Tiffany, Rian and I spent an afternoon at the skatepark here in Seattle a few weeks ago and had some fun. We stole Tiffany's husband's skateboard and set out on a mission to dominate the skate park.... and by dominate I mean...learn how to balance on the board ;) We laughed as "real" skaters actually came to get their skate on and we were totally "those girls", but we made friends with a crazy guy named Kai who has some mad skate chops. We all giggled a little when he approached Rian and the first thing out of his mouth was 'I live in Portland, I'm just back to get my braces tightened' ;) charming.... and a great way to pick up a lady I might add. Kai was nice enough to goof off with us a bit in the skate bowl. 

During my freshman year of high school I ran around with some skate/snowboard kids. Us girls always sat on the sidelines while our too-cool-for-school boyfriends showed off their nollie kick flip moves. I had my big puffy Vans on and my beanies to boot. I thought I was pretty fly. I always thought it would be really cool if I could keep up with the boys at the skate park, so one day I decided to just go for it. I thought, (as I always do) if they can do it, why can't I? They made it look so easy. I assumed I had watched enough skating in my day to pick it up pretty quickly. Boy was I wrong. I think I got two pushes into it and I was flat on my face. That skateboard OWNED me! Needless to say, I haven't been super inclined to get back on the horse after that ;) It was a great lesson for me though, people who are great at what they do always make things look easy. Our punk skateboard boyfriends somehow made skating look so smooth, so simple. But becoming a master at anything is NEVER easy. It takes a hell of a lot of time, practice & persistence.