I (Ethan) have two friends, Nolan and Nate, who told me about the skate park in Lafayette. This summer, I decided to go to Skate Camp there. It's a really cool skate park that has lots of ramps. I like to skate on the roller -- that's in the picture on the left -- the curvy ramp where the two kids are skating. It's cool because it has a double ramp.

At skate camp, I heard about a cool skateboard shop at the mall called Zumies. I had been saving some money and decided to spend some on a new skateboard. At Zumies, there's a design-your-own skateboard deal -- which I did. I picked out a deck (the purple board that says "Baker"), trucks (the red things that hold the wheels to the deck), wheels (colorful ones) and other stuff like hardware and bearings. Zumies put the board together for me, but I also got a skateboard tool, so now I can make my own new boards, change out parts, or fix anything that breaks.

I have gone to the skate park lots this summer with my friends. When I go to the skate park, I also bring my bike and my scooter. It's fun to ride those down all the ramps too. On the skateboard, I'm working on doing a kick flip. A kick flip is when you spin the board under your feet and land it back up again. Other cool tricks I've seen people do are rock to fakey, a shove it, and a heel flip. Sometimes it's just fun to watch other people at the skate park and think about doing new tricks.