Skateboarding

Skateboarding is not a hobby, and it's not a sport Skateboarding is a way of learning how to redefine the world around you It's a way of getting out of the house, connecting with other people And looking at the world through different sets of eyes When you're a skateboarder, especially in the 1970s When everyone thought it was a hobby They all thought it was like, a strange version of a yo-yo or a hula-hoop It was, it was very under the radar For most people when they saw a swimming pool They thought, "Let's take a swim" But I thought, "Let's ride it, let's see what the transition is like at the bottom" When they saw a street, they would think about driving on it I would think about the texture I slowly developed an ability I think, to look at the world Through totally different means I had a whole other idea of what was happening Weather played a very different role in my life at that time If it rained, like today would be a miserable day for me So I became a skateboarder