ONE Staff / May 14th, 2012 / Blade Life
Brian Aragon the College Graduate

Brian, you did it! Welcome to the world on the other side of school. Ha ha. How does it feel?
It feels great to finally be putting an end to my college career. Even though I took longer than the average student I feel good about balancing school and skating and remaining dedicated to both.

What was your area of focus, and how long did it take you to get that paper? We realize (as everyone should) that you juggled your pro blade schedule against responsibilities of getting a degree — but we lost track of the timetable.
My degree is a bachelor’s in business, marketing to be exact. It took me about seven years to finally finish up with everything. During the course of college there would be some semesters when I decided that taking classes wasn’t an option with all my traveling. In the end I stuck it out and I couldn’t be happier to finally be done, for now anyway.

How hard was it to keep your head in both games?
It was very hard at times. Due to the fact that I’m so passionate at skating it was hard not to devote all my time and energy into it. There came a point when I realized that I could do both with no problem, it was just all about figuring out how to allocate the time I had so I wasn’t neglecting my studies or skating.

We noticed you didn’t go to Shanghai this year for Asian X-Games. Was that because of scheduling?
It was due to a few different reasons but the main reason had to do with the time that the X-Games was scheduled. It ended up landing on finals week, so instead of going to China and possibly putting my graduating in question I decided that it would be in my best interest to stay back and put an end to my seven year college career.

Despite the crimp it put in your globe-trotting schedule, was school a good experience for you? Would you recommend to other bladers?
I think education is, or should be, important to everyone in the world. Sometimes when you are so passionate about something it is hard to imagine doing anything else besides following your heart and your passion. In reality, there comes a point where every athlete in the world has to figure out what will be their next move. Though everyone has different goals and ambitions, school was one of the goals I had set for myself and I’m glad I achieved it, and ultimately I think it will be beneficial to my life in the future. School isn’t for everyone but I think education is beneficial to everyone.

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Discussion / Brian Aragon the College Graduate

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  • Alan Hughes - May 14th, 2012

    Congrats, Brian!

  • fake@gmail.com - May 14th, 2012

    Hey, I have an idea, lets use Brian’s instagram photos and make a web article about it! YEAHHHHH!

  • Enter Your Name: - May 14th, 2012

    Thanks for the article regardless if its lacks photos/media

  • JE - May 14th, 2012

    We did have an idea! Ask Brian some questions about closing this chapter of this life, and asking our photographer to meet up with him to shoot a photo. Done and done!

  • alberto sancha - May 14th, 2012

    you are the boss!!

  • Soun Dai - May 14th, 2012

    This is so inspiring for my next move! I love Brian and the overall image he has presented. My heroe.

  • Enter Your Name: - May 14th, 2012

    Hey Fake, these photos aren’t stolen from Instragram you faggot

  • SPIRA - May 15th, 2012

    YOU EATIN AT CUCINA COLORE MOFUCKA

  • William - May 17th, 2012

    Congratulations on being able to graduate and maintain the high level of skating that you have over the years. It is incredible that you’ve managed to do both. Good luck on your future endeavors!

  • Frank Stoner - May 17th, 2012

    Congratulations, Brian!

  • Nate - May 29th, 2013

    Congrats, Prince Aragon. You are one of the all time greats (if not the greatest) and we’re all happy to hear about any and all of your accomplishments.

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