watched my brother skate with his friends and wanted to be just like him for as long as I could

remember. It just looked like a fun new thing to do, and I am the type of person that will try

anything, so I was like, "why not?" I knew that I liked adrenaline, speed, and it was good

The more I skated around town, the more I fell in love with it. The feeling of total

freedom and weightlessness as you glide through the air over a ramp, or the way the wind feels

while going down the gnarliest hill in town and not bailing out. Just knowing the only way to pull

it off is to say "to hell with the consequences," this is something I must do. Then the feeling of

adrenaline inside after pulling something off that I thought I could never do.

As I continued to skate I learned more and more about myself. I learned about my

fears, my boundaries, and how to overcome them. I also learned determination, to never give

After taking out all of my aggression from the day on the board, I feel ten times better and so

Through them and my atitude of fearlessness I now know that I can overcome anything

of it just puts me in total bliss. When I try to think of it I only come up with one image; just me

euphoria and peace. It is one of the most calming things after pulling off something huge that I

These are all things that I can apply to different parts of my life in more ways than I would have

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