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Hear David González Discuss How Skateboarding Saved Him From Brutal Life in Colombia

"There was so much violence and people getting killed all the time"
david Gonzalez 2017 HENDRIKX, Eric Hendrikx
photograph by Eric Hendrikx

Action sports is full of legendary daredevils and death-defying adrenaline junkies. What is the mental DNA that makes up every extreme sports athlete? In each episode of "Boozed and Bruised," Revolver's new action sports podcast, host Eric Hendrikx interviews his celebrity guests, made up of the world's top skateboarders, motorcyclists, snowboarders and beyond, to explore the ties that bind them all together. Just add alcohol to the mix, sit back and enjoy their unfiltered insights and behind-the-scenes stories.

For this episode, Hendrikx sat down with Thrasher's 2012 Skater of the Year, David González, who reminisced about growing up in the barrios of Medellin, shared hilarious stories about his early pro-skating career and caught us up on his metal band Ratt Black.

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