Discovery
![Ollie down four step](youngsk8.jpg)
It was back in the mid 90’s when Nirvana ruled the
airwaves, Clinton was in office, and skateboarding was still rebellious that I
decided to be a skater punk. Skateboarding wasn’t popular, there weren’t Tony
Hawk video games, and pop culture shunned the sport. Thus, skateboarding was
pure and the possibilities were endless. Skateboarding still hadn’t been
completely discovered.
I learned to skateboard from my brother. However, he
certainly didn’t let me follow him around when he “sessioned” spots. That would
without a doubt ruin his image, maybe even make some consider him a loser.
Therefore, he simply gave me an old alien workshop skateboard that had barely
any life left in it and told me to just practice. Although the skateboard was
far from ideal, practice is what I did.
Those people that don’t consider skateboarding a real sport
really ought to try to learn how to skate or just step on a skateboard
themselves. Actually, they probably have and when they realized that it would
in fact take hard work and dedication' they moved on to a more orthodox
recreation. Skateboarding isn’t easy, yet this is one of its major appeals.
I spent days on days trying to make the skateboard ollie,
and when I finally began to get the motion right I was confounded. I just made
a piece of wood that wasn’t attached to my feet jump with my body. Many
variations of tricks and possibilities begin to rush through my head; this could
get interesting!
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