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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.40,0:00:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm known professionally as Mike Giant.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.42,0:00:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giant isn't my official last name as the government knows it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.03,0:00:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Originally, in 1995, I got a job at Think Skateboards in San Francisco,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.48,0:00:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where at that time when I entered the art department it was Mike Giant there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.56,0:00:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was my first full-time art job right out of college.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.96,0:00:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I even didn't finish college.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.46,0:00:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just got the job opportunity and split.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.56,0:00:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess within a year, Mike had left there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.56,0:00:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had been talking to Doug,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.61,0:00:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Doug replaced him and entered the art department then,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.98,0:00:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we kind of hit it off collaborating at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.94,0:00:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an illustration background and Jason was graphic design.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.96,0:00:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First time we've collaborated with Mike,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.80,0:00:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though we've known him for pretty much over 20 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.56,0:01:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Skateboarding, in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.56,0:01:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was really a formative thing because I skated alone a lot and would just work on tricks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.27,0:01:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just crash a lot and hurt myself over and over,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.03,0:01:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would just keep at it, and keep at it, and keep at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.80,0:01:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually I would succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.70,0:01:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think just that spirit alone is a really good thing to take on into adulthood,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.58,0:01:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, knowing that every time you try something new,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.08,0:01:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to fall on your face,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.40,0:01:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's going to be embarrassing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.98,0:01:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but eventually you'll get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.60,0:01:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you can kinda start to get cocky about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.92,0:01:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get stylish even, and that's a whole other level to it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.04,0:01:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I think is really cool because that's like art.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.08,0:01:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I was 14 or 15-years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.68,0:01:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I wasn't going to be a legit job guy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.68,0:02:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to create my own lifestyle,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.16,0:02:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to do it, and it takes passion to want to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.78,0:02:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no other choice for us. This is what we're going to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.82,0:02:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no reason you can't just achieve whatever you want to,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.08,0:02:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, because most of it just takes concentration
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.64,0:02:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and effort, you know, and practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.08,0:02:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll get what you want.