To many, skateboarding is just a silly pastime. Frivolous, or even delinquent. For me, it’s been a huge part of my life. From my first crappy Wal-Mart board I bought myself when my aunt took me Black Friday shopping as a preteen to the board I designed myself and called a “medium board” back when longboards were the thing, skateboards have been part of my life experience for decades.
I met friends through skateboarding. I got around by skateboarding. People knew me in college by my bright orange board and in grad school, my students would laugh when I brought my skateboard to class.
I even wrote an article a while back about how skateboarding was still important to me in spite of my disability. For the past few months, I’ve had the
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