I’ve yet to make the dive into skating in front of other people, especially kids. Forgetting the fact that I can’t even ollie yet, I’m 32 and feel like a dork with my helmet, pads and Tony Hawk sneakers on. (Hey, I think he’s a good guy and don’t mind supporting his clothign line).

There’s actually a bit of a skating community in Sleepy Hollow – there’s a skate shop in town called 2nd Nature and a bunch of kids skate in the parking lot of the school near our house.

There’s also an indoor skatepark in Hillburn, NY (about 30 minutes away). I went to check it out one day, sans-board. It looked pretty cool but everybody looked to be betwen 8 and 16. In the little shop in the store a kid about 9 or so proceeded to tell me how every video was “sick” and had “suck stuff” and “sick tricks” in it. He asked me who I liked and I stopped myself from saying “Tony Hawk” because I assumed it was would get me laughed out of the place.

The park says they have lessons for all ages and skill levels, but somehow I feel like “All ages” really means, “Well, you’re under 30, right?”. I’d take lessons there, but the though of falling on my ass in front of tweens and teens makes me shudder in embarrassment.

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