Every
day. After school, work, anytime, we go to the park. No matter how cold, how
hot. The skate park is our life, it’s where we blow off steam, where we all
grew up, what we do with our free time. Skating is not only our passion, Skating
is our life. My name is Joey, and I have been skating with my cousin Kale for 8
years now. But we all just call him K.
We are both 17 now but started while we were 9, we got a couple Walmart boards
to mess with. Later, once we got better, those boards snapped.
We
literally skate at the park anywhere from 5-6 days a week. Even at work,
granted that is where we work. Just as check in and instructors for skate
school. But that’s basically all we know how to do. We do go to school, but we
just kind scrape by, we aren’t popular at school. We just suffer through the
day to go to the skate park afterwards. It’s just a way to unwind. You get to
meet people who have the same interest as you. And people who can teach you
something as well as people you can help learn.
We
may not be popular at school, but at the park, we knew nearly everyone. We all
gave tips and showed how to get better. Life is a dream on a board. Until you
hit your head, then you can’t dream without everyone saying you’ll slip into a
coma. But you know, if it’s something you enjoy. Do it, who cares what others think?
Follow your dreams and do what makes YOU happy. Not what you think would make
others happy. Now quit reading and go have fun.
How lucky you are to have a passion that drives you, that gets you through your day, that bonds you with your friends. Hope you always have that kind of positive presence in your life.
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