My name is Dru Guerra. I am 16 years old and a scooter rider born in Huntington Beach, California, currently living in Dallas, Texas. I have been back into riding scooters for over two years now but have been into the sport for about 8 years. Since I’ve started riding scooters, I knew that this is what I wanted to do and that it’s something I wanted to pursue and progress in. For over two years now, I have been hitting the skateparks almost every day of the week for three to four hours straight, pushing myself to the fullest and progressing in the sport. I have done competitions, thrown tricks that I thought I would never be able to do, and have progressed to levels that I thought I would never be able to reach. I truly love scootering, and the motivation I get to spread the word about the sport and inspire many others to join the scootering community.
I started scootering when I was about 8 years old. My first ever scooter was a big Razor scooter that I loved to ride around my neighborhood and loved to take it wherever I went. I actually learned my first few tricks on a Razor scooter: bunny hops, one footers, no footers, and even jumping up curbs, but that was pretty much all I could do on that scooter. One day in the car, I passed by this park called Liberty Park in Westminster, CA, and I saw my very first skatepark. People were riding on skateboards, bikes, scooters, and it all just looked like so much fun to the point where I asked if I could go some other time. A few days later, I went back to the skatepark with my Razor scooter and rode on the ramps for the first time. It was a little difficult, but it was so much fun. I went many more times after this and finally got to see some kids do insanely cool tricks on scooters like backflips and tailwhips. Once I saw that I knew that I wanted to do that. I threw out my old scooter and got a brand new pro scooter for my birthday called the Razor Black Label. I learned to jump up ramps, do tailwhips, and do so many more tricks but unfortunately, that scooter, a few months later, ended up getting stolen. My next scooter was called a Grit, complete by Grit Scooters, and on that scooter, I learned to do double tailwhips, barspins, manuals, 180’s, and much more, but that scooter also got stolen. I got my next scooter, which was called a Lucky Strata, and on that, my scooter progression really started taking off. I learned Bri Flips, 360’s, trick combos, and so many more tricks, I would be here all day naming all of them. I rode that scooter for a while, and the scooter eventually snapped in half. Next, I bought a Lucky Crew scooter and rode for a while on that and eventually faded out of the sport. I quit for a bit, then came back and quit again because of lack of motivation. During the time I quit, I got a scooter as a gift called a Lucky Prospect. I wouldn’t say I liked the scooter too much at the time because it was way too big, so the third time I got back into the sport, I used my Lucky Crew scooter until it ended up snapping on me, so I went back to my other scooter, and this is where my two-year crazy progression began.
Once I started getting back into scootering for the third time, this is when I really started taking it seriously. I started to ride every day and push myself to learn something new every single day. Even If it were something small or something big, I always tried to get better at it. I also started upgrading my scooter and going through several parts to fit my needs in scootering. To this day, I still am riding scooters seriously and competitively, and I do not doubt that I will stop riding anytime soon. I can’t wait to see how much further I can continue to progress and grow in this sport.
Stay Committed!
