Paul Rodriguez

A lot of guys who are closer to my age, with the exception of a couple, aren't really still pushing themselves.

They're kind of just cruising and doing whatever.

I want to stay in that mindset of feeling competitive and feeling like I'm trying to stay relevant.

Yeah, it happens.

I mean, I've definitely gone through waves after this long.

I'll go through waves when I'm just like burnt out and kind of not feeling it.

But then, you know, after a little bit, I'll get something will inevitably spark me back up and I'll get on a big like lock in focus mode.

Yeah.

it happens but i've learned not to panic early on when it first happened to me i was like why do i why do i not feel motivated this has never happened to me before and i'll be panicky like am i over what's gonna happen then inevitably i went through it a couple times and now i know like it's all right it's cool it'll come back like we all go through burnout right no matter what we're doing yeah you just push yourself to to a certain limit and you just your body your mind is just like you just take a break man i'll come back i'll be stronger just like let me be

Not really.

I started when I was just shy of turning 12.

It's been 28, going on 29 years of skateboarding.

That's how old I am.

That's crazy.

I've been doing it since I've been a pretty young child and all through my adulthood.

I haven't really spent any time looking into other hobbies.

I have other interests, but

I know myself.

I'm a one-track mind.

If I let myself get too into it, then I'm going to stop focusing on skateboarding.