Skateboarding: The Antiheroes Journey. Social Zero To Olympic Hero : Heath Sherratt : Tedxroseville

Heath challenges to look at the Anti Heroes in the world and ask ourselves if they are really the ones we look up to. Heath is 47 years old and has been married for 23 years. He has two boys: Elijah, 21, attending Cal Berkeley for Chemical Engineering, and Shiloh, 19, attending UCI for Psychiatry. He has been a professional skateboarder, winner of the Vans Warped Tour SF, successful Bike Shop Founder, and a national champion mountain bike racer and coach. He is also a felon who has been incarcerated for 3 years, died, and was reborn more than once. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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