Category: Blog
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Rained Out
In these first months of my adult era skateboarding, I’ve found a meditative quality to attempting moves. From ollies to carving, if my mind is somewhere else, if I’m allowing my thoughts to rule over my inner mind, if I’m considering what I’m doing rather than taking part in the movements there’s next to no…
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Learning Process
In response to Renny’s comment, which linked a Ted Talk by skater and physicist Dr. Tae, my first thoughts jumped at Tae’s elaboration on flow in learning a trick. An idea occurred to me as he talked about that painful, but flowing sweet spot—that place in getting a trick where you can land it, but…
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Some Thoughts
Each time I skate or watch clips, I’m reminded that skateboard culture is so varied it actually requires individuality, freedom, and heart. Heart—We’ve all seen people come and go in the arena of our passions. Even in small ways: there was that kid who skated for a summer, a couple weeks, then never again, no…
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Most Excellent People: Pt. 1
As I set out to start this blog, I had a lot of ideas of what it could become with time and effort. Still, one thing has remained at the core of what I want to do, whether writing articles, forming a collective, or starting an associated business–to take part in the stories and lives…
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Winter 2022 Reflection
As skateboard season comes to a snowy close, I’m thinking back on the past few months of my return to the sport/hobby/lifestyle/whatever of skateboarding. At this point, I have no great philosophical truths to expound upon, nor are there any mind-blowing tips & tricks to share, just a comment or two about the process of…
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Then & Now
As I compared my classically styled & newly minted boards side by side, I realized how this time around, I am coming to skateboarding with positivity at my back, with a sense that the best of us can be found at a skatepark, a street spot or online.
Average Skater 