How Mental Illness Derailed the Career of a Promising Young Skateboarder
VICE6 skaters recommend it · 6 mentions, 2015 to 2017
7.2M views · 11 years ago · Documentary
VICE short documentary on Paul Alexander, a British skateboarder from Leicester who moved to Bristol and lived with pro Danny Wainwright. Directed by friend Tim Crawley, it follows how mental illness ended his path to going pro.
Why skaters like it
Skaters point to it as a well-made story about mental illness in skateboarding. One commenter calls it long but worth watching just to hear his story.
“its a bit long, but very well done and worth the watch just to hear this guys story.”
u/schbaseballbat
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What skaters said on Reddit
theres a dude who became mentally ill who was REALLY good at flipping his board like that. its a bit long, but very well done and worth the watch just to hear this guys story. [VIDEO]