For skateboarders, their sport means so much more than
rolling around on a nicely shaped plank and four urethane wheels. It’s a way of
life, a metaphorical act, an artistic endeavor, radical self-expression; it’s a
survival mechanism, a way to create order in a world that doesn’t always make
sense. Whatever significance a particular individual attaches to the act, it
goes so far beyond kickflips and board slides, past concrete banks and
handrails.
