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Not so long ago, Bam Margera was at the end of his mind.
The former professional and star floors of the MTV of “Jackass” and “Viva la Bam” had fought against drugs and alcohol throughout his adult life. He went to rehabilitation 13 times, each for 90 days. This is equivalent to more than three years of drug treatment.
But now he arrives over two years sober, and he attributes his first love of skateboard for that.
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Bam Margera attends an event to promote “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4”. (Activision)
“I realized that I don’t need to take medication – skateboarding is my medication. As long as I do something a day, it keeps my healthy mental health,” Margera at PK Press Club Digital in a recent interview.
Most fans have grown up watching Margera will have wild waterfalls on television and in movies. Outside screen, it would bring it to a different level.
But after his co-star and best friend Ryan Dunn died in a car wreck in 2011, Margera made “a real dark path”, and his difficulties reached the point where he was kidnapped “Jackass Forever” in 2022. He still does not speak to the majority of his former comrades.
“In 2013, when doctors declared my legs as dry elastic traction of alcohol abuse, I sort of lost hope of skating,” said Margera. “But my wife, she is a coach. I stretch an hour a day, and my 45 year old legs feel again like their 22. So, my passion for return to skating is completely there, and I do it every day.
“I woke up eight days on life support with a tube in my throat with a covid and pneumonia, and I discovered that I went in five crises 20 minutes each just to stand, not to eat properly, to drink too much, and that’s when I decided that I had to change and I needed to change now,” added Margera. “When I detoxified myself and I lost a little weight, I returned to the roller board, and my muscle memory finally came back. It was not easy, but now that it is back and I do it every day, many things are much easier.”
Most fans have grown up watching Margera will have wild waterfalls on television and in movies. Outside screen, it would bring it to a different level. (Jason Kempin / FilmMagic / Getty Images)
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Margera admitted that even the simplest tips for a pro had become difficult – when he relearn his expertise, he fell and broke his wrist “for the 15th time and hyperextend my elbow with the overtaking bone”.
“This lack of confidence after that, I was afraid of doing anything … But when you start to skate every day, you start learning to fall again, and your chances of injuring you are thinner.”
Now, Margera, 44, is a character playable in a restart of “Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 + 4.” Margera had actually missed the deadline to be in the match. But, after dragging with Hawk one day, Hawk used his powers to bring him.
“I said hello to him, if I had not called him, it would not have happened. So it’s a real blessing, everything happened as it did,” said Margera.
“It is a real honor to be in the game. It really puts skaters on the map for people who are not pure and harsh skaters as there are. Skate game! This gives you a lot of street credits if you are in this game, you must be a real established skier.”
Bam Margera plays “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4”. (Activision)
For Margera, its new lifestyle is simple: the roller board, or else.
“I need skateboarding in my life, otherwise I will die. I need skateboarding in my life to realize it,” he said. “If you have no passion for anything, then you lose a goal. When you lose a goal, you are bored, then boredom leads to drugs and alcohol. I can’t get bored. I am completely busy learning my skating tips.”
