Category: skateboarding

Flow

I’m sure most everyone is tired of seeing variations of this sequence of freestyle moves, but I like doing it because “flow”, if I have any, is really about all I’ve got, and this kind of rolling on a skateboard helps me work on that flow. My ideal run would be one in which I never, ever, stop rolling. Constant movement and turning.

I feel somewhat justified in this obsession, as I see many skaters who can do to very difficult tricks (much harder than I can do), and yet can’t move very well on their board – be it rolling movement of the board itself or movement of their body on the board as it rolls.  That’s a detail that I think skaters don’t pick up on until later.

Anyway, not bragging or saying I have great flow, just that I’m working on it.

Skate Blog(s)

Connecting with one blogger (Kyle Duvall of the Parking Block Diaries) a few months ago has resulted in meeting some good people online. I found David Thornton, and was on his Luchaskate podcast, and I’m enjoying his writing and his podcast. We’re going to trade some actual physical copies of our zines.

Then a yesterday I connected with Chris Sedition, of Concrete Existence. He’s been writing a while, and yesterday he began chronicling his own life in skateboarding more biographically. It’s a really good read, and I agree with Chris that reading the stories and tall-tales of everyday skaters is a lot more interesting than reading a pro biography.

It’s great to be connected with some really smart new people. The artists, writers, and musicians I’ve met through skateboarding continue to blow my mind. And it’s so good to have some cool shit to read!