I believe in the best sport in the world, skateboarding! Skating has always been my favorite thing to do since I was a shrimp.

I started at about six to seven years of age and couldn't ever put it down. My dad taught me down in San Diego when we lived there and we would always skate down to the beach and back. I remember when my dad and I decided to race down a hill, it was all bad. We both had gotten the wobbles and collided into each other, rolled a few times and ended up in a ditch. Everything was fine though. We gimped home and passed out.

It was New Years 2005. My two friends, mom, and I were going to the new indoor Vans Skatepark and we wanted to stop by the Gardnerville Park to warm up. I tried to boot over an eight foot table and came up short. I stepped down and compound fractured my ankle. I had six screws, two plates, and three surgeries. I was unable to skate for a year and a half. In the end though, I think it's good to fall every once in a while. You never want to break any bones, but you learn from your mistakes. Skating is almost my life.

I will always believe in skating until the day I die. This is a very good sport and a good stress reliever. If I were to ever have kids i hope that I could be there for them like my papas was for me.