Do skateboarders live a rockstar lifestyle?

Do skateboarders live a rockstar lifestyle?

Tony Alva (Pro Skateboarder) gives expert video advice on: How do I go from an amateur skateboarder to being a pro-skateboarder?; How many skateboarders turn pro every year?; What kind of money can a pro-skateboarder make? and more...

I think a lot of them start out with it and then as they get older, they kind of realize maybe that's not the path to head down. Some of the young ones that start out that way sometimes don't make it. They either fall out of the scene or they have businesses that fail or they end up getting like basically in trouble; not only financially but also a lot of guys end up injuring themselves or having problems with addiction or alcoholism, stuff like that. That can all be remedied through different paths and solutions but some of them just never get it. And they just burn out really fast. The only ones that have been around for quite a while are guys like myself; guys who finally get it and finally know that it's all fine and dandy when you're young and can burn the candle at both ends but when it comes down to it, you've got to find your own path in life.