MY INTEREST IN SKATEBOARDING

           My interest in skateboarding began when I went to the park when I was younger. I was 8 years old.. The name of the park is named Lineberger park in Gaston. I would see them doing many things with the board. I was amazed. I wanted to learn how to do that. And I also lived by a skate shop. And for that Christmas, I asked for a skateboard. And that's what I received. I broke it years ago (by my foot I jumped on it , I was mad because it hit my shin) but it was a legit skateboard. It was a Flip skateboard with black Independent trucks and Bones wheels.

   Now I'm 14 and basically all of my friends skateboard. It's just a thing we do, we usually make skateboarding videos and put them on YouTube. I mainly skate with my friends Melvin, Mao, Fran, Kevin, And my cousin Nick. In my opinion, the best is between Kevin and Mao (not including me.) But I have a lot of tricks that I can do, I'm actually very good at it. I'm going to the next Redbull competition its in August I believe and Mao and I are both going. And if you get 5th place or up, you will get a better chance of being pro because you have to go through 3 more competitions. And if your 3rd or up, you will more-than-likely to be a AM skater for a sponsor ( not of your choice though.) And from then on out you will be a pro skater with free skate-setups.

       BUT, you have to represent your sponsor so that means that you have to make sponsorship videos. And they have to be good, ( the whole reasoning in the word "pro".)

       There are many types of skaters: Hardcore- skaters who don't care about the law and hates cops. They're the type to fight a cop if they say something to them. Calm- skaters who don't skate out in the public they only use skate parks. Loose skaters- skaters who will do something that was so difficult and make it look as easy as blinking. Daredevils- skaters who take the HIGHEST drop in the world and gets thrills off of it. Preppy- skaters who gets to happy with a skateboard and ends up getting hurt (not a show-off.) Mongo-Pushers- people who skate with the wrong foot going in the wrong skateboarding stance and if you do that then you are considered a Poser, and nobody likes them. And the most hated is PoSeRs- ThEy ArE tHe TyPe Of SkAtErS wHo Do ThIs As TyPiNg, and cannot skate at all but they dress like it and they will say that they can do all the tricks in the book but yet cant Ollie.( an Ollie is when you pop the board off the ground to get air.) And that's my interest in skateboarding.

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