I started skating in 1983-84 at about 7 years old launching off of a small kicker ramp that we made using schematics from an old issue of Thrasher. We grew up in the middle of nowhere so I didn't get to experience street skating until I moved to the city at age 12. From then on I was hooked and skated everyday for 8 years until I was about 18. By that point I was having my first kid and it was all history. I was glad to have skated some of the best spots at that time in Philly, Baltimore, and New York. Fast forward to now at 37 I'd really like to get back into it casually just so I'm active again, but now for some reason I don't have the confidence that I once did it seems. I get on a board and just standing on it I get the shakes for some reason. I think it's maybe in my head, a fear of not being able to take a spill like I used to and I also wonder just how strong my bones are lol. I was on someone else's board at the time so maybe that's it? Maybe I need my own personal board to feel comfy again. I did land a heel flip, kick flip and a pop shove it though lol.