Devooo [RollTheMic \ DJ Z]

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TOP 10 REASONS TO SKATEBOARD
1. Ability To Cope With Pain
Part of the learning process of skateboarding is falling on your ass. Remember the very first time you stepped on a skateboard? If you stuck with it for long enough, and/or get reasonably good at riding, you're going to be paying dues. Most skaters I know have at least one broken bone to their name, not to mention the numerous less injuries that plague our kind. Whether it's swollen elbows, broken bones, concussions, knee blowouts, or head traumas, if you can't take the pain, you won't stick with it for long.
2. Ability To Make Friends In Other Places
If you've ever taken a road trip for any length of time, you realize what a valuable skill it can be to be able to show up at some dumskee town's pitiful excuse for a skatepark, exchange a few words with the locals, and wind up with floorspace. This also works the other way around. You should always be willing to help out skaters in transit because you never know when the roles will be reversed. If you ever have too much trouble finding somewhere to stay, you'd better face the fact that you're probably just a squid.
3. Ability To Deal With Cops
Being able to size up a "situation" before it turns into a "problem" is key, but when the law appears, you'd better know what to do or say. A 300-lb popo will never catch an agile skater, but if surrounded by Rambo look-a-likes, with no outs, you'd better figure out that a bit of politeness might get you out of a ticket/fine/jail. Security guards, however, are usually wannabe cops that have failed and therefore have a chip on their shoulder. They deserve no respect at all and should be abused accordingly.
4. Ability To Detect Prime Architecture At A Distance From A Fast Moving Vehicle
It doesn't matter if you're going down to the hardware store with Pops or going to the drive-in with your date, Suzy, skaters are always scanning the region for new or overlooked architecture.
5. Ability to Rage Harder Than Most
Who's always up latest having fun, or, as others see it, causing problems? Who can drink more beer than a roomful of armchair quaterbacks on Superbowl Sunday? The answer is obvious and may have something to do with the fear of severly getting screwed with if you pass out...
6. Determination, Gumption, Wherewithal, and Ability To Find What You're Looking For
Whether you're the Screaming Lord, himself, going up in a helicopter to find the latest batch of pools, or a random rat crisscrossing side streets and back alleys in search of the bank that a friend of a friend's brother's girlfried thought she saw, innovation and determination are key charactoristics.
7. Ability to Appreciate Style
From Eric Kostons k-grinds, to Stanton and Kareem Campbells kickflip hubba gaps, skateboarders know style. Finesse will always be a style subject, but will so many others like pool playing, cigarette smoking, and, I swear, I even heard someone talking about style after watching a traffic accident.
8. Ability To Go Higher, Bigger, Farther
Never satasfied with merely adequate, there's always another level. Progression is a staple, and life is boring without it. Even mudane things like jumping off the diving board at the local swimming spot become events unparalleled. (see ..1)
9. Ability To Laugh In The Face Of Danger
Faced with at Bronto-gap, or a 15 foot pool, someone's gonna do it. All it takes is overcoming that fear, taking the extra push, and going for it. This may also explain why I've seen some of the scrawniest skaters get the better of gorilla-neced jocks during altercations. Take it as a blessing.
10. Ability To Bear Inhuman Circumstances
Try taking a road trip for longer than a week, packing up a car with skaters, and skating continuously for days, often without a shower, proper diet, too much beer, and not enough sleep. Situations that would make a green beret wet his pants are easily overcome by the hardy breed of skaters.
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