A “One Eighty” is a term used in skateboarding where you spin on the skateboard one hundred and eighty degrees to face the opposite direction. As a young teenager, my after-school time was spent obsessively perfecting One Eighties, Three Sixties, Handstands, and Slalom Maneuvers, in the parking lots of nearby factories. Although I am no longer a skater, I’m still very drawn to skateboarding and the environment where skateboarding occurs. These places become a sacred space for physical expression, communal support, and in my eyes, a type of meditation.

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