How did you qualify for skateboarding contests?

How did you qualify for skateboarding contests?

Tony Alva (Pro Skateboarder) gives expert video advice on: How do I achieve amateur status in the skateboard world?; What types of contests are there for amateur skateboarders?; How did you qualify for skateboarding contests? and more...

Well, I had to qualify by skateboarding through the amateur ranks until I was sixteen years of age. Once I was sixteen, it was more about an age thing, but I had already won everything I could win in the juniors.