Today is Skate board Sunday in Bermuda where one of the shop owners, Darren Booth, who owns The Booth, a trendy shop that sells skateboards, paraphernalia that goes along with it and clothing gets permission from the Corporation of Hamilton to turn one of the Front Street parking lots into a Skateboard, BMX, and Longboard park. My son is an avid longboarder but finds it difficult to find places where he can freely longboard so he looks forward to this event.
This week he has told a lot of his friends so the telephone is ringing off the hook from parents who want to know what this skateboard Sunday is all about. All the boys are buzzing because there really isn’t much organised stuff for them to do particularly when they are twelve and are so conscious about what’s cool and what’s not. And there are very few safe places that they can longboard or skateboard without people complaining.
So this event is exciting to him because he can longboard to his heart’s content without worrying about cars or traffic or pedestrians getting in his way or anyone complaining that he is a danger. It’s great for us as parents because our boys can be outside with other boys and some girls getting fresh air doing something physical and fun. Any parent of an adolescent I’m sure can totally relate to how good it feels to find something for our children to do where it is not competitive or too structured because our children will go and participate without feeling awkward.
To watch their faces as they participate, to hear the joy in their voices, to see them let loose is music to any parent’s heart. So off we go. Enjoy your Sunday and I’m sure mine will be adventurous with all these boys, my husband and my daughter and her cousin and the other parents I will meet up with today as our boys fly through the parking lots without abandon.
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