the birth of the sk8board chronicles

I am almost thirty and on a journey... to be the skater I never was. In this blog I will chronicle my attempt at going back 15 years, metaphorically, to the parking lots, the backyard ramps and the secret spots that we attempted to skate.

What am I talking about? Like most skaters I stopped skating at some point. For me it was when I was 15. First I got a girlfriend, then a car, and then started focusing on other things like school, getting into college, becoming an architect, and getting off of Long Island.

Even though I stopped skating back then, I held on to my deck for a while, only letting go of it about 5 years ago. It went to college with me, got me to class once or twice, but it was in the trunk of my car for a long time. Finally I gave the setup to my nephew a few years ago, so he could use the trucks, wheels and a deck I bought but never used. I don't think he uses it much though.

So a few weeks ago my wife asked me "why don't you skate anymore? Why did you quit?" Why don't I skate anymore? Well, time I guess, I am always busy, or at least I say I am... it took a lot of time, or it did, we skated and sat around for hours back in the day. But it is exactly because I am busy now, that I think skating is so important, it was a release from the stress of school, and teenage life… can’t it be that now too?

So I started skating a month ago, it’s been going kind of slow, definitely not like riding a bike, I had to start all over again… so here it is that this begins, the Sk8boarding Chronicles.