The first time I took our son to the local skate park over a year ago I sat and watched as he made his way around the pavement.  But I’m not very good at sitting and watching—I’d rather be doing.  I’m not very good at skate boarding either, but I’m having a ton of fun going to the skate park with John. I went out and bought a skateboard for me, put on my snowboarding helmet (sans goggles, and I removed the ear-warmers in an attempt to disguise it as a skater helmet) and from