No matter where you come from you have the ability to do anything you put your mind to. My story is that the journey is everything. What I want the world to know about my brand or story is that I give 110% that I put into everything. The lessons I learned along the way is that to never give up, you could be right around the corner from your dream, and most people give up on it because they can’t see the corner, the lesson is the corner is always right there, you just have to keep the bus moving, you might be on E, but they’ll always be a way to make it if you just believe and don’t give up and keep pushing to do whatever it takes to get there. That’s what it is, it’s a test, “if you really want it, the game will test you” as Nipsey Hussle says and that is the ultimate truth. How I overcame those challenges was to stick to my script, what I know, what nobody can see that I see, I stuck to that, I shook off the haters, I shook off the injuries, (broke 11 bones) I shook off the negativity that was surrounding me and I just kept on pushing.
Kevin romar andrew shrook pro#
I’ve been a pro skateboarder for about 9 years now and it’s been a different story, a very good story to say the least, but it was the ultimate grind to get here. I had to prove to the skateboarding community that I was for real and that took a really long time to do, but once I did, I got the respect from everybody in the industry and that took about 5-6 years to do as an Amateur. It was extremely hard in the beginning, I received hate from people I thought were my friends, sponsors did not want to sponsor me, money was short, I had to hustle as young kid, I had to go through a really tough time to get to be even an Amateur Skateboarder. I was grinding through the tough years, trying to gain sponsors to help me get to a place I saw in myself that nobody else did. Seeing that hurt me but it motivated me to do something outside of the normal, when I picked up skateboarding I put my heart & soul into it. I come from a broken home, and watched my mom struggle throughout most of my childhood.
Kevin romar andrew shrook professional#
I am A professional Skateboarder & DJ from Long Beach, CA. Risks sometimes have to be calculated tho, not all risks are good risk, but I think risks overall involve your intuition and what you think is best for the moment and that you have to be willing to go off of your gut feeling to take yourself to that next step.Īlright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally? Rather it be reaching out to a sponsor I like to see if they will sponsor me, or trying a scary skateboarding trick down some stairs, or taking a risk to DJ different events that are outside of the normal to understand that not every party or event is the same and that you have to be prepared no matter the circumstance and be willing to take a risk on what songs you think will work for them. When I’ve taken a risk or multiple risks to do something for my career, it has helped tremendously.
You have to take risks to be able to jump outside of your comfort zone to reach the next level. What I think about risk is that if your not willing to take one, then you will be in the same spot over and over.
We had the good fortune of connecting with Kevin Romar and we’ve shared our conversation below.
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