V2 Skating dreams

There was once a man named Jimmy. Jimmy liked to skateboard in his spare time. Jimmy had a cheap little set up, but it was just fine for him. He got all his parts from the local shop around the corner from his house. Jimmy wasn't sure how good he was at skating because he was the only person who skated around him. This made it hard for him to get good because he never had anyone to push him so he could try harder. In the skating world this is one of the most common ways to get better. Skating with someone who is better than you would make you try harder to keep up with them. This is good and bad. It's good because you really focus on trying to learn new tricks and land all your old ones, but it's bad because sometimes it has the opposite effect. If someone is doing better than you sometimes it takes away all of your motivation to skate because you can't keep up with them. The most popular term for this in the skating world is “one upping.” You always have to try and one up your friend because you can never let them be better than you. It’s how it works with any sport or game, so skating is no different. Alright back to Jimmy. Jimmy kept on skating, but he wouldn’t get better because he didn’t have anyone to one up him. This made it really difficult for Jimmy to get better until one day a man named Chad Muska moved in nearby. Chad Muska is a professional skateboarder for the skate company Element. This was the inspiration that Jimmy needed. Jimmy would skate with Muska almost every day, and then Muska hooked Jimmy up with a spot at an Element demo and Jimmy got signed to the team. The moral of the story is knowing somebody is the easiest way to get somewhere.