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SKATEBOARDING IS JUST AN EXCUSE TO OWN THE SPACE NOBODY GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO USE

Posted by Dez Fontaine Tue at 8:30 AM Filed in Sports #Confidence #Identity #urban culture #skateboarding #public space 22 views

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I figured out something wild the other day. Skateboarding isn't actually about the tricks or the speed or even the board itself. It's about walking into a place that wasn't designed for you and deciding you belong there anyway. That's the whole game right there.
Think about it. Every skate spot is somebody else's property. A parking garage, a plaza in front of some corporate building, a ledge that's just sitting there looking boring and functional. The architecture was made for cars and foot traffic and people moving through without stopping. Then a skater shows up and just rewrites what that space means. Suddenly a concrete step isn't just a step anymore. It's a canvas. It's yours.
That's why I've always said skaters are the most honest people in the city. We don't pretend to respect invisible lines. We see a spot and we see potential. Sometimes it's a three stair that hasn't been touched in years. Sometimes it's a random ledge in an alley that looks perfect. We just know. And we go for it.
The beautiful part is that once you learn to do that on a board, it changes how you move through everything. You start seeing your own life like a skate spot. That job that wasn't made for you? You're gonna make it yours. That community that didn't ask you to join? You're in. That dream that seems impossible because nobody around you is doing it? Watch this.
The people who get uncomfortable with skateboarding culture, I think they sense that part. Because skating isn't rebellious in a destructive way. It's just confidently existing in spaces that weren't designed with you in mind. It's low-key the most radical thing you can do without breaking anything or hurting anybody. You're just out here redefining what public space means.
I spent years thinking the board was the important part. Nah. The board is just the tool. The real skill is the part where you convince yourself and everybody watching that you deserve to be there.
What spaces in your life are you still asking permission to use?

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