Ever have those days skating when everything just clicks? Everything feels right and your board does everything you tell it to? When the power's pumpin' , have you ever done tricks you've never done before? If so, that's the feeling that makes you skate every day. If you have at least one day a month when world's wrapped around your finger, when skating comes as natural as breathing, when all your troubles are lost and gone, then that day is worth thousand bad ones. It's that perfect vibe you feel inside that outsiders can't understand - the freedom. Emotions are abstract, something you can't quite describe, not even to yourself. But you know it's there. I feel completely at ease and privileged to be one of the chosen ones, someone that rides and lives skateboarding. I almost wish every person could experience the joys of skating and know the bliss that comes along with it. Just thing how happy the world would be if every day lunchtime was spent at the local mini ramp and no one complained about the noise. But maybe it's better off that we're alone, invisible, if you will, to the masses and their team-sport mentalities, because today is the day that I can't go wrong. My feet will stick to my board like glue, I'll feel light as a feather and solid as a rock, all my friends will want to skate, and no one will get kicked out of anywhere. Today the vibe will be perfect.

L. DAWES
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