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Push it along

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 ...