how long have you been skating?

im at 2 years now. what about you?!

Permalink Reply by cory tate on February 2, 2009 at 5:05pm: me either lol; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jeffrey on February 1, 2009 at 11:54am: one year this may.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by GraniteGrinder on February 1, 2009 at 12:44pm: 14 years and runnin or should I say pushin. My first love. I don't mean to sound like Jerry Maguire, but my skateboard completes me. I would probably be a totally different person without the positive influences that skateboarding has had on me. I met most of my friends through skating, directly or indirectly. My sense of style, the way I look at the world (especially cities/architecture). My motivation to take care of my health, eating healthy, stretching etc. is all for the benefit of my skateboarding. Before I started skating I was a fat kid and I didn't really have any interests other than sitting around playing Nintendo and watching TV. Its hard to say what direction I would have taken, had I not started skating all those years ago. There are a lot of things I would do differently given the chance, but picking up a skateboard was one of the most important and defining moments in my life. For all the kids who are still getting comfortable with the board and struggling to learn the basics, don't get discouraged. If you keep practicing and focusing your mind on your goal, you'll be amazed at how much progression happens over a period of time, when you look back. Almost all of my friends who quit over the years regret it. Most of them were more natural skateboarders than myself, but they didn't have the heart. Time weeds out those who lack drive. In the end only the strong survive.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jamal Tucker on February 1, 2009 at 12:50pm: no jokes that was probably the best thing ive ever heard my whole life; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrew Gary aka Beast on February 1, 2009 at 8:01pm: Word up.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by cory tate on February 1, 2009 at 9:44pm: beautiful.
my dad didn't understand when i told him two years ago that skateboarding is what i am and what defines me. he asked me what i was gonna do when i quit skating, i'm not quitting, i can't imagine working happily at anything not related to skating
i always wanted to work for a magazine or run a shop or something for sure.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrew Gary aka Beast on February 1, 2009 at 9:51pm: dope. yeah i cant think of anything else to do with my life either.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by NiKo from NY on February 4, 2009 at 10:32pm: inspiring, & i definitely know how you feel, i've only been skating for a few years but if i didnt fall in love with it i have no idea how wrecked my life would be. definitely how i've met some of my best friends. i went from kind of being a loner to having people i could call up, skate with & end up having one of the best days of my life. & nothing else defines me better ... even when im in my ruts where i wont skate for weeks, im still watching videos :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tino C on February 1, 2009 at 10:18pm: probably about 6 years on and off
seriously for like a year or so; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrew Gary aka Beast on February 1, 2009 at 10:19pm: its not too good to go on and off.

you start to lose tricks; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sarah on February 2, 2009 at 1:28pm: 5 years; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sarah on February 2, 2009 at 1:29pm: my dad always asks me what im going to do when i go to collage. he says no one will be skateing. and i showed him how old some pros were and stuff; ▶ Reply to This

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