A recent hobby or sport I have seen
many people around the city do is long-boarding. It is just skateboarding with a bigger size
board. I have always wanted to try this
activity, but since I do not have the greatest balance I have always been
afraid. The other day I finally decided
to give it a try and I bought a board.
Since it takes me thirty minutes to walk to school every day, I thought
that it is a good way for me to get to school faster while having fun at the
same time. These past few days have been
a very interesting experience so far with my long-board. It is a lot of fun to do, but it is so
hard! I have fallen off plenty of times,
and the worst part was on Ramblas de Catalunya when I skated into a man walking
with his family! He screamed out in pain
and I felt so bad for him, but I apologized a lot and he understood that it was
an accident. I do not trust myself on a
skateboard! I just hope that with every
new day, I will get better, so that next time I will not endanger anyone else
around me.
From what I have seen around the
city, it is a popular activity that many people do. In America, only youths skateboard, but here
I see older men and women also skating through the streets, which is really
cool and surprising to me. In the United
States, many people think less of those that skate because they think they are
bad kids or something like that, but here it seems to be accepted. I do not know why it is viewed differently
back in my country, because it is only a fun hobby. Hopefully by the end of the semester I will
be good enough to not kill myself! Wish
me luck!
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