Link Salad, the Second City Edition
-- Skateboarding as Religion - Sean Wilsey, Originally published in the London Review of Books under the title "Using So Little", 2003
"Melbourne, Florida: “Sometimes in conversation with acquaintances the question will come up, ‘What do you miss most about freedom?’ Without the slightest hesitation, I say: ‘Skateboarding.’ The looks I get in return are shocking to say the least. ‘Dude, what about chicks? Beer? Parties?’ Obviously these people have never spent all-nighters ollieing the gap in downtown.” (To ollie is to simultaneously jump and kick the board so that it stays attached to your feet. To fly.)"
"Melbourne, Florida: “Sometimes in conversation with acquaintances the question will come up, ‘What do you miss most about freedom?’ Without the slightest hesitation, I say: ‘Skateboarding.’ The looks I get in return are shocking to say the least. ‘Dude, what about chicks? Beer? Parties?’ Obviously these people have never spent all-nighters ollieing the gap in downtown.” (To ollie is to simultaneously jump and kick the board so that it stays attached to your feet. To fly.)"