By Landen Osborn Stromsoe
I grab my board
Drop it on the ground
I give a push
I’m on my way down
Going down a hill
Collecting speed
I feel the grip lock in my feet
My grip is like sandpaper, it’s the most reliable
I give a kick
I hear a sound
That’s my wheels sliding on the ground
With wheels smooth as stone
And a rock-hard deck
Nothing could go wrong, that’s what I expect
I turn around
As you know it
I’m laying on the ground
Landen Osborn Stromsoe is an avid young skateboarder from Thousand Oaks, Calif. He has spent his summers here in Edgartown with his grandparents, JoAnn Osborn Bettencourt and Louis Broccoli.
