My Hometown – By Jade

Challenge #2

I live in the beautiful Poughkeepsie, NY. One of the things I love to do in Poughkeepsie is go to the Walkway Over the Hudson River. It is the longest walking bridge over water. It used to be a railroad bridge, but then a train sparked and it started a big huge fire. All of the wood burned but the base is still there and sturdy! For a long, long time it was just a huge, broken bridge, but then after 34 years they decided to make it a beautiful Walkway Over the Hudson River. Hope you enjoyed it! This is a song my Dad wrote for the Walkway! (the song is sung by Nikki Boon)

 

 

Blogging challenge #9 – By Massimo

Blogging challenge #9  Skate boardingSkate boarding is one of my biggest passions. I first got my skate board when I was  6 years old. I tried to ride but it was so much harder than I thought. Eventually when I was about 8, I got better at it so I went to a skate park near by. I kept practicing and practicing until I went down ramps. I have a friend who skates, so we worked together. When my friend and I got really good we dared each other to go down the 7 foot drop in ramp. We both did it on the first try but it scared us.

I also really like long boarding. My favorite brand is Bustin Boards I really like their different types of designs. It’s much harder than the regular type of skate boarding. One of the reasons is that you can turn way easier so if you lean to far you will fall off. Another reason is that you are supposed to go really fast down hills which is really fun. One time I loosened the trucks of the skate board too much so I totally fell off and cut up my knees. I had to walk all the way back home before I could feel bad. I started liking long boards when dad got his second one. It wasn’t long at all but they only made 100 of them. On my B-day my dad gave me that board and I freaked out.

Name: my board                             Taken by: Massimo

My dad started the long board addiction in me. As I said before, he got it for me on my birthday so it meant a lot to me. My dad and I always want to go skate boarding when we can. When I skate board I like to go over my limits and just have fun. It’s also really important to me because I have a lot of father and son time. Skate boarding in general is really important to me because I wouldn’t have as many funny and not so funny stories I have today.