I saw a post on the SLAP fourms that sent me down an intorspective rabbit hole: What are (skate-related) things you were too cool for as a kid, that you now appreciate and/or love?
A few of mine: Tony Hawk. Skating transition. Watching vert. Side rails. Pads. “Basic” tricks. Non-traditional forms of skating. Shitty ramps. The joy of just rolling.
The irony here, is those are all things I really liked/loved as a very young kid, and then “lost interest” in as I got a bit older. Now that I am much older, I realize how much the very young version of me actually knew. Everything is a circle, and I’m grateful for that.
