There are many reasons that I love to longboard; I like the slightly offbeatness of it and I like the unconventional freedom that I get from it. My board provides me an escape from the slog of grad school and the daily routine. Whether I just get out to skate the neighbourhood, the sea wall or further afield to the Seymour
Demo forest in North Vancouver. So there is no question that I love to longboard.
I think I can say that this is my first publication. While it is not the peer reviewed hard core science article that I had envisioned (that publication process takes a whole lot longer than 24 hours!! my paper has been in press now for 3-4 weeks... I have lost count actually), this is no shabby thing. I mean seriously the Huffington Post?? What a weird and wonderful way to start the week!!
Follow this link to read the full article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/frances-robertson/longboarding-safety_b_3418264.html