By ambermayormaynot on Skatehive
Hi, my name is Amber May and I'm brand new to steemit. I'll be posting about things I'm passionate about; Skateboarding, photography, video. I'll also post about my volunteering- this summer I'll be spending two months in Asira, Palestine working with a charity called SkatePal. Why skateboarding? As you can see from my picture I skate. I'm not super great, I'm not entirely terrible, but I am seriously enthusiastic. I love skateboarding because it makes me feel free of all of life's stress. Don't get me wrong, I can get frustrated if I can't land a trick or I feel like I'm not progressing, but most of the time skateboarding makes me feel joy! There's a feeling I'd like to tell you about. All of the practising, the falling, the frustration. Getting back up even though you just fell on your arse for the tenth time in a row, telling yourself each time you're getting ever so slightly closer. All the days, weeks, sometimes months of energy and effort balled up and released in one single mome