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PAUL RODRIGUEZ Skateboarding, for me, has never been a competitive thing.
You know, steel sharpens steel, so, you know, other guys
who are real good help motivate you to stay real good, you know.
OMAR SALAZAR You can go skating and step on your board
for five minutes in the whole day and that's it,
but what makes that day good is the people that you're with;
skating people who inspire you, pretty much.
It's like being in a jam session when you're playing music,
with drummers coming up with a nice beat, you know,
the guitar player's like 'OK I've got a riff for that'
and when you have a good crew, you hype each other up.
For the Brooklyn Banks shoot, I had never really skated that spot before,
I hadn't seen it in tons of videos, and I didn't realise
it was gonna be as difficult of a spot to skate as it was.
I'm used to being in L.A. where everything, you know, there's sunshine every day,
so the spots don't really get too weathered or beat up,
and I was skating the Brooklyn Banks and they had these real,
like, the brick ground was real rough and rugged.
THEOTIS BEASLEY If you don't land right on those four wheels,
say bye-bye, you done.
Burnt toast.
After skating there that night,
I got a ton more respect for all the New York skaters
after spending a lot of time in New York.
Hollywood High, like the Brooklyn Banks, is a very iconic skate spot:
big stairs and big handrails.
And if you're stepping up to Hollywood High, you've got to be mentally prepared,
because it's no joke man:
you can get pretty messed up if you're not taking it seriously.
Just watch.
Tonight, I'm gonna try and huck my carcass down these stairs here,
and hopefully come away with a switch hardflip.
You go to a spot, and the first thing that you wanna know
is what's been done, and what can he do or what can I do
to make something different, instead of doing something that someone's already done.
So, for Paul to do that switch hardflip, it was awesome.
I'm a person who thrives off motivation.
I don't care if you're the best hotdog maker ever,
but you're just so into it, and so inspired by it
that you're all about it all day every day.
Like, you know what I mean, it doesn't matter what it is,
just seeing people having a dream in mind and going for it,
is the motivation for me.