Whether you're just starting to skate or have been skating for many years, who doesn't want to be a successful professional skateboarder?
Most skateboarders have a strong desire to be professional someday. However, we do not know what it means to be a pro skater or pursue it.
If you want to become a professional skateboarder, you must challenge yourself. No one else is going to push you to be a pro skater, so it's up to you to do it.
The myth of overnight success is a scam, and there's no such thing as turning pro for a skate company immediately. It takes time to get promoted.
The most common obstacle in becoming a successful professional skateboarder is the unconscious wish for overnight success and having it all.
It makes skaters impatient, shortcut-minded and erratic, which have devastating effects on performance and judgement.
There will always be unseen variables. No matter how carefully you make your decisions or plan the course of turning pro, there are always unseen and unpredictable variables affecting how your goals play out.
A new skilled skateboarder might come out of nowhere to take your shine, and if you're not ready for that uncertainty, you will get hit when it occurs.
If you don't love skateboarding, don't pursue a career out of it. It's as simple as that. As a skater, you're going to have to put in long hours and make sacrifices to be great at it.
When you're passionate about skating, putting in the long hours won't feel like it's a sacrifice, but it will feel like you're just playing and enjoying.
Take baby steps to become a successful pro skater. With grit and perseverance, baby steps will get you far toward your goals in life and not just in skateboarding.
Successful professional skateboarders stay focused on their ambitions and learn from failures. You will fail at some point. It's how you adjust to these failures that will make or break your career path. Failure is an aspect of becoming a successful pro skater, so you better get used to it now.