Courtesy of Bam Margera Margera's artwork incorporates quotes from friends and consists of "mostly hot chicks." Margera's artwork incorporates quotes from friends and consists of "mostly hot chicks."

When a pro skateboarder's career gets pushed to the back-burner due to injury, it's best he have a few more irons in the fire. Take Bam Margera. Even long before his recent battle with painful, skate-induced bone spurs and a bad knee, the 32-year-old regular-footer was expanding his creative territories far beyond his solid foundation as an Element team rider. With stints for the big screen (see the "Jackass" franchise) and the small screen ("CKY", "Viva la Bam"), and others, Bam's antics have had a global reach. And now, he's a painter. But before we get to that, let's have Margera add some detail to a few recent news items.

ESPN.com: TMZ has been all over your action lately. Did you really get in a fistfight with an undefeated professional boxer in Australia?

Margera: I think he was actually a rugby player. Just some random rugby player. I think he busted on my hat or something. And I spit right in his face. We got into a one-minute fight and he ended up knocking me out. I was out for like five minutes, snoring on the ground. There were two people who knew who I was who were trying to help me, and when I woke up I tried to beat them up. They're all, "No, we're trying to help you!"