The Mysteries of Life #2

Continuing on my mysteries of life series is a subject that has boggled my mind ever since I tried a long long time ago. A while back when I was hanging out with a former friend of mine, I tried doing this, and nearly broke my body. It is something that apparently take skill and grace, neither of which I have. It is something that literally defies gravity, in my opinion. This mystery of life is...

That is right people, skateboarding. Have you every actually watched someone skateboard? Its mesmerizing. I don't understand how the hell the board stays on their feet when they jump in the air, or ollie if you want to be technical about it. Its seriously some sort of black arts or something because there is no possible way anyone should be able to even stand on one of those things. Trust me, I have tried many times and almost broke my ankles many times. Just look at this video for God sake. around the 1:00 mark my jaw actually drops.

OUTRAGEOUS. I give all the credit in the world to anyone who can skateboard well. Honestly, it makes my brain hurt watching them do it. But, as you can see from the picture I made above, the skateboarding community has given us many things besides jaw dropping tricks and hours of X-games footage.

I personally would like to thank skaters for giving me skateboarding shoes. They are comfortable and wide enough for my gigantic feet to wear unlike other shoe companies like Adidas. Seriously Adidas, what are you thinking adding that rubber toe to every one of your shoes. It's so constricting. Also, where would we be without Tony Hawk games? I can honestly say that days of my life have been spent trying to collect the letters S-K-A-T-E. And seriously, where would I be without the terminology that these men and women have used throughout their existence? I think I say dude and and awesome 15 times a day.

But in all honesty, I really do not understand how you people do it and give you all the credit in the world. Keep on keeping on dudes. You will always be a mystery to me.