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my world revolved around skating.
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When you love something unconditionally,
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it becomes part of your identity,
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When that flame is snuffed out in a flash,
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you learn to appreciate what you had an AC L MC and
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Meniscus tear trifecta knocked my world off its axis.
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Two years out. Had me reflecting was I burnt out or
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just taking my blessings for granted.
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Skateboarding is my obsession.
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It's the hours of lost sleep you take on the chin,
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reliving every stumble and tow drag.
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It's the battles won and lost in the pursuit of rollaway perfection
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It's in the invisible stones.
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You kick before a run that do or die one last try
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and that quiet grace in chasing your shadow under the fading light
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It was endless nights cruising the streets scoping the perfect spot
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Magic marble architecture hidden in plain sight for those who know
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where to look. It's in our own unique vernacular switch,
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gnarly, fakey, front side backside.
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It's also in those quiet moments,
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those breaths you take as the world stops spinning just for you
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Most of all skateboarding's home.
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These last 20 years have gotten me sentimental,
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getting lost in the memories of Christmas Day stepping on my first
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board. Never wanting to let it go.
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Thinking back on that little kid from Northridge Sunset kick clips in
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his parents' driveway. Visualizing as heroes like Cain and Penny beside
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him. Skateboarding for me is more than a passion.
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It's how I express myself in skateboarding.
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A video has the power to change your life.
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It's your story. Each clip a microcosm frozen in DV of
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a time and place of battle one.
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It's that feeling of manifesting the pictures in my mind that keeps
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driving me forward. Social media has become an infinite stage of
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possibilities to share my craft with the world in documenting my recovery
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on my channel. I reframe my process one video at a
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time when I look back on my time in skateboarding,
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I've got my dad's words echoing in my head.
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What got you there will keep you there.
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I've got a whole lot left to give a lot of gas
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in the tank, a lot of fire in my belly.
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And as soon as I feel like I can't hang well,
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let's hold off on that because right now I'm loving every minute
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of it. This is Paul Rodriguez P Rod,
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professional skateboarder. Yo soy Asi.
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