MONDAY.
MONDAY. THANKS FOR JOINING. HEY, HIS PRO SKATER SKILLS EARNED HIM ATTENTION. HE GOT
ADMIRATION SPONSORSHIPS AND NOW
HE'S GIVING BACK HE'S HELPING
PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH
ADDICTION. I'M REALLY EXCITED
TO HAVE BRANDON TURNER WITH US
THIS MORNING. FIRST OF ALL,
GOOD MORNING, BRANDON. GOOD
MOURNER. NOW FOR THOSE WHO
DON'T KNOW YOUR STORY, YOU GREW
UP IN HERE IN SAN DIEGO. YOU'RE
KIND OF ALMOST YOU'VE BEEN
CALLED AT LEAST I'VE READ A
CHILD PRODIGY WHEN IT COMES TO
SKATING KNOW HOW I APPRECIATE
THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO IS
WHAT YOU THAT'S YEAH. THAT'S
WHAT SOME SAY. WHEN DID YOU
START SKATEBOARDING? I STARTED
SKATING AT A YOUNG AGE. I FIRST
GOT ON MY BOARD AT 2 YEARS OLD
AND THEN YOU KNOW, I MOVED TO
JAPAN. I STARTED TAKING IT MORE
SERIOUSLY AROUND LIKE AGE 12
AND AGAIN YOU WOULD HEAR THAT
SOME OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS
THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE IN SAN
DIEGO SKATING WISE YOU'RE NOT
JUST WORKING ON PROJECTS WITH
DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND FROM
THERE GAVE ME OPPORTUNITIES TO
TRAVEL THE WORLD AND JUST
CREATING PROJECTS AND GETTING
WITH DIFFERENT TEAMMATES AND
STUFF AND JUST TRYING TO CREATE
NO OUR STORY WITHIN WITH THAT
WITHIN OUR TEAM. SO WHILE
YOU'RE TALKING WE'RE SHOWING
VIDEO OF YOU DOING SOME TRACKS
AND IT'S IT'S REALLY
IMPRESSIVE. BUT HERE'S THE DEAL
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAD ALL THIS
SUCCESS SKATEBOARDING YOU YOU
KNOW, YOU WENT THROUGH A LOT OF
TURMOIL AS WELL. I READ YOU
KNOW, YOU YOU ENDED UP IN
PRISON, YOU JUMPED OFF A
BRIDGE. YOU HAD ALL THESE
UNFORTUNATE THINGS THAT
HAPPENED TO YOU BUT YOU TOOK
THOSE THINGS AND YOU'RE TURNING
IT INTO A POSITIVE TO HELP
OTHERS, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF
THINGS IN MY PAST AND YOU KNOW
AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
GET OUT OF IT AND LEARN FROM
IT. AND NOW I'M JUST TRYING TO
GET BACK TO MY PEERS THROUGH MY
EXPERIENCES. I THINK SOMEONE
LIKE YOU AND YOU KNOW, WE
EVERYONE HAS GONE THROUGH
CERTAIN LOW MOMENTS AND YOU'RE
ABLE TO HAVE THAT EMPATHY AND
HELP OTHERS. DO YOU REMEMBER
YOUR LOWEST MOMENT KIND OF HOW
YOU FELT? YEAH, I FELT LIKE
THERE WAS A POINT TO WHERE I
FELT THERE'S POWER AND YOU
KNOW, THERE'S POWER IN
THE THINGS I WAS DOING. BUT AT
THE SAME TIME THERE'S A POINT
WHERE I LOST CONTROL AND I FELT
LIKE I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE AND
I WAS LET DOWN COLLEAGUES,
FAMILY MEMBERS AND LIKE YOU
MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN
TROUBLE GONE BEING IN JAIL ON
PRISON AND THEN I JUST SAID
FINALLY HAD TO MAKE A DECISION
TO TURN THINGS AROUND. SO WOULD
YOU SAY THAT SKATEBOARDING
SAVED YOU OR THE OTHER WAY
AROUND? AND HOW ARE YOU USING
YOUR SKATEBOARDING SKILLS TO
HELP, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE
WHO ARE STRUGGLING? WELL, YES,
SKATEBOARDING HELPED BECAUSE I
HAD, YOU KNOW, FRIENDS AND
MENTORS LIKE CAN. SO LIKE
CONSTANTLY LIKE PLANTIN
THE SEED AND WEED TO YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE BETTER AND AS YOU CAN
TURN THINGS AROUND IN OTHERS
PEOPLE YOU CAN HELP A LOT OF
PEOPLE THROUGH YOUR EXPERIENCE
AND JUST LIKE A LOT OF KIDS I
WAS INHERENT IT SO NOW YOU
KNOW, I JUST WANT TO GIVE GIVE
PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH
SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR ADDICTION OR
NOT EVEN WITH THAT ANYTHING A
DIFFERENT OUTLET WITH LIKE THAT
THAT DIVERSE UNIFIED COMMUNITY
A CHANCE TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIVES
AND A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. AND I
FEEL LIKE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M
WRONG THEY PROBABLY LISTEN TO
MORE AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE
SOMEONE WHO NEVER STRUGGLED
WITH ADDICTION. YOU KNOW, I'M
GOING TO TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY.
YOU WENT THROUGH IT. YEAH,
THAT'S TRUE. I MEAN PEOPLE FROM
THE STREETS THEY THEY DON'T
REALLY LIKE AUTHORITATIVE
FIGURES AND SKATEBOARDERS. BUT
SINCE I'VE BEEN THROUGH EACH
AND ALL PARTS THEY THEY'RE
DEFINITELY MORE RECEPTIVE TO
LISTENING TO ME. NOW YOU'VE
BEEN ROLLING FOR RIOTS, YOU
KNOW, STANDING WITH OTHER
SKATEBOARDERS TO PROTEST
INJUSTICE. DO YOU HAVE ANY
FUTURE PLANS FOR THAT? WE'RE
GOING TO KEEP FROM DOING
THE GOOD WORK AND JUST SHOWING
SHOWING THAT WE'RE A UNIFIED
ESCAPE BORDERS AND YOU KNOW,
YOU KNOW, SHOWING OUR
SOLIDARITY AND JUST DOING OUR
PEACEFUL PROTEST EVENTS. YOU
KNOW, WE JUST DID SOMETHING
WITH CITY ICE SKATE PARK, YOU
KNOW, CLEAN UP AND STUFF, NOT
JUST STUFF FOR THE COMMUNITY IN
A POT IN A POSITIVE WAY. NOW
SKATEBOARDING I ASSUME IS YOU
KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT
SOCIAL DISTANCING SPORT. BEFORE
WE WRAP UP, DO YOU HAVE ANY
ADVICE, YOU KNOW, FOR ASPIRING
SKATEBOARD STARS? YEAH, JUST
STAY CONSISTENT. YOU KNOW, STAY
HEALTHY, WATCH SKATE VIDEOS,
SKATE PEOPLE ARE BETTER THAN
YOU AND BE SAFE AND WORKING
PEOPLE GO FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON YOU OR IF YOU KNOW THEY WANT
YOUR HELP. MARK MY INSTAGRAM BE
TURNER UNDERSCORE AND PEOPLE
WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND WITH
ADDICTION OR WANT HELP IT'S MY
E-MAILS BRAND IN THAT HEALTHY
LIFE RECOVERY DOT COM AND YOU
CAN VISIT HEALTHY LIFE RECOVERY
DOT COM AND YOU CAN REACH OUT
TO ME DIRECTLY. BRENDAN, YOU'RE
DOING GOOD THINGS AND WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR
SPENDING