What I do is I take action because I value the position I have, the career I have, the life I live, the people… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
I'm not out here on the front lines trying to create clones, or consumers, or worshippers of who I am, and what I do.… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
Kids at skate parks will step up and challenge me to a game of Skate, but I'm over that, I really don't care. I'm… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
I don't see masses, I don't see it like, oh there's hundreds of people here and I'm overwhelmed. I just try to think, well… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
I strive to do my best every single time and I think that's something the skate community knows about me and appreciates. — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
They told me I'd have to be there for the entire shooting of the movie which was two and a half months and again,… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
I feel like the best thing, as far as what I do with kids, is I treat them like human beings. — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
When I got sponsored, it symbolized a major change and a major shift in skateboarding. — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
I'm not going to beat somebody up for talking smack to me, especially another skater. — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
There's a lot of time when skaters think they know everything because they've seen videos of you, and seen you on TV or the… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
