I’m 24 I picked up skateboarding about a year ago it has changed my life I work super hard at it and it’s done so much for my mental health and marijuana consumption

You should be really proud of what you've achieved mate, going through such a tough situation to living your dream.

Well done mate. At least you got motivation from your dad. His loss is your gain. Never could skate well but almost 50 now and still love it.

Computer games for your generation and Back to the Future for mine

@Kindsoul75

Ай бұрын

Holy shit, your right, back to the future was what did it .. I was already a skater when gleaming the cube came out..

@lupo3694

Ай бұрын

That movie did more for skateboard sales in the 80s than any other piece of media, I guess. Amost every kid wanted a skateboard for chrismas after that thing hit the cinemas.

@rakor8914

Ай бұрын

yep 1986 my first board cheers

Thanks for sharing your story Dan! Really inspiring. I would have never thought you had such a rough past. Keep shredding! ❤

Probably your best video I have seen in my opinion. I’ve Been skating since the 90’s, your story seems to be a theme. I knew many with a similar background as yours, several that didn’t make it out alive. Glad you leveled out and gave that nonsense up. Good parents is crucial and unfortunately some people have no business raising kids.

@AndySo2000

Ай бұрын

Really the best video you've seen? You can't be serious. This guys voice is exactly like kermit the frog and he tries to name drop lame youtube skaters for his own half baked fame. Branch our holmes there's way better stuff to watch then this trash!

So glad you’re comfortable with sharing your story. It must have been so hard for you with everything you went through. I’m glad you turned out to be who you are now! Also, I liked how you showed skateclips every now and then when you’re talking!

you truly have my biggest respect, going through all of that is crazy and you are still standing. you are exactly the person who could be an massive idol for so many people even outside the skating world (ur my idol aswell) keep going dude

You have a very inspirational and relatable story, been working on kicking nicotine and cutting down caffeine, been skating 21 yrs but have knee braces on basically 24/7 so ive struggled to push for it more thinking I couldnt get anywhere even though it feels like my purpose. Still pushing tho and will skate the rest of my life. Made tons of progress and idk where id be without skateboarding. All bc of Tony Hawk games too, really changed so many lives. Hoping to one day skate and make art for a living but always hear the same thing "you need a backup, something more reliable" been thinking of making more skating content on my other channel including a full story of my journey of skating with knee braces and how much its impacted me as a person. Your story is inspiring, nice to see the skating scene being a bit more opened up the past few years

Good on you for bettering yourself. Bless Holly. Amazing what someone’s love can do for another person! Keep it going Dan.

Thank you so much for making this! Truly inspiring! I’m so glad I found you, I really relate to your past experiences.

Hey, good video. I really appreciated the positive vibes and the focus on the upside while being frank and honest about the darkeness. A lot of people have dark pasts but they feel a lot of shame about it and so they hide it, and it owns them. Conversations like this help us all to be ok with ourselves. I was kinda bummed about your drama videos about braille, and had decided I wasn't into your schtick. But I watched this video thinking I need to be open to listening to folks I'm not into. Glad I did. I get that you're young and you're figuring it out. I hope you get lots of great feedback on this new positive direction. You have an opportunity to let people know that once they're ok with not being ok. Paradoxically, they're ok again. That's exactly what you did with this video and it made you super relatable and likeable. Wish you all the best.

Good to open up Dan. Always good to talk about these things. Love your videos and vibes

Love your content,keep it up

Yo Dan brother this story is inspiring! Definitely excited and motivated to achieve my KZread goals thanks to you mate! Skateboarding has kept me on the straight and narrow for my life!

Thanks for making this.

Didn't know that was your story dude, well done on your journey back up 👊

This actually makes me feel good and positive about my situation. Thank you

Your honesty and positive spin will probably save lives we'll never know of. Congratulations on getting through hell and winning

Great job man. Youve made it so far

Balls…

Wow, makes me realise how lucky I was with my upbringing. I have a daughter and cannot imagine her sleeping in a doorway of a William Hill at 16. It’s actually inspiring to see where you are now. One tough bloke. Respect 🫡

Awesome Testimony Brother! Looking Forward to Future Skate Videos 💯🙏

i picked up skateboarding this year when i saw a few skaters and thought it looked really fun. and thank you Dan for the confidence to share this :]

Thank u for sharing your story bro ♥️

I've been drinking too much everyday for the last 5 years, I'm 32. I know I can't sustain that. Currently trying to use skateboarding as a way to trade out my alcohol consumption for good. This video is like, exactly what I needed to watch. Not looking forward to the hard parts, but looking forward to the change. Skateboarding is fun and it exercises my body and makes me feel good, the other option is sitting in one spot and consuming poison. Hard to relate unless you've been there.

Dannyyyyy boiii. This earned a sub from me. Appreciate u sharing ur story and I’m proud of how u have achieved ur dreams after such a chaotic upbringing. U r a true inspiration

You the man Dan glad your better now

mad respect, Skateboarding is life!!

My god man, glad you over came all of that and still prospered to be a great soul

Glad you made it out bro 🙏

I liked this video a lot, and it's great that you're using your platform to share your story and inspire others!

I have about 6 years sober from a drug I don’t want to specify. I’ve always loved skateboarding but I’m shit at it, but still try from time to time. I know how to start like 2 tricks but only in fakie because I ride goofy but can’t get the pop with my left foot. But I loved hearing your story, stuff like that really helps to see someone you look up to as a person. Keep it pushing man

You got a good outlook on life. Good job getting better. That is not easy

Doing good for yourself Bro, very happy for you, keep up the ripping.

@dan webz im the same way i got into skating from tony hawks pro skater 2. watching the video clips and unlocking them was awesome back in the day it made me want to skate. i got an issue with booze was that part of your addicition or just pills?

To be honest man, i appreciated what you were trying to do with the old videos. It has a certain originality and humor to them that I personally only see so much of on youtube. Maybe it wasn't your style but i can see what you were going for :)

The one footed manual was crazy 😂🔥

I'm almost 40 been messed up most my life, under achieving, and I now have a dream, and it is skateboard related!😊

Bro u r such a nice guy, all luck to you

Great video, 🙏

I love this story, way to go, you help me so much with skating, and this story shows me that you can overcome anything. I just got one question about YT, is there a good way to film yourself i had a tripod that broke so i have to buy a new one, but i don't have anyone to help me film, and what kinds of things should i post? I'm not great at skating and don't know any tricks. And i have one question about going pro in skating. Since I'm 17 and pretty inexperienced in skating, is it too late for me or not?

completely agree with your backup plan logic. It took me many different jobs and paths, and not until i was 27 years old was I able to BEGIN an industry/career that fit the life goals and the identity i wanted for myself. if i could go back and talk to young me in any of those darker times, i would tell myself, life is weird in every direction you go, so keep trying for what makes you happy. Wherever you end up will be more worthwhile and fulfilling than looking back and wondering what if. paraphrasing a Jack Kerouac quote, 'you won't remember sitting at your desk or cutting the grass, so climb the damn mountain.'

Thanks Dan, that story was real as fuck and you didn’t skip a beat. I have only just found you video’s recently and had assumed you were doing YT since you were a wee bae. I can certainly relate when it comes to a lack of encouragement from dad in creative pursuits! #relatable but you dun showed his ass and now your showing me how to rock to fakie. Yew!life is great glad you pulled through and are following your passion. Your an inspiration. Cheers guv.

@PolycultureArt

2 күн бұрын

Subbed!

Kudos for your Honesty .

respect bro!

excellent vid

Big up Dan the man.

Good Luck.. keep IT up ❤

KZread seems to be a saviour for income. I’m 36 I wish KZread money was a thing decades ago. I’m still stuck in life glad you made it

thanks for the video. you are a condiut of good fortune

the old skate videos caught me off guard 🙃

I didn't know your where homeless and addict, mad respect for your success!

"Don't want loads of people listening to what we're about to say" uploads video on youtube 😂

resprect bro you seem a rlly chill dude to me

Tony Hawk Pro Skater definitely made me pick up my first skateboard 🛹🤙🏾

Sick vid

Yo were the edits like noises and emojis part of the original Tik Tok videos? I thought no but can't tell

man its shocking how similar our stories are. replace the hard drugs with weed and gambling. my sister OD'd as well, the summer I graduated. that was when I quit skateboarding and focused mainly on my career. I think i go back to it now because its the only frame of mind I can remember having in the last 25 years where i was truly happy. i have wavered in supporting you, but i think theres no doubt you deserve to be happy. you need to forgive and let go though

12:33 I've never used hard drugs, but I've traded addictions and it worked for me. I didn't have a bad alcohol problem, but I got bored getting drunk two days a week, every weekend. At younger age I got alot in trouble getting too drunk. I always lost my memory after drinking. Sometimes I didn't drink to have fun, I drinked to escape. When I picked up skateboarding again, I finally got something better to do. Instead of being hung over at home, I went skating. I get really anxious when i'm hangover, it's much worse than the headache.

Respect ❤

W vid dan

Good job

4:03 IM GONNA CRY MAN WTF inspirational vid fffffffffr

American wasteland also got me into skateboarding!

Where are the photos from back in the day 😂

Woodbridge skatepark featured ?!

Skateboarding,graffiti,BMX, rollerblading, scootering or parkour...it's an escape from our daily problems and fears I just wish more people would have stayed on the right path instead of letting the demons take over...#Skate4Life

Have you ever seen ken park? Remember the dad that kept calling the kid a queer? I have a guy like that at my local. I don't wanna go any more. I have a full 2 year beard, I don't know what they want from me any more. To do a twerk? I'm just tryna skate over here....

Dude, Im from Russia and I skater too and as many skaters I dreamed to become pro skater, now Im realized that I skating like shit, but I still love it and despite this I think, if you really want to skate just more cool, learn more tricks you literally can do this. Inspiring story dude)

I went from homeless drug addict to rich drug addict.

I done it the opposite way round

its definitely not the worst thing he mentioned, but just saying "nah im not paying you" after losing a bet is sooo lame

The tre at 3:02 was 🔥

Pro as my left but cheek 😂

@jontiu1161

Ай бұрын

I think that’s why he wrote “pro” in the description In quotation marks. He’s good, I’m proud of him but he’s definitely more of small time “pro”which is still a big accomplishment

@gregenhersu

26 күн бұрын

@@jontiu1161 this 100%

bout time

I’d really like to skate with you sometime, my cousins live in the UK I definitely plan on going up there soon it would be cool meet ya man your like my new braille channel without the bs Scientology 😂 🤙

Not every person deserves to be a parent.. But ye back in the 2000s they were ready to bop ya for no real reason🤷💯

Why this Dude look like Mgk brother

I believe in you Dan, your Dad was a knob who sounds like he’s got his own problems he needs to work on.

obsession beats talent

Had an Alcoholic stepfather as well, only time he would become a real a****** is if he switched from Budweiser to the harder liquor.

Co op made skateboards ?!?!?

American wasteland was the best Tony Hawk game ever!

😊👍🏾👊🏾

How do homeless people always have thousands of dollars for tons of tattoos? Always wondered.

I love skateboarding but not that good 😂 but very much into inlines

In the early to mid 90s skating was dead. Only "weirdo's, geeks n nerds skated". Then by 95 it was starting to become more popular with surfers (for the second time). Then tony hawk pro skater came out. 🤣

Haha stop the cap!!

And remember... wash your pee pee!

Waguan🍑

From homeless drug addict to pro clout chaser

@seanmckelvey6618

Ай бұрын

Whatever, one of them pays. Sounds like sour grapes to me, big man.

Even putting pro in quotations is sketchy at best. Appreciate your content, though.

After everything youve said i can not believe you used the word pro in your title.

No way your pro

@user-fp7fp9kk2k

17 күн бұрын

Exactly

Where's your pro model board

@pogolaugh

4 күн бұрын

Where’s your popular KZread channel?

If you’re pro I’m an alligator

BOOOOOOOOOOOO. “I did cocaine for 14 days in a row”… Lame.

@thoonalia

22 күн бұрын

Mate what

@45BRush

21 күн бұрын

@@thoonalia what mate

U not no pro lol KZread skater

@thoonalia

22 күн бұрын

Mate that's not what this video is about, have some respect

I'm not sure if you're actually pro but do keep trying to be a better person

@leastselfawarepotassium

Ай бұрын

I believe it says ‘pro’ in the title. He’s not pro in the traditional sense.

@gregenhersu

26 күн бұрын

@@leastselfawarepotassium yeah, in the strictest sense he is pro, to be a pro is to get paid to do something, cause he gets paid to skate by youtube in the strictest sense he is a pro

@leastselfawarepotassium

26 күн бұрын

@@gregenhersuyeah man we can argue about the meaning of words all day but we all know that’s not how it works in skateboarding.

@gregenhersu

25 күн бұрын

@@leastselfawarepotassium things change, internet has made lots of things change, i know what u mean though and in many respects i agree with u

@leastselfawarepotassium

25 күн бұрын

@@gregenhersuthis aspect hasn’t changed in skateboarding though. Because professional in skateboarding never referred to making money. If you want to call yourself professional in the wider sense as an occupation then that’s up to you. There’s a reason he wrote ‘pro’ and not pro.