Skate and Skate Societies in Bulgaria

It`s hard to believe that anybody would draw any attention to that board with little wheels, called skate. The skating isn`t a sport or hobby or entertainment. It`s a way of life. It`s not obligatory to walk with 200 dollars in your pocket, to visit the most expensive shops for sneakers and to order boards from USA. The most important thing is the support between skaters. Everyone, I`ve spoken to has telling me about the skating with such a passion and the most important thing - how every morning he wakes up with the bright thought for skating. For the real skater this is the thing which may bring him the best satisfaction especially when he`s just made the brilliant flip or 360. The skating for skater is like the nutrition or drinking water - the daily round is impossible without them. The favorite season, no doubt, is the summer. They gather together, drinking beer and watching the only one, who doesn`t feel lazy to make the best tricks ever. Winter is the biggest holiday for skaters, and holiday compares to the real HELL for them. At least you can sit down, drink beer and watch the dudes from TV Extreme. There`s no other society more united as the skate society. They all know each other , there`s no disagreements(except about music of course - there`s too many music styles that I have never heard before ), there`s no envy , everyone admires their rival`s work . The only thing they hate more than bladers, I think, is the people that not only don`t skate, but spit at skater`s maxim of living - skate or death. The craziest people, I know, are skaters or have been skaters, but they had to stop because of not-wanted circumstance. There isn`t a skater without breakage - foot, hand, or head. They are just so bent on skating that they don?t care about themselves, they do what they want no matter what. There`s no such a friendship like the friendship between skaters. They put the board on first place and they will never make a stupid dispute. If anyone needs help they will always help him with whatever it takes - they give away, give up or exchange stuff. No matter of their look or the way they talk, they are may be the coolest guys on the world and you can have fun anytime when you are with them. In Bulgaria there is a skate society, not well developed though. The best skaters, who have been skating for 3-4 years, go in parks with special loading platforms and pyramids. I have walked by these parks and watched 40 skaters collected all together and wedded to their favorite occupation. They gather up in parks, monuments, museums, banks, where the surface is with marble and it`s suitable for skating. If there are no pyramids, then steps can work too, as they`re in good shape, of course. Each skater can find a place for skating. Anything needs desire and they are the biggest dreamers - they wish a lot. Sometimes you can happen to meet them, moving just next to the bus you travel by, or on the street, flashing past you. But this is just in the capital - Sofia. Unfortunately, skating isn`t developed in all cities in Bulgaria, even in Sofia isn`t as well-built as in Plovdiv (where by the way are the greatest loading platforms), in Sliven, Varna and Burgas too. Smaller, but also good is Gabrovo. It`s clean, people are friendly and they are always ready to help and this is very important when you`re a stranger. Although isn`t like in the movies like Grindin and Ken Park, with the "skate pools" - dream for each skater, the stage in Gabrovo is the best. I might say that Asenovgrad is also well developed for the skate culture. And yet, small cities don`t have any competition and everyone can show his skills. For a small country like Bulgaria the skate societies in separate cities aren`t bad and the skaters are really good and they deserve better stages and support. Despite that we aren`t as good as in other countries. We can judge from all the movies we watch every day, even from one of the most familiar TV serial - the O.C. where Seth Cohen is skating on the street, coming back from school. When will this happen here? Skate and skate societies