Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things.
Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding.
Skateboarding is a way to let your body control the mind.
It's exciting to go from snowboarding to skateboarding because I get to start as the underdog again.