NY Times- Skateboarding often favors the young.
An 11-year-old, Zheng Haohao of China, will compete in Paris this summer.
So will Andy Macdonald.
I had to take a triple take when I saw this headline.
Is your mind sufficiently bottled, or do you need a refresher?
Look- I’m 35 years old.
I broke my foot getting out of an Uber.
If that isn’t humbling, god damn.
He was hitting 720s 25 years ago and is still going strong.
Meanwhile I have to foam roll my back after a long day of doing very little.
Suffice to say, I’m very jealous of folks like Andy who are just built different.
Skateboading has come a long way since it was a miracle Tony Hawk landed a 900.
I remember watching him crash and burn time after time after time trying to land it.
Now we got 6 year olds doing it before they can wipe their own ass.
Just shows how much more impressive this is for Andy to be headed to Paris.
And seriously, what the fuck, how is that kid doing that?
I need an Advil.
