As skateboarders, we are no strangers to conflict and adversity. Every day we walk out of our houses with our skateboards. We are routinely confronted and ticketed by police, kicked out of skate spots by security guards, yelled at by random people telling us we are damaging property, and so on. Skateboarding is more than these negative presumptions; Skateboarding is a form of art, a diverse community of every color and gender, sometimes a lifesaver to some such as me. Skateboarding has taught us that we must keep pushing forward no matter the costs, get up whenever we fall, and keep on trying.