A good friend wrote a song which contained the phrase, “Life gets in the way” and sometimes I think about it and how it applies to my own life.
In the simple quest to skate more and stress less some obstacles that are normal parts of life complicate things. Work, projects, family, taxes, and cars etc. all conspire to keep me from skating. Some things like family are most important and other things like taxes and work, a means to an end to be sure, seem to be colossal wastes of time. Maybe the winter darkness contributes to the sense of not enough time. Maybe it’s age.
The days, however, grow longer and along with that will come more skating and more of my world will feel a bit less confined. Summertime is calling and daylight until 10 will arrive. I can’t wait.
Two years ago we started this website with this post and we are happy that our silly experiment in not doing a zine has continued and so far some of you like it. Well at least we know that 318 people on Facebook “like” us. Thanks for paying attention.
Hopefully in 2013 we are going to bring you more content but, to be honest with you, we might just be skating to much to do that. But we will try. Also we will most likely make some crap videos, t-shirts, hoodies, and maybe other things if we get our asses into gear. No, we really will try. Honest.
What should you do in 2013? Let’s make a list:
Skate more!
Support your local skate shop! This can’t be emphasized enough. Your local skate shop supports your scene and you. Unless you live in the back of beyond and have no choice, quit buying your skate gear from the internet and find a shop that you can call your own. We list some that we have been to on the left side of our website and all of them are better than the internet.
Support your local DIY. Skaters building stuff for skaters is the best phenomenon in skateboarding and has been going on the whole time. The concrete that you learn to pour, contour and skate on is more fun and satisfying because it’s yours. Some want a vert ramp. Whatever your poison it’s up to you to go and get it.
Road trip. Skating other places is a ton of fun. Skating other places with your friends is better. When you come home you will skate the stuff you know with a new perspective. Go, find, and skate.
Skate a pool. It’s in your skater DNA and is a must do for everyone that skates.
And lastly (I’m sure I could say more but the sun is out and I want to go skate.) GO SKATE!
Thanks for listening and buying shirts, stickers and hoodies from us!
Well it’s the time of year where the cold and wet in Seattle starts to get to you. Today is Christmas Eve and we were lucky enough to get a session in before dark and rain set in. We here at Oh My Back would like to wish you and yours a happy holiday season and a fantastic new year. Hopefully we’ll see you out skating soon! Thanks to Eric Whittaker for snapping the photo. Go skate!
