Skateboard Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old skateboard quotes, skateboard sayings, and skateboard proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Better skills = better performance. Athletes move dynamically. Runners move repetitively. If you do the same thing over and over again, you get bad at doing everything else. One day a week, do something to work on other aspects of athletic skills that you don't get running. Hop on a rocker board or Swiss ball, or better yet, go skateboard, surf, or ski. Get out of your comfort zone! Jay Dicharry
The aesthetic of skateboarding comes from not being too informed, and that, to me, is authenticity. Virgil Abloh
Your power is born of experiment and the endless grudge match between fear and hope. You could close your eyes and wait for this moment to pass or hoard canned goods. But if you go outside and walk around, you'll find the parcels of grace, of ingenuity and enterprise—people riding change like a skateboard. Nancy Gibbs
Hopefully, kids realize you can do anything you want. Skateboarding can be that gateway. Ryan Sheckler
Skateboarding teaches you how to take a fall properly. If you try to kickflip down some stairs, it might take you thirty tries - and you just learn how to take a tumble out of it without getting hurt. Bam Margera
Skaters by their very nature are urban guerillas: they make everyday use of the useless artifacts of the technological burden, and employ the handiwork of the government/corporate structure in a thousand ways that the original architects could never dream of. Craig Stecyk
It’s a strange phenomenon how this piece of wood, wheels and a turning system has made so many people so happy. Chris Cole
I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization. Tony Hawk
I'll tell you one of the great activities is skateboarding. To learn to do a skateboard trick, how many times do you gotta get something wrong til you get it right? And you hurt yourself, and you learn to do that trick, now you got a life lesson. Every time I see those skateboard kids, I think 'those kids'll be alright.' Jerry Seinfeld
Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun. Shaun White
Skate for fun, not for fame. Clyde Singleton
The skateboard has my attention. / The skateboard has a beautiful physique. / The skateboard gives me chills when I see it. / The skateboard is angelic. / The skateboard has my attention. / I feel a sense of emptiness when the skateboard isn't in my presence. / I feel lonely when the skateboard isn't in my sight. / I feel hopelessness when the skateboard is no where to be found. Kamran Minder