Rob Dyrdek's Fantasies

The life that I live action, think of a star young Hollywood. Hey guys, I am here at the London rooftop hanging out with Rob Dyrdek once again.

Thought it might be smart to protect your head a little bit. Protect your face. Let's see if she's got the heart to make it up that ramp. It's not easy. Man, I just all of a sudden this just doesn't feel like a good idea. Get it poppin'. Sweet love, sweet love, sweet love. You didn't let me die that day. Definitely came out on top, so thank you for that.

No, I mean, it would have been incredibly awkward if you were just healing up from a broken bone right now, so I'm I'm glad you're business as usual. No, crutches.

No, crutches. No, thank god. Oh.

Now, let's just go back to like the beginning when you first started skateboarding. Well, you started when you were really young and you got into the sport. It's totally different sport than the mainstream. How did you really get connected with skateboarding in the very first place?

I think it had a lot to do with with bandanas and spiked belts, you know. At the at the time I really looked up to my sister's boyfriend. He was just, he would wear four bandanas on each leg, four on each arm, and spiked belts across his waist. I'm like, man, that dude is cool. And he was a skater. And I bought a first pink Bow Brown board from him and and then for me it I initially became hooked on the idea of that constant progression and learning. You become addicted to and and in this sort of limitless progression by design, you just keep learning and learning and learning and and and just got hooked, you know.

How do you feel that it's really changed over the years?

It's it's it's so different, you know, but it still has such a long way to go, you know, and and for me that's why doing things like street dreams, doing stuff like my skate spot, skate spot, you know, and and ultimately developing a league is is just part of helping taking it to the next level, you know. Because it still has a long way to go. The reason that I'm starting a league is because the X Games, the due to all these things don't represent our sport properly, you know, so that's why the world's best aren't even there. So it's like to me, like, I don't even there's no like validity to the X Games to me, you know what I'm saying. It's just like like a couple of handful of dudes that go to get a little bit of shine, but it's it's still just not a proper contest, you know.

So if you were to create a league, what would be your description of like what you would do with it?

For me, I'm building permanent plaza arenas where all year round any kid can come and skate, but once a year bring in the stadium seating, the lights camera action, and have the huge event on the stuff, you know, but at the same time it's still pure to the sport where anyone can come and skate the same thing the pros skate, you know.

You've definitely been making moves like you're saying with your clothing line, with your shoes, with everything that you've done. What other things are there out there that you would love to do that you haven't accomplished just yet?

I just get inspired by little things left and right, you know, and and and, you know, right now another thing I'm kind of doing. I I I was I've always been such a huge fan of America's Funniest Home Videos. It has timeless is truly well done funny videos, you know. So I I recently just did a deal to do another show with MTV that's sort of a modernized version. It's kind of something I'm doing and and I just did a deal for my cartoon with Moonscoop with a lot of guys that did the Simpsons. My passion is that league and I think it's important for these kids to have a venue so that they can they they can be stars like Carmelo, you know what I mean.

So if you can break one more world record, what would you break?

Man, I don't know. I'm still bummed that they never gave me the world record for the most world records, you know. Then I then there's no way I could ever, then I'd have it forever, you know. I just don't think they'll I'll end up putting another one on my wall. I pretty much ran that ran that course.

Who would you love to trade places just for a day and just experience their life?

Man, that that is a that is a serious, serious question. Like Richard Branson, you know what I mean. Like just some weird odd like billionaire that just does like I just to see what their life is about, you know what I mean.

Well, I have to say you've definitely been making moves, just like, you know, the scent that you just created with Tag.

For me, I've had a lot of different signature items throughout my career, you know, and and the idea of having a body spray just was was intriguing to me and then when I found out it was just a ludicrous and Carmelo, then I was honored, you know. And then on top of that, it's like, uh whoever, you know, they're doing a little charity challenge to where whoever sells the most, like, they're going to hook up their charity, which it's just like, you might as well just pile pile me over, you know. So it was it was a no-brainer for me and it's

Well, I know last time we saw you you guys were under construction. Now, what's going on with the Fantasy Factory right now?

I mean, I'm pretty much just like almost lost my mind for the last two months. It's just been the craziest two months of my life shooting this whole season. It's just been absolutely insane and for me it's it's winding down here, thank god, just because I don't know if I can survive much more. I feel like I dodged a lot of bullets this particular season, you know, but it's it's going to be incredible. What's up, it's Rob Dyrdek, and you're watching Young Hollywood, but you already know that from this.