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

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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 :]

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

Love your content,keep it up

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 🫡

Thanks for making this.

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

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

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

mad respect, Skateboarding is life!!

Great job man. Youve made it so far

Thank u for sharing your story bro ♥️

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

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

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

You the man Dan glad your better now

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 :)

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

Glad you made it out bro 🙏

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

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.'

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

respect bro!

Balls…

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

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

The one footed manual was crazy 😂🔥

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

Great video, 🙏

Big up Dan the man.

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

Kudos for your Honesty .

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

excellent vid

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

@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?

the old skate videos caught me off guard 🙃

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?

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

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.

resprect bro you seem a rlly chill dude to me

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)

4:03 IM GONNA CRY MAN WTF inspirational vid fffffffffr

Sick vid

Respect ❤

W vid dan

Good job

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

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

The tre at 3:02 was 🔥

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....

Woodbridge skatepark featured ?!

Where are the photos from back in the day 😂

I went from homeless drug addict to rich drug addict.

bout time

From homeless drug addict to pro clout chaser

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

I done it the opposite way round

Pro as my left but cheek 😂

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 😂 🤙

American wasteland was the best Tony Hawk game ever!

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.

If you’re pro I’m an alligator

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

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. 🤣

Where's your pro model board

😊👍🏾👊🏾

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

And remember... wash your pee pee!

Why this Dude look like Mgk brother

Haha stop the cap!!

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

Waguan🍑

No way your pro

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

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

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

U not no pro lol KZfaq skater

Bro I have to admit you kinda fell off 😔

I remember when we used to follow Each other on TikTok, I had 300k on the but find something different for me thanks For the Video G!

kids getting smacked aint normal , also obviously you will act up when your parent never give love nor attention is a cycle , a sad one . non of wich is your fault . hope you get even bigger and better

If this guy is seriously considered pro than like 5 of my friends should be pro easy 😂🤣💯👍