what skateboarding means to me

Sometimes when people ask me "what made you get into skateboarding?", I can almost always never find the right words to describe it. The more I think about it, the more it comes to light. So many people gained the courage to start skateboarding because of its increased popularity, including myself. Some of them may be posers. Some of them may be lifers. In time, we will know for sure. As for right now, this is the life that we live. For me, skateboarding is a retreat away from the daily trash that goes on. It is an escape from reality. It is something that, through my own mind and body movements, is truly mine and mine alone. Skateboarding is like poetry in motion. It is like a beautiful story being told with flowing limbs and variations of tricks. Skateboarding is something that we have that no one else can. We understand each other. This is all that we need to have in common. As we skate, if you hear anything that remotely sounds like polyurethane wheels, your turn and look to see if there is a skateboarder in sight. If you see him or her, you release a head nod, or a "sup". You offer them something that you only offer those you are willing to get somewhat close to you, a greeting. I will even go so far as to say that now I hate to walk. Why walk when I can skate? The feeling of street beneath my feet is a feeling that nothing else can duplicate. Skateboarding is beautiful. No matter how much the corporate goombas try to get a piece of the pie, it will always be ours. It will always be pure in our hearts.