Exactly my point. The ones who did it b/c they grew to love it as a sport/ hobby/ lifestyle are still around. Hence the word "core".
My cousin got me hooked on skateboarding in the mid to late 80s. i used to go over to his house and watch him ride vert. He looked like he was having so much fun. I didn't know it at the time, but I wanted/ needed to have something in my life that challenged me and rewarded me like that. Something only I could fail or succeed at on my own level, and nothing or no one could tell me I wasn't doing it right. All my friends had a skateboard back then, I am one of two that I grew up with in grammar school that didn't quit within two years either b/c it was too hard, or it got unpopular (which by 1990 it did). Actually I took a ton of flak from guys I played team sports with, and other people in the early 90s for being a skater and dressing like one. I never thought to justify myself to them, I just figured I wouldn't have to worry about them snaking me at a spot. Now I talk to them and they ask if I still skate. i tell them, "every once in a while" and they usually say " you've been skateboarding forever! That's really cool you found something like that".
I totally thought it looked fun, not cool. That's the difference between someone who is into something for it's true definition, or someone who is into it b/c they want to look cool or think they will look cool while doing it.
I bought an e30 b/c I wanted a good platform that I could build myself, and was astheticly pleasing to me. Not because I saw my friends with e30s looking cool and I wanted to join in. I started throwing darts and playing golf for the same reasons I skate. I can't blame my failures on anyone else but myself. i like it that way.
Make sense?
My cousin got me hooked on skateboarding in the mid to late 80s. i used to go over to his house and watch him ride vert. He looked like he was having so much fun. I didn't know it at the time, but I wanted/ needed to have something in my life that challenged me and rewarded me like that. Something only I could fail or succeed at on my own level, and nothing or no one could tell me I wasn't doing it right. All my friends had a skateboard back then, I am one of two that I grew up with in grammar school that didn't quit within two years either b/c it was too hard, or it got unpopular (which by 1990 it did). Actually I took a ton of flak from guys I played team sports with, and other people in the early 90s for being a skater and dressing like one. I never thought to justify myself to them, I just figured I wouldn't have to worry about them snaking me at a spot. Now I talk to them and they ask if I still skate. i tell them, "every once in a while" and they usually say " you've been skateboarding forever! That's really cool you found something like that".
I totally thought it looked fun, not cool. That's the difference between someone who is into something for it's true definition, or someone who is into it b/c they want to look cool or think they will look cool while doing it.
I bought an e30 b/c I wanted a good platform that I could build myself, and was astheticly pleasing to me. Not because I saw my friends with e30s looking cool and I wanted to join in. I started throwing darts and playing golf for the same reasons I skate. I can't blame my failures on anyone else but myself. i like it that way.
Make sense?
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