I had a toy skateboard, probably from K-Mart, as a kid in the 80s with 80s style laser graphics, blue grip tape and pink plastic wheels. I just played around on it, 'bombed' drive ways, etc., but never could learn any tricks. Then I didn't skate for 30+ years until early this year when my son expressed interest, so we went to the local and started off right with proper builds. Therefore, my first real skateboard is an 8.6 Creature deck with Indy forged hollow 159s, Swiss bearings and F4 99a conical fulls that is right next to me because I'm about to go skate. Skateboarding has really sparked something in me even at 40, and I've skated just about every day this year with park sessions every weekend.