Chapter 32
Roll Out
You can probably tell the admiration I have for the courage and creativity of skaters.
Skateboarding has all the skill and danger of a martial art, but with no adversary; only gravity, physics and hard reality. Once understood, these adversaries are indispensible to the dance, aren't they? What a metaphor for existence.
To us folks who don't roll, a skater's frame of mind is available: Find a perfect wave in the everyday hardscape, or make one for yourself; find the good news of a foggy day, a friend in the material question, love and laughter in your job.
So there you go:
The Anti Gravity Device Company:
Elevating Skaters Since 1987.
Gone are: Vern Johnson, Ves Fowler, Moose Trapasso, Artie Corradi, Tim Garrety, Dick Latvala, Gary Crawford and Andrew Gordon. I miss all you characters I worked with, dead and alive. Did we not have fun?
-- John Oliver, April 7, 2017
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mail@unclejohnsweb.com
Skateboarding has all the skill and danger of a martial art, but with no adversary; only gravity, physics and hard reality. Once understood, these adversaries are indispensible to the dance, aren't they? What a metaphor for existence.
To us folks who don't roll, a skater's frame of mind is available: Find a perfect wave in the everyday hardscape, or make one for yourself; find the good news of a foggy day, a friend in the material question, love and laughter in your job.
So there you go:
Gone are: Vern Johnson, Ves Fowler, Moose Trapasso, Artie Corradi, Tim Garrety, Dick Latvala, Gary Crawford and Andrew Gordon. I miss all you characters I worked with, dead and alive. Did we not have fun?
-- John Oliver, April 7, 2017
All Rights Reserved
mail@unclejohnsweb.com