Hero's Journey by GRANT DANBUSKY

1.Status-Quo

4178371 — 2024-11-05 23:55:04 UTC

In my hero's journey to learning how to kick flip my status-quo consisted of me living my normal life at home in summer.

2.Call to action/adventure

4178371 — 2024-11-06 00:01:23 UTC

In my hero's journey my call to adventure was me sitting on my couch watching you tube. I was scrolling trying to find a video i would like to watch. Then I found the video i wanted to watch it was titled How to Kick-Flip by Braille Skateboarding.This called me to adventure because the video was exiting and the trick looked really cool so I immediately wanted to start practicing.

3.Meeting the mentor

4178371 — 2024-11-06 00:08:50 UTC

Right after the you tube video I started practicing the kick flip. It had been a week and I was not making much progress at all.

One day I saw another boy down my street that was a little older skateboarding. After a couple minutes I built up enough courage to go talk to him. He ended up being really nice and friendly We were talking about tricks for a little and then a kick flip came up. I told him I am trying to learn it but i am struggling a lot, That's when he stated i am going to teach you how to kick flip. He gave me a bunch of tips and things to help me land my first one. And that's how he became my mentor

4.Trials

4178371 — 2024-11-06 00:15:14 UTC

On the way to the kick flip i had many trials i could not just pick up a skate board and learn a kick flip. The trials consisted of learning an Ollie first then a Shvuvit then a 180 then i could start learning a kick flip. The trials took months to complete.

5.Approach

4178371 — 2024-11-06 14:02:53 UTC

The approach in my journey to land a kick flip is when I started to get closer. I was gaining progress and finally getting the rotation. I was approaching my final goal of landing a kick flip.

6.Crisis

4178371 — 2024-11-06 14:12:32 UTC

In my hero's journey to landing a kick flip I was getting pretty close to landing a kick flip until the crisis struck I got hurt, I sprained my ankle and had a really bad heel bruise. This set my progress back by mouths because I had to wait for it to heal and then get back to trying the kick flip.

7.Treasure

4178371 — 2024-11-06 14:14:45 UTC

Finally I landed a kick flip after almost half a year. it took a while but this reward felt so good when I achieved a kick flip.

8.Result

4178371 — 2024-11-06 14:17:58 UTC

The result was not just that I learned a new trick. I had learned various life lessons just like perseverance because even though it was tough I had to keep pushing until I landed it. I also learned to not give up because I could have given up so many times but I knew the end result would be so much better than giving up.

9.Return

4178371 — 2024-11-06 14:20:08 UTC

I return to my normal life with no issues but theirs one change now I can kick flip.

10.New life

4178371 — 2024-11-06 14:21:04 UTC

My new life is pretty normal but I can kick flip now which makes me want to skate even more and keep practicing.