But I didn't stick with it as a career I just thought it was something to do after school, y'know? Skateboarding's changed so much now.
And I was like, dude, I just need to stick with this skateboard thing. I watched all these friends of mine getting into the stupidest things. A lot of guys quit skating, one got killed, another guy was tagging on a freeway and got killed.
I was seriously the only skateboarder left at my school. There was a lot of gang banging going on in my old neighborhood in Gardena. Song attended the 135th Street school in Gardena, known for its aggressive reputation, and has explained the challenges that were present while he was growing up in the area, where gang activity was prolific:Īround my neighborhood, skating was actually big for a time, like in the early '90s. They were tripping, like, "Where are you getting all this free stuff?" They thought I was stealing money from them. Then I got picked up in skateboarding and started getting free stuff. I was really into art when I was a young kid, and I won a lot of awards, so my parents thought that's what I'd pursue. They want you to become some lead pianist in an orchestra or, like every parent, they want you to become a doctor. You know Asian parents, man they're gnarly. Song provided insight into his family life in a 2005 interview: Prior to this, Song received attention for his artistic abilities, winning drawing contests and engaging in the commercial art field at a very young age.
When he was fourteen years of age, Song started skateboarding during a two-month period when his parents were separated-he was given his first skateboard by his mother and was later sponsored by a skateboard shop in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, California called Sporting Ideas. Song's mother, who once shot her husband in the face, died in 1999, predeceasing Song's father. Song revealed in a "Milestone" interview for The Skateboard Mag that both of his parents were perceived as "insane" by their neighbors due to their constant fighting-Song explained that, on occasion, he would need to telephone the police. During the first half of his life, Song was raised by his older sister, who also raised Song's brother. Song, a Korean American, was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Gardena, California, following a year spent with his grandmother in Hawaii, US.
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