{"id":1868396,"date":"2026-04-06T14:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1868396"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:59:01","slug":"from-pro-skater-to-postal-worker-life-after-skateboarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1868396","title":{"rendered":"FROM PRO SKATER TO POSTAL WORKER: LIFE AFTER SKATEBOARDING"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nFor some professional skateboarders, retirement can ironically be the scariest part of their career. How do you live without your name on a board? How do you translate a kickflip back lip into real-world skills? Shit, how do you explain the 20-year resume gap?<\/strong><\/p>\n

With no clear answer to many of these questions, oftentimes pro skaters are left white-knuckling, trying to stretch a career to the max in fear of getting lost in the beyond. However, it doesn\u2019t have to be that way.<\/p>\n

Moving on can be empowering.<\/p>\n

Take it from Joey Brezinski<\/a>, who recently posted about his transition from skating full-time to a simpler life as a USPS mailman. <\/p>\n

In more ways than one, it\u2019s motivating, and to celebrate Joey\u2019s new lease on life, we followed him on his paper route, hitting some curbs along the way and appreciating that moving on from pro skateboarding isn\u2019t something you should be ashamed of, it\u2019s a start to something new.\n <\/p>\n

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\nFilmed by: Ian Michna <\/a>
\nEdited by: Greg Navarro<\/a>
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\nScroll your life away on Instagram<\/a> and Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some professional skateboarders, retirement can ironically be the scariest part of their career. How do you live without your name on a board? How do you translate a kickflip back lip into real-world skills? Shit, how do you explain the 20-year resume gap? With no clear answer to many of these questions, oftentimes pro […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,282],"class_list":["post-1868396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-jenkemmag-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1868396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1868396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1868396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1868396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}