by Elena Alexandra originally posted on March 3, 2021
Jessy talks about the importance of ballet in education for athletes
Elena Alexandra sits down for a revealing interview with a Skateboard Pro, Jessy Jean Bart about his life journey & how he got to where he is today.
Below are the excerpts from this interview.
Elena: To be a skateboarder, you have to have pretty intense energy. Can you tell us a little bit about that drive and what it feels like to live on the edge and live that kind of livestyle when you do it as a pro.
Jessy: First of all you need to be focused. because if you are not focussed you are going to get hurt. So present and so focussed so I can reach the potentials that I don’t usually have. You get this incredible feeling of happiness because you did something incredible
Elena: its like you are able to express this force in a creative way. and that is really what all of us are trying to do. would you agree that is pretty painful not be able to do that?
Jessy: Oh yes! Growing up I was a kid that liked to keep to myself and I was one of the kids that just follow someone else. I had a lot of social anxiety, I was depressed especially when I could not do things that I love. Mainly it was in school that really brought me down because every time I went to school, I felt depressed, insecure. I remember having social anxiety a lot and that for me to feel that at such a young age it was scary…
in this revealing interview, Jessy Jean Bart talks about finding his way in a largely lost world and the factors that helped him “make it”, influencing his values and fueling his passion to educate young people in a way that empowers them to succeed in today’s world.
