Skateboarding Yo

A new adventure has unfolded when my friend two Saturdays ago gave me his skateboard for free. We had a Christian meeting that night but I must admit that I wanted to try it out so badly at that moment. More than a week later, I am still continuing the sport without any desire or willingness to stop.

Long ago I had no interest in skateboards. It was just another means of transportation, along with a million tricks one can do with a skateboard. However, when I started to really see how the skateboarders on campus zip and zoom around people to get to point A to point B, not too mention how cool some of the dudes looked riding their boards in a nonchalant way as if it wasn't a big deal, a spark of interest and respect began to grow. Interest and respect continued to grow until last semester the idea to try out skateboarding was born.

Fast forwarding to future, it has been a week since I started skateboarding. The first days were the hardest and I didn't want anyone, especially guys, looking at me practice. To say the least, I was insecure. However, my desire to skateboard grew more and more. Skateboarding became more than just a means of transportation but a hobby that has the possibility to distract me from school and work. Surely enough, it did a number of times.

Before I quited video games, playing video games gave me a sweet feeling in my heart. Although skateboarding is a workout in itself with occasional falls there and there (especially a big one when I was going to church) it has become like candy for me; eat one and you'll be looking to have another as soon as possible. I am still not good like the other skateboarders but balance and control are becoming better friends to me day by day.

As of now and probably until the day I kick the bucket, skateboarding will stay as a means of transportation and a means to get outside, suck up some fresh air, and cruise around wherever there is pavement and concrete. I HAVE NO INTEREST IN DOING SKATEBOARDING TRICKS!!! I love my face, neck, spine, bones, and other important body parts as they are now. Though someone has told me that you might say "no" now but once skateboarding becomes second nature to you you're going to want to expand your horizons towards to the land of skateboarding tricks. That could be true. "Never say Never" I always hear. But as of now, NO to skateboard tricks and YES to simple skateboarding.