Ride for yourself. Develop style and confidence. You become secure, and can handle any terrain or situation without hesitation. Then, bros who deserve it can have their buddies pull strings for their free ride. Remember: it's who you are, not what you are ... period. Free boards don't make you a good rider. More often than not, people judge you by who you ride for. Why you ride is your personal claim. You for you.... that's it. It is respectable to be low key, and be the "nobody" who's schooling all of the "new school" flat ground name dropping sheep, trying so hard to learn the new move my friends did last season on some video that gets overplayed at your local shop. They did this with Noah and that with Roach. Everybody gets to hear juniors first time in the same State as Palmer: "We go every place and do it together, everyday." Yeah, me and Chris Roach drank off the same keg, he is now my blood brother and calls me daily. He even lets me fuck his little sister. I'm cool! Joe Pro farted in a lift line and I smelled it so I'm fully down. I've heard bros talked about like my family members by kids that are to scared to ask for a sticker, let alone just be true to their own lives. You talk about other people more than you relate to yourself. You lead a boring life if you need rumors about strangers to carry a conversation. Weak! Ride for your soul. Sponsors are something to be proud of. Hard work gets rewarded. Don't think Roach or Salas don't pay big dues. A paycheck is nice, but, those guys paid years ago. Dues paid in full with those dogs, riding from the heart is why they are on top. Not a copy cat, image bought at Surf & Skate with mom's Visa card. Seen in the New Fashion article. Someone you don't know deciding how the "crowd" should dress to impress when loitering at the bottom of the hill. If it's cool, I made it so. Clothes suck, and you do too sporting that new look everyone needs. You look cool in that $800 snow suit but have you any Jones to ride... Always.

Leave your image in the parking lot. I won't help you follow my line. You need to bleed riding. You will succeed without problems. You may never be pro, but you are not full of image. This is as good, in fact, a better goal to reach. Ability and confidence makes tough competition for a false image you don't need holding you back. The top dogs have earned their clout years ago with soul. I know, I was there to witness the bullshit. I saw pro status become respectable. I was at Donner way back then and before. Broke and disrespected, on the only hill that opened its arms back when we weren't cool. Where were you?