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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Skater Dreams


Saturday I was walking by a skater park and wanted to test myself taking a few action shots, but the real reason was to dream for a few moments of what it would feel like to fly on a skateboard. This kid loved performing for me. He would tell me where to point my camera and what he was going to do to entertain me. I asked him why there were no girls skating. He said they come and crash once and never come again. He wanted me to take this picture touching his board. I also took one of him "doing air", but all I got were his feet. He flew so high.

Now secretly (I guess the secret will be out now) I was a quiet girl growing up, but also a daring one. If I had known of skateboards when I was a girl, I would have certainly been out there with the boys. For a few moments I dreamed of being that skater girl, flying "doing air".

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8 comments:

  1. Annie JeffriesSeptember 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM

    Skateboarding always makes me think of my brother. He was a "pro" at 7. Now he's 47 and surfs. The one just naturally led to the other. Some of those little guys will be swooping the curls someday.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    What a great photo opportunity! It sounds like the boy had a great time conversing with you.

    :D LaTeaDah

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  3. babYposeSeptember 16, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    Hi there, I wanted to skate after I saw Michael J Fox in Back to the Future :)

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2009 at 11:58 PM

    I love the thought of you flying through the air. There are always things that boys are better at then girls and vice vera but I could not even go roller skates when I was a girl and I have never ventured on ice skates but I made sure my girls got the chance.

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  5. JeanneSeptember 17, 2009 at 7:26 AM

    My son loved to skate board.......
    big hugs

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  6. somepinkflowersSeptember 17, 2009 at 8:20 AM

    ohhh.. my...
    i just had to laugh!

    :-)

    i DID skateboard when i was a kid,
    way back at the beginning
    of the skate~board days...
    when
    you actually NAILED
    a Roller~Skate to a Board....

    {{ yes, i am 100 years old }}


    anyway,
    i am NOT the daring one
    but i am the one
    that lived by the only HILL around...
    so...


    Location & Gravity
    made me participate.

    don't you love how a camera in your hand
    gives your permission?


    i use to say,
    ""i am doing this for a class,
    would you mind.....""


    now i just shoot away!

    keep it up, missy.

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  7. CarolineSeptember 17, 2009 at 9:21 AM

    Cool shot...I would be too chicken to get some air...lol

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  8. parTea ladySeptember 20, 2009 at 5:38 PM

    When I was a kid my neighborhood was full of little boys, so I hung out with my brothers and their friends. We built forts, climbed trees and made rope swings (another way of doing air).

    Since I was such a tomboy, I'm sure I'd have been a skater girl too.

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