With the new breed of über jugend comes the assumption that the parents are responsible for pushing their kids to the top ala Richard Williams, Joeeph Jackson, or Lynne Spears. But most people (and parents) don’t know what it’s like to have extremely gifted kids. Ryan Sheckler’s dad Randy breaks that down pretty straight up in this interview with Examiner.com’s Colin Bane.
Ryan was a trip from the day he was born. He had uncanny hand-eye coordination, he was walking at about 6 or 7 months, and we always knew he had a gift. We just didn’t quite know how it was going to play out. Growing up he played T-ball, he played all the traditional grass ball sports, but ultimately none of that ever made sense for him. From the time he was about 2 years old the first thing to come out of the car was always a skateboard, so we supported him and we decided, “We’ll do whatever we can to get behind this.” As he got more into it we found the California Amateur Skateboard League and we just went with it.
Guess sometimes parents just have to be supportive and get out of the way.
[Link: Examiner.com]
Randy Sheckler is alright. He seems to get it more than his son.
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