blessings I'm living now. It's where you come from. You can never be ignorant to where you come from because they're responsible for what you are now. Rodriguez has stated in an interview with the NetworkA media channel that he holds aspirations for a serious acting career following his time with professional skateboarding—he revealed that he admires the work of Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, and Edward Norton. In addition to Bruce Lee, Alexander the Great, and Jesus Christ, Rodriguez is also influenced by rapper Tupac Shakur, and revealed in February 2013 that a skateboard deck graphic featuring Shakur would be a worthwhile design: "I'd like to get that photo of Tupac standing on the wall with his shirt off and he's got the Thug Life tattoo and the glock in his waist band and a blunt in his hand. That would be sick." Awards Rodriguez received the 2002 "Rookie of the Year" award from the Transworld SKATEboarding publication. Filmography Video game appearances Videography We are Blood 2015 Contest history X Games (Street) Bronze: 2003 Los Angeles Gold: 2004 Los Angeles Gold: 2005 Los Angeles Silver: 2008 Los Angeles Gold: 2009 Los Angeles Gold: 2012 Los Angeles Silver: 2013 Barcelona (Street League Skateboarding (SLS) partnership event) Silver: 2013 Munich (SLS partnership event) Dew Action Sports Tour Fourth place: 2005 Second place: 2008 Second place: 2011 Third place: 2013 Tampa Pro (Street) Fifth place: 2002 Third place: 2007 Second place: 2009 First place: 2010 Street League Skateboarding Won: 2012 Street League Skateboarding – Stop 3, Glendale, Arizona, U.S. Silver: 2013 Barcelona Street League Skateboarding Won: 2013 Street League Skateboarding – Stop 5, Portland, Oregon, U.S. Won: 2016 Street League Skateboarding Munich, Germany Battle at the Berrics Won: 2010 Battle at the Berrics 3 (second place, PJ Ladd; third place, Shane O'Neill) Second place: 2009 (first place: Chris Cole) Second place: 2013 (first place: pj ladd) References External links Primitive Skateboarding Official YouTube Page Interview with Green Label website 1984 births Living people American skateboarders American sportspeople of Mexican descent Sportspeople from Los Angeles People from Tarzana, Los Angeles X Games athletes Birmingham High School alumni Hispanic and Latino American sportspeople