Skateboarding is something I picked up when I was about eleven years old. I always
             watched my brother skate with his friends and wanted to be just like him for as long as I could
             remember. It just looked like a fun new thing to do, and I am the type of person that will try
             anything, so I was like, "why not?" I knew that I liked adrenaline, speed, and it was good
             The more I skated around town, the more I fell in love with it. The feeling of total
             freedom and weightlessness as you glide through the air over a ramp, or the way the wind feels
             while going down the gnarliest hill in town and not bailing out. Just knowing the only way to pull
             it off is to say "to hell with the consequences," this is something I must do. Then the feeling of
             adrenaline inside after pulling something off that I thought I could never do.
             As I continued to skate I learned more and more about myself. I learned about my
             fears, my boundaries, and how to overcome them. I also learned determination, to never give
             up, and I that the only reason I was afraid to try anything was because I was afraid to lose.
             These are all things that I can apply to different parts of my life in more ways than I would have
             ever imagined. I never would have thought when I began to skate that I would learn such things
             from something as fun as it is to me.
             My hobby of skateboarding also allows me to experience things such as feelings of total
             euphoria and peace. It is one of the most calming things after pulling off something huge that I
             always dreamed of being able to do and never thought it could be done by someone like myself.
             After taking out all of my aggression from the day on the board, I feel ten times better and so
             much more calm compared to the way I may have felt before I went out earlier that day.
             It has also helped me become much more open minded to other types of activities that I
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