Skateboarding has become my absolute favorite activity. Yeah even over TV, internet and video games. Ever since that first day I learned how to stand on a skateboard I fell in love. I have been skateboarding for 7 years now and still can't give it up (and believe me I've tried). Once you start you just never want to stop. Landing a new trick gives you the most incredible feeling, especially if you have been trying to land that trick for a long time. My first kickflip down stairs was down a 3 stair and when I landed it I started literally flipping out. I ALMOST CRIED! It took me so long and took so much practice that landing it was the the most stoked I have been in my skateboarding life so far. Of course I have landed all kinds of new tricks since then, but I still remember landing that first kickflip down the stairs.

Skateboarding isn’t just an hobby its an addiction. You cant give it up once you start dropping in at the parks and pulling off board tricks, its almost impossible. It may be very hard to master, but if you stick to it you will get a lot better. I got all of my friends into skateboarding now and they can't stop either, their hooked. Skateboarding might just be the only drug that is actually good for you.

I am so hooked I even made a website to help those that are new to skateboarding learn the lingo and attitude of the skateboarding lifestyle (and maybe help their parents too). The Official Skateboarding Dictionary.

So get up off that couch and go skateboard! You'll be hooked also.

--Brandon R.