“I’ve been skating for forty years” they will tell you. “I’ve broken my shin and my knee”, they will grin. What is it with these people? They come back to the skateboard, setback after setback, and what seems like a mediocre level. Huh? In reality, it’s combination of elements—accessibility, freedom, culture—which makes them skate way longer than you’d expect them to. It’s an obession.
