What are my chances of becoming a pro skaterboarder?

Question

Im almost 14, i skate every day from around 9:00 in the morning to 9:00 at night. i dont really like vert, skating park is fun, i can drop in on a 5-6 foot ramp. on street i can ollie 3 stair, ollie,(2 stack) 180 ollie frontside and backside, popshuvit and shuvit both frontside and back side, kickflip, heelflip, double kickflip(almost)half cab, switch ollie, (not high, mabye like 3 inches lol) Nollie, 360 shuvit and popshuvit.....i can bearly grind maybe just 50-50 and boardslide.... Thanks. you can evensay im bad because i think that im bad right now

Answer 1

I don't know a whole lot about skating but I've had friends that have done it for years. There's a VERY small group of any sport that will actually make it big. It also depends a lot on where you're from and who you know. The odds aren't super high but if no one ever dreamed big we wouldn't get anywhere! If that's what you really want to do and have a passion for it, Keep practicing. Just make sure you Keep your grades up so if it doesn't work out you have something to fall back on.

Answer 2

Hmm.. sounds like me, except I'm a little older and I started 3 months ago, I'd suggest you take Rodney Mullen's advice to all skaters..

"Don't aim to become pro, skate for fun, if you keep trying and trying to become sponsored, it'll never happen, keep practicing, have fun and before you know it you'll be good at it."

Hope that helps, and your chances (and mine) out of 100% is approximately.... 5%.

Answer 3

There are over 15 million skateboarders in the US alone, and there are only about 60 people who make their living from skateboarding.  That's about .0004%.  There are pros who make some income from skateboarding, but have to rely on another source of income.  There are several thousand of these pros.  

Just getting sponsored locally is a great achievement in skateboarding.  

Once you get your first sponsor, it is easier to get the next.  You mist skate in all the comps possible and place as well.  You will need to learn to skate vert.