A few months ago I bought a new skateboard. To be more exact, it is a longboard and I have begun getting back into skating. This was something I did a lot when I was growing up in Massachusetts but after moving south I pretty much gave it up. The kids in my neighborhood only were interested in basketball or baseball so my skateboard just disappeared at some point. It was always something I loved to do, and watching professional skateboarding now is simply amazing. It is completely mind blowing at this point where skateboarding is now, compared to how it was when I was a young kid growing up. I see skateboarders almost anywhere I go now, which is in complete contrast to what it was like as a kid. Skateboarding was looked down upon, it was for the rejects and the misfits. Now you can go to the mall find a skate shop. I have spent my nights when I have nothing to do learning to push properly again and learning to keep my balance and prevent speed wobble when flying down hills. My board ...
Good God, Orwell was right