Let me ask you this. How old is too old to take up skateboarding? Would you say it's probably not the most sensible thing for a 36 year old father of two? What would you say if about 40?

OK, 44?

My seven-year old son has a skateboard he got for Christmas. He doesn't really have a lot of interest in learning to ride it yet. Mostly he just lays down on it and glides along the driveway like Superman. For all his abundent energy and "boyness" he is also a very cautious child. At this point he has very little interest in learning to ride a bike.

My daughter, however, is very interested in learning to skateboard. So we have been learning together. And I am sure we have been entertaining the neighbors a bit. I hope they are having a good laugh. I guess it's neighborly of us to brighten their day a little.

We are starting on the very gentle slope of our driveway. It's just barely enough to get rolling. Which is enough to give us a feel for for the balance and to work on turning. At some point we will move out to the somewhat bigger hill on the street, which will likely be followed by a post written in the hospital with a leg in traction.

We are a very long way from joining the punks down at the town skate park and doing tricks on the ramps and grinding the rails. But We've started, and I feel good about that.

Better late than never. Right?

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 12:18 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment