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sudden there are things bigger than me. They’re smaller than me, but bigger than me, because they’re underneath my wheels, making me slip out, and that’s when I’m like, “Oh my God, okay. I have to ground myself, and literally ground myself, get lower to the ground, and just be one with where I’m trying to go.” I can’t be looking back too much, more so just looking at what’s immediately in front of me. It kind of gets away from being in the now, but it is about being connected both to yourself and to what’s around you. It’s pretty awesome. It makes me feel alive. I was listening to Wayne Dyer, and once he talked about inspira - tion and a basic definition of being “in spirit”. If you’re inspired, that means you’re “in spirit”. And that’s what skateboarding does to me. So in a sense, it is very spiritual. I looked up the definition of what spirituality means — because before religion comes just being — and it comes from Latin meaning “breath of life”. Inspiration also comes from Latin, “to breathe into”. I think it all relates to skating, because if I’m not inspired, then I feel lost. It also forces you to be okay with failure. If you fall, you have to get back up, literally, before you can go. You have to earn it. There are no shortcuts. It takes dedication and consistency, first to get comfortable, then to get and stay good. It’s not like riding a bike. It’s a different dynamic, and way more challenging, but super rewarding when you master it. Dedication and consistency are definitely key when it comes to any kind of practice, including a spiritual practice. When I lived in California, every Sunday morning we would do this eight-mile trek on a bike path, and we would call it “church”. That was our church, our religion. I’m the kind of person that needs a routine, because if I just go with the flow, then I could end up off. When there’s no end goal, that’s when you can get off track and you don’t know what you’re doing. Long distance skating is my next level challenge, because it in- volves creating a distance goal, for me 250 miles per month, and then breaking it down into daily goals, roughly 10 miles of skateboarding a day I work into my schedule. Skateboarding brings discipline and also that routine, which is really nice.
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Before fun is safety, so you have fun. Teaching starts on flat ground.
Clearly your involvement with skateboarding, and now teaching, has in fact taught you much and added richness to your life. Any parting thoughts, or lessons you’ve learned that you would want to share with our readers? If you want to live a long life, you have to have a community, that social interaction. Being involved with skateboarding makes me have something bigger than myself. It’s not just the skateboarding, it’s the community, it’s the places I can go, the things I can do. And that’s what gives me the motivation to proceed, and to teach. Getting back to the purity and fun of skateboarding, and how it can promote a healthier lifestyle, and also promote self-reliance, being at peace with oneself, getting into a flow state with yourself, is all that matters at the end of the day. It’s just me and the skateboard, becom -
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