Friends Quote by Spike Jonze

When I was fifteen years old, my dad won a video camera in a corporate golf tournament. I snatched it from his closet and…

— Steve-O

Since my Dad was an artist, I grew up around art shows and openings and that had a big impact on me as well,…

— Christian Hosoi

When I was a kid, I used to make skateboarding videos, and I would pretend to be in a band and make rock videos…

— Shavo Odadjian

In high school, I was into a lot of different stuff, and I did ride skateboards.

— Rick Famuyiwa

I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I wanted to promote skateboarding as much as possible through different media.

— Tony Hawk

While I circled around and around in my brown rental skates, I studied a group of skaters spinning in the center. I was fascinated!…

— Gracie Gold

From 8 to 19, I was skateboarding every single day. That was my life. I worked at a skate shop. I watched skate videos.

— Ryan McGinley

I had to learn the hard way. There was a blindness, without any education or will or drive. Everything I started in the beginning…

— Rob Dyrdek

I was a natural skater, but I also took private lessons to enhance my skills.

— Paul Coffey

I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours…

— T. V. Carpio

I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.

— Dorothy Hamill