WEBVTT 00:04.380 --> 00:06.436 I'm never gonna quit skateboarding . 00:06.449 --> 00:09.079 I'm gonna be that old man , gray 00:09.489 --> 00:12.050 showing up to the skate park on the 00:12.050 --> 00:14.850 board , impressing the kids and maybe I 00:14.850 --> 00:16.850 won't be doing stair sets , maybe I 00:16.850 --> 00:19.072 won't be doing these crazy tricks , but 00:19.072 --> 00:20.961 I'm never getting off the board . 00:20.961 --> 00:21.961 That's my life . 01:20.809 --> 01:22.753 I started skateboarding when I was 01:22.839 --> 01:25.061 about 4 years old and I kind of dropped 01:25.061 --> 01:27.239 it , but I , I grew up in Southern 01:27.239 --> 01:29.461 California , so it's always part of the 01:29.461 --> 01:31.629 culture there . I eventually came back 01:31.629 --> 01:33.800 to skateboarding when I was 15 years 01:33.800 --> 01:36.360 old . I had just picked up a skateboard 01:36.360 --> 01:38.360 that my brother had in the garage . 01:38.360 --> 01:40.527 We're always looking for dumb stuff to 01:40.527 --> 01:42.304 do and . Different ways to hurt 01:42.304 --> 01:44.639 ourselves and just bombing hills that 01:44.639 --> 01:46.750 not even knowing how to barely ride a 01:46.750 --> 01:48.917 skateboard and we're bombing hills and 01:48.917 --> 01:51.250 laughing at each other falling down and . 01:51.250 --> 01:53.139 That's what it is . Skateboarding 01:53.139 --> 01:55.195 definitely keeps me humble . There's 01:55.195 --> 01:57.417 never a time I go out there and I , and 01:57.417 --> 01:59.583 I don't eat it . I come home and I , I 01:59.583 --> 02:01.528 didn't land the trick , but you're 02:01.528 --> 02:03.528 always going back and you're always 02:03.528 --> 02:05.695 trying again and you're always getting 02:05.695 --> 02:07.695 back on your board just to get that 02:07.695 --> 02:09.839 little bit of euphoria it is when you 02:09.839 --> 02:13.410 when you land a trick . You're not 02:13.410 --> 02:15.466 gonna get what you want every time . 02:15.869 --> 02:17.925 But that's what makes it beautiful . 02:19.740 --> 02:21.851 The common traits that a skateboarder 02:21.851 --> 02:24.270 possesses would be resilience , 02:24.600 --> 02:27.570 devotion , pushing boundaries . There's 02:27.570 --> 02:30.949 a community around it that . is so 02:30.949 --> 02:34.130 accepting and Kind of rebellious in 02:34.130 --> 02:36.330 nature , but that's what I love about 02:36.330 --> 02:38.770 it . I would say that some of the 02:38.770 --> 02:41.048 lessons that you learned skateboarding . 02:41.580 --> 02:44.820 Definitely transcribes to the military 02:44.820 --> 02:47.729 realm as well . Something I've noticed 02:47.729 --> 02:49.809 about soldiers that skate is their 02:49.809 --> 02:53.419 ability to overcome obstacles and push 02:53.419 --> 02:56.610 themselves for greatness . I just feel 02:56.610 --> 03:00.419 like Skateboarders are motivated 03:00.910 --> 03:02.632 by the fear of being average . 03:08.110 --> 03:10.429 The sad part about it is that it's kind 03:10.429 --> 03:12.949 of rare to find other skaters in the 03:12.949 --> 03:16.429 military . But when you do , it's . 03:17.380 --> 03:19.269 Almost like an unbreakable bond . 03:25.800 --> 03:27.744 Skateboarding has made me a better 03:27.744 --> 03:29.744 soldier because of the resilience , 03:29.744 --> 03:31.856 just being able to not take no for an 03:31.856 --> 03:35.080 answer and chase after something and 03:35.080 --> 03:37.191 until you get it and being scared and 03:37.191 --> 03:40.589 and overcoming and being comfortable 03:40.919 --> 03:44.380 with the uncomfortable . Failure can 03:44.380 --> 03:46.436 debilitate people , but for soldiers 03:46.436 --> 03:48.639 that skate , failure's all we know . I 03:48.639 --> 03:51.059 don't have time to wallow in my failure 03:51.059 --> 03:53.170 because I'm already back on the board 03:53.170 --> 03:55.281 trying again , and I'm gonna get it . 03:55.281 --> 03:57.448 I'm gonna try and try until I get it . 03:57.448 --> 03:59.392 Skating makes me feel like there's 03:59.392 --> 04:01.337 always more . There's more to life 04:01.337 --> 04:03.448 because of all of the possibilities , 04:03.448 --> 04:05.559 all of the milestones that you've yet 04:05.559 --> 04:07.726 to achieve , and maybe they don't mean 04:07.726 --> 04:09.892 anything to anybody else , but it sure 04:09.892 --> 04:12.919 as hell means something to you . I'm 04:12.919 --> 04:14.960 sorry First Class Drewin and I'm a 04:14.960 --> 04:15.789 skateboarder .