Today I want to share one of my favorite activity. Several weeks ago, I went up to Seattle to visit some friends. They lived on 145th street and were close to a “skate” park. I used to skateboard a lot when I was younger, until I cracked bones in my ankle and stopped doing it. However, I was happy to see all the young boys and even girls skating in this concrete hole in the ground. It is not just a simple hole; it is more like a twisting path that spins down into a cement bowl that is deep at one end and shallow at the other. The kids were dressed in “skater” clothes and had helmets and knee pads, at least most of the very active ones. Skateboarding has become a very interesting sport, even though it is pretty dangerous. I saw lots of kids with bandages on their hands, legs, and one girl had a cast on her arm but she was busy skating again. I think skating is better for kids than sitting in front of a TV or a game boy.
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