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Our Grandma's Got a Skateboard
Our grandma's got a skateboard
And none of us know what to do.
We're all afraid she might get hurt.
Since our Grandma's almost eighty-two.
We called her favorite doctor
Who is a veterinarian.
He said that's much too dangerous
When one's an octogenarian.
He told us that Gram's old bones
Had gotten brittle as an egg.
He joked that he'd have to shoot her if she were to fall and break a leg.
And an eighty-year-old heart
Just can't stand up to all that strain.
So we kids would all go see her
We'd not let our Grandma suffer pain.
'Cause we who love our Grandma
Want to keep her old heart pumping.
Grandpa said that he would tell her
When she got home from bungee jumping.
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| Because you asked... Dear TCB Editors
I have an idea for a future TCB.
I have two skateboarding children, Jordan and Danielle. They are always
talking about "grinding", (a good thing), "ollie-ing", (another good
thing) and "biffing", (a bad thing) and other mysterious words that I have no
idea about. How about doing a skateboard issue, or maybe a general teen issue that
explains the meanings of all of these words?
Sincerely,
Confused and Confounded Mother |
 
Vert Skating 101
(A History Lesson)
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Vertical skateboarding, also known as vert skating, originated in the mid
1960s in coastal Los Angeles, California. At the time, skateboarding was experiencing its
first wave of popularity, and skateboarders were discovering new ways--and new
terrains--to ride. The first well-known instance of vert skating took place when a
skater's parents left town for the weekend, and their son and some of his friends drained
the backyard swimming pool, which featured smooth, evenly transitioned walls. The skaters
would stand in the shallow end of the empty pool and roll toward the deep end, steering
their boards around the bowled end in what's called a "carve." Carving is
basically a wide turn in which all four wheels of the board remain on the wall of the pool
or bowl.......
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Links to three skateboard slang dictionaries...
