When leaving college, James Follet had no skills, no professional training or orientation. After a series of academic failures, he dared to pursue his dreams and turned his one and only passion - skate-boarding – into a reality. The video series “My Story” is about ordinary people beating the odds. Well-timed support from the European Social Fund (ESF) helped them to improve their skills and find work.

To download the video go to the Audiovisual Services of the European Commission