Zitat des Tages von Rob Dyrdek:
In skateboarding, you're never bigger than the streets.
There's nothing more ridiculous than seeing yourself in a video game.
The way skateboarding contests were in the past was like going to a basketball game and being told at the end of the game what the score was and who won. Think about how unengaging that would be if you didn't know who was ahead or if it was a close game.
MTV has a been a great partner over the years. I'm truly grateful for the platform they've provided for me to create and refine compelling, entertaining media at the highest level.
I operate best on big vision and creative detail.
I started my first company when I was 18 and learned by trial through fire, having no formal education or entrepreneurial experience.
No one can fathom that the top 200 pro street skaters run from cops on the weekends and use a generator and lights to light up a handrail at 2 in the morning to get a trick that's going to be in an advertisement that will be shown around the world.
I quit high school to be a pro skateboarder out of Ohio, which is just asinine, but it was meant to be.
Once you get a trick on film, it's there forever.
DC and Monster have always supported my vision for street skateboarding, from building skate plazas throughout the world to now creating the first-ever professional skateboarding league.
My entire life is a single body of work.
No matter what I do, how much money I make, where I live, or what kind of car I drive, the stuff I skateboard on is the same stuff that every other kid in L.A., every kid in the country, everybody in the world is skateboarding on.
What's skateable is limitless by design.
You knew LeBron James was going to be LeBron James when he was a sophomore.
The evolution of the plaza always came from the idea of just a really good place to ride a skateboard that you could ride at anytime, and that's what the foundation always stands for - being a place that's free, open and legal... for those that are technical, to do really hard stuff, and for those who are learning, to just have fun.
Business is my passion.
I only drink coffee grown in high altitude rain forests.
One of the best things to me about 'Skate' is that if you play this game from beginning to end, you just got a complete education on what skateboarding is.
I built a very methodical television show around my business. I learned how to use television as a platform to advertise products. I created a platform showcasing the stuff that I build. It's taking the integration model to another level.
As skateboarding evolved, it evolved away from competition. Having a best-trick contest doesn't work.
Anything is possible if you're willing to work for it.