It’s amazing how far we’ve come with certain privileges our kids have that we didn’t. I suppose that statement is true from one generation to another.

I remember having to buy wood, nails and PVC pipe to create a homemade ramp that weighed five thousand pounds which I stored in the backyard under the deck. I also remember not being allowed into Burger King because I had a skateboard. That was OK, McD’s had and still does have better fries.

Nowadays kids have skate parks with professionally built ramps and all sorts of trick spots. Heck, they can even get a helmet all for free! They don’t know how lucky they are.

Today we visited a skate park for the first time. The below was a highlight for me.