I discovered skateboarding when I was 13 and I haven't stopped doing it since. It's a part of me the same way animation is. It's a way of life and one of the most euphoric feeling for me. It's my yoga of the body and mind. 

Life lesson number one that skateboarding teaches,

Do it because it's fun and SCREW who ever doesn't like it.

Jay Adams was a skateboarding legend. He changed the world with a skateboard. On the 14th of august in 2014 Jay Adams died of a heart attack.  Here is a tribute video TransWord SkateBoarding Magazine put together in his memory. Be a student of skateboarding history and watch it.  http://skateboarding.transworld.net/videos/legend-award-jay-adams/