Acoustic guitar Quote by Cedric Bixler-Zavala

It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store…

— Dorothy Hamill

I was introduced to skateboarding through my father. He was a surfer back in the 50's & 60's in Hawaii, where my parents grew…

— Christian Hosoi

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 grew up in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California in the 1970s. My friends and I were into bicycle motocross and into…

— Scott Borchetta

Jumping off that cliff in Jamaica.It was years ago. It was at this place called Rick's Cafe. Actually, it was two cliffs. They were…

— Queen Latifah

There were so many things associated with it in terms of music and fashion, and a different way of thinking that, for me, skateboarding…

— Tony Hawk

Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I…

— Jason Lee

I park two blocks away from Nickelodeon studios and I hop on my skateboard and I skateboard the rest of the way to the…

— Greg Cipes

Skateboarding and that whole industry just became so far away. I was trying to find that ultimate place, that place of contentment but I…

— Christian Hosoi

There weren't sidewalks to skateboard on and malls to hang out in. There wasn't anything to do. And I was too scrawny to play…

— John Fullbright

Through my surfing, I met all my friends that helped me out in the music world, and so that's kind of how it all…

— Donavon Frankenreiter

I used to skate around the rink with my mom, and we used to race each other until I started getting way better. Then…

— Mirai Nagasu