Ellis Jones

in skateboarding.

And he knew the guy who owns Skatepark of Tampa over on Columbus in East Tampa.

And yeah, it didn't take long of like a vetting process to go work there.

And so I got to jump into a couple of different jobs where I got to kind of influence the

my, my area.

You know what I mean?

Like I brought, I created a, uh, they have a big pro-am contest at skate park of Tampa that brings a lot of people in.

And so I set up a, uh, an event.

I brought the tattoo shop to the skate park and they still now 10 something years later, give out free tattoos to the people who are at the contest.

So it's like, I got to see how I got to, I went from within a year or so of being out of juvenile hall to,

I'm like making dreams come true.

You know what I mean?

Like I'm, I'm leading, it's, it's an alternative lifestyle, but I'm leading a positive lifestyle, making it a positive impact on my community.

We, we had a big skateboard contest or a protest on, uh, June 21st is national go skateboard day.

And, um, so we decided to do some renegade, um,

Contests out in the street.

Just go to a street spot and have a contest.

It's totally illegal.

And we skated through downtown Tampa, 150 kids.

It's kind of like a flash mob.