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"One of the things that really drew me to skateboarding in addition to the freedom it brings is that it doesn't ask anything of you than to just do it. You didn't have to know who did what, didn't have to do things a certain way, just doing it was enough. Sure, there were tricks and guys you wanted to emulate, but you could (and still can) just go and define skateboarding for yourself. A 12 year-old kid' s version of skateboarding is just as valid as the guys who have done it their whole life. That's the coolest thing about it. Maybe the 12 year old will learn a bit of skate history and will appreciate it, but then again he doesn't have to and that's fully cool too. To think that just because I'm older, been doing it longer, sweat and bled skating my whole life entitles me to shit is just nuts. No one's more right in this deal than anyone else, maybe some are totally crazy, but it doesn't make em wrong."
-Jim Thiebaud

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