I love skateboarding!  I have been doing it since I was a kid!  Do you enjoy it?
I have tried but I'm not good at it. Skateboarding can be considered a job, recreational activity and even an art form.
I agree!  I do it for recreation.  Who do you think is the most famous skatboarder?
John Rodney Mullen is considered a very influential skateboarder who has invented numerous tricks.
I am not familiar with that name.  When did he start skateboarding?
He was born in 1966 and won his first championship at 14, he then went on to win 35 out of 36 freestyle contests being the most successful in his sport.
That is a long time ago!  I didn't even know skateboarding existed back then!Is he still involved in the sport?
Lewis Marnell
Lewis Kristian Marnell (3 December 1982 – 18 January 2013) was a professional skateboarder from Melbourne, Australia who was Slam Magazine's 2008 "Skater of the Year". Marnell died in January 2013, following complications related to type 1 (juvenile) diabetes, a condition that was diagnosed when he was 10 years old. Numerous tributes were published following Marnell's death and his longtime skateboard deck sponsor, Almost Skateboards, continues to use the hashtag "#LewisMarnellForever"—on 15 and 29 July 2014, the company published
the Z-Boys when he was a young skateboarder.
Perspectives.
In an interview with "Juice" magazine, Song explained his passion for skateboarding:
I like skateboarding for what it is. I like being able to do it by myself. You need another person to hit the ball. You need someone to pitch something at you or block for you to make a basket. With skateboarding, I just pick up my board and do exactly what I want to do. Some days I have a good