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Photo: Anthony Acosta
We are here with local skater from Houston,
TX, so let’s start with your Name and
where are you from?
My name is Jordan Santana and I am 14 years old.
How long have you been skating?
Since I was 6, so going on 8 years now.
What got you into skateboarding?
It was actually a few Disney channel shows that had
skaters in them, and that made me want to try skating.
So, yeah.
Was it intimidating when you first started
since it is mostly boys who skate?
It was a little at first but then when I saw some of my
friends from church doing it and I was like “oh maybe
it’s not that hard” so then I went for it.
I’ve known you for quite a while and I can
honestly say I never seen anyone progress
as fast as you. I’ve seen you when you were
struggling with an axle stall to now doing
Caballero board slides, and inverts in a bowl
with ease. Love to watch you skate and just
amazed at how much you’ve grown. How
did you do it?
That would be a lot of practicing. Over the summer
that’s just been pretty much skateboarding every
day.
So training is every day?
Yeah. Pretty much every day, 4-5 hours on weekends,
6 or 7 day.
Since you skate more than the average person,
do you still get excited about it?
Yes, 100%. When it’s a new trick it’s just getting excited
all over again