Art, music, religion, and skating. How often do you hear these "words" mentioned within the same sentence? Evan Wright is a skateboarder. He’s been doing it for 10 years. Here is his story.
Evan got his skateboarding start in third grade with a board with plastic trucks. With time he developed his skills and started performing tricks like “ollies.” Sadly, his tricks broke his board. But in fourth grade he found skateboarding hope when he met a classmate that shared his skateboarding magazines with him in class.
By fifth grade skateboarding took on a whole new meaning in Evan’s life when he got his first real board from Academy for Christmas. Not only could he really develop his skills, but he found friends at church who could help him.
“We would spend hours riding together before church and at our houses,” said Evan.
Overtime the church crew split, growing up and doing their own thing, but none of this phased Evan.
“[We] split ways, getting into different things. So, I met new people, the same people that I still link up and ride with now.”
For Evan skating is a way of life, there’s no rushing, no coaching. It’s just self-paced development and style.
“The love of music and art are what led me to skateboarding. It’s all a culture." –Evan Wright
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