By ericvancewalton on Skatehive
I still remember the moment I mustered the courage. We were on vacation in sunny Sedona, Arizona in March of 2022. I was sitting on the couch of our Airbnb with my MacBook open to the website. I was having one of those you only live once moments that were so common right after the Pandemic. My pulse was racing and sweat began to form on my brow as the cursor hovered over the “order now” button, my finger lightly resting on the return key. I was always a fan of cutting edge tech but never dreamed in a million years I’d be able to own a Tesla but sometimes things just fall into place. There I was about to order my Model 3 Long Range. Next came the two things that mark the beginning of most great stories—I took a deep breath and said “what the hell? A few short minutes later, after the adrenaline began to subside, I asked myself “what the hell did I just do?” Next came the waiting. And the months-long process of nerding out on Tesla videos to learn as much as I could. It was my first EV a