Eheheh, good to read some similar stories to mine.
Yes, I just love the feeling, moving through the city, or even down a hill, feeling the asphalt under your wheels, it gives a bit of "freedom", even if it sounds silly.
And no, lol, I'm far away from beeing good.
I'm just able to do some average kickflips, some Shove Its etc, if I have a good day I'll do a heelflip from one out of 100 tries...
Also, I'm more into "oldschool" skating. Jumping down everywhere you can (even though I've never made it down more then a set of stairs of 5 steps), making wheelies for long distances, doing flat tricks etc. Doing downhill sessions while sitting on the deck, w/ 20 friends was insane fun. It felt like the street belongs to you.
Doing ollies out of little handmade ramps was also awesome.
I guess for me, it's more about not abandoning everything I loved as a child and avoiding turning into the stuck up people at my school.
Exactly. It's some type of "attitude" people who never skated'll never understand.
And yes, I tried the BMX, had some good times, but compared to a skateboard it was too clumsy and not so comfortable for me...
We even took our old skateboards, dismantled the trucks from it and went to some hills at winter.
The one who made it till the end of the snowy hill was a king, I never managed it to get down there. :/