Why I've stuck with skateboarding over the years

I have come to the conclusion that I have stuck with skateboarding throughout the years because it is the perfect blend of creativity and athleticism. Skateboarding is a rebellious creativity competition, at least in my eyes. I was always into creating different things such as writing my own comic books, James Bond missions to play during recess, creating rpg video games on the computer, filming and editing skate videos, and even writing this blog.

I did watch tv in my youth, like cartoons and such. I read a few books. I liked magazines more. I read Boys Life before I got into Transworld and then Thrasher. In probably 6th grade I would play Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 with my brothers and then my dad would take us to the mall to play this card game, Magi Nation. I think one of my brother's friends got us into it.
Looking back I think I was always into creating things or learning strategies to win games and such when I wasn't playing sports or camping.

What has sent me off on this mental tangent is this youtube video on Paul Joseph Watson and how he first became "woke."
I was thinking to myself I was never really woke and through further thinking I'm not really sure what the definition of this term is. To be honest I was never really interested in what other people would say but more in what I/we could create.

In high school a friend of mine posted a bulliten on myspace introducing me to zeitgeist. That may have been the first thing like that that I saw. I watched the whole thing. I was intrigued, but it was long, complicated, and wordy.

I dont think I ever took anything for face value except when I got into college and partying/doing drugs and such. My college years were the worst years of my life. I started believing what these dumb mfers were saying about me. Mainly due to the pot taking a toll on my brain.

Everything aside though, I have been a creator and am not interested in what the world is, but what it could be. All prior knowledge is bullshit. Learn to create and say fuck you to anybody that gets in your way. I'll end it here before I get too preachy.  Dont forget to destroy stuff too though

Skateboarding is an Activity

To many people skateboarding can be a number of things. People generally claim skateboarding to be a lifestyle, an art, a sport, a drug, a form of transportation, a form of exercise, and probably a couple more things. While all these can be true depending on your viewpoint, to me, skateboarding is an activity.

When people claim skateboarding to be a lifestyle I am honestly not quite sure what they mean. According to google, a lifestyle is a way a person lives. Yes, I live to skate, among other things, but I do not skate to live. Skateboarding does not bring me a paycheck.

Skateboarding is an art. It can be how you interact with your environment. You can be all artsy fartsy with your griptape design or what you choose to wear. It can come down to your style, how you ride on your skateboard to your trick selection. Everybody does it differently.

Skateboarding is a sport to those who compete in contests, such as the X Games, Street League, and soon the Olympics. You can be competitive in nature by competing with your friends or anyone really.

Skateboarding is a form of transportation, which is quite obvious.

Skateboarding can be a drug by hooking people on the way it feels to land tricks and whatnot; the feeling of accomplishment.

All of these things can be true, and to me it boils down to skateboarding being an activity. I skateboard to enjoy myself. It is something I can go out and do for anywhere from a couple of minutes to a couple of hours. I can go with someone. I can go alone. To me at this point skateboardings is simply something to do.

It requires physical movement which can be considered exercise. You can skate down the street and get tired out. It is a good form of cardio.

I do not consider skateboarding a hobby. Maybe to some people it is, but to me and people I know, it is more consuming than I think a hobby is. Google states a hobby is an activity done in one's leisure time for pleasure. ...well that I can agree on. Perhaps skateboarding is a hobby. The word hobby sounds a bit trivializing.

Google defines activity as the condition in which things are being done or a thing that a person or group has done. A very vague definition to say the least. Oh well, this is it for the day.

2018 Skateboarding - April 28, 2018

2018, about 2 years since I wrote anything here. Nothing much to write. I've been going to JB Williams at night calling out the stoners there on lilburnpotsmokers.com! F them! I rode my bike for 12.5 miles at Fort Yargo today. Heavily sipping on them sparkling waters. Working out a lot. Working a lot and skating flatland. Not skating obstacles anymore. The bowl is for posers. Riding around? I'm flipping in flipping out of my no complys. Mountain Park Park street league, flat land division. 2 trips so far this year; Austin, TX and Tampa, FL for Tampa Pro. Unfortunately was not invited to skate this time around, but did get it in at the Bro Bowl 2.0. As far as Austin, we hit downtown, the park, and a San Antonio skatepark too. San Antonio park was cool. It was hidden in the suburbs with lots of banks and transition. Kinda small, but was very entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcN7d5py8_A we listened to this in FL. Jimmy's choice.