Another year has passed. I’m a year older, maybe a bit wiser and definitely more sobered by the weight of the world. Still, I read something the other day that not only applies to me and my ephemeral youth, but to many others at times, and not even within the realm of skateboarding.
The Guest Ed column in The Skateboard Mag is usually written by a washed-up old pro who usually talks about kids these days, how things used to be back in the day, or the generally unexplainable virtue of skateboarding. The most recent issue however, contained a piece written by a young dude who I don’t know. Greg Robinson writes:
If you skateboard and are over the age of eighteen, there is a high likelihood that you suffer from Peter Pan Syndrome. Commonly referred to as PPS Disorder, Peter Pan Syndrome tends to thrive in fully grown adults whose lives are a complete and total synthesis between children’s fantasy and adult reality.
…Peter Pan Syndrome is based on the fictional behaviors and mannerisms of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. As with the inhabitants of Never Never Land, those who suffer from PPS Disorder experience a perpetual reluctance to grow up and engage in the expected norms of adult society.
…Without proper treatment, those diagnosed with PPS Disorder will experience a general disconnect from the established social order and eventually lose grip on the public’s concept of reality. In the end, the subject will completely devolve into a sort of carefree man-child, strutting through life with the easy-going attitude of a boy and the physical attributes of an adult.
…Skateboarding [or whatever your bag is] is a rickety old vessel that’s going to lurch on well beyond all of our years combined. Only mutiny can properly govern the crew, and it’s that constant revolt that’s kept the ship spotless since day one. Any bullshit is scrubbed down; anything unnecessary is thrown overboard. Seeing as how such a huge chunk of life has already been dumped into scrubbing the decks, every skateboarder has eventually got to ask the following:
Do I abandon ship and swim for land, thus putting my PPS Disorder into complete and total remission?
Or do I remain a Lost Boy aboard the Jolly Roger and go down with the ship in the seas of Never Never Land?
FIND THE BALANCE
The Guest Ed column in The Skateboard Mag is usually written by a washed-up old pro who usually talks about kids these days, how things used to be back in the day, or the generally unexplainable virtue of skateboarding. The most recent issue however, contained a piece written by a young dude who I don’t know. Greg Robinson writes:
If you skateboard and are over the age of eighteen, there is a high likelihood that you suffer from Peter Pan Syndrome. Commonly referred to as PPS Disorder, Peter Pan Syndrome tends to thrive in fully grown adults whose lives are a complete and total synthesis between children’s fantasy and adult reality.
…Peter Pan Syndrome is based on the fictional behaviors and mannerisms of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. As with the inhabitants of Never Never Land, those who suffer from PPS Disorder experience a perpetual reluctance to grow up and engage in the expected norms of adult society.
…Without proper treatment, those diagnosed with PPS Disorder will experience a general disconnect from the established social order and eventually lose grip on the public’s concept of reality. In the end, the subject will completely devolve into a sort of carefree man-child, strutting through life with the easy-going attitude of a boy and the physical attributes of an adult.
…Skateboarding [or whatever your bag is] is a rickety old vessel that’s going to lurch on well beyond all of our years combined. Only mutiny can properly govern the crew, and it’s that constant revolt that’s kept the ship spotless since day one. Any bullshit is scrubbed down; anything unnecessary is thrown overboard. Seeing as how such a huge chunk of life has already been dumped into scrubbing the decks, every skateboarder has eventually got to ask the following:
Do I abandon ship and swim for land, thus putting my PPS Disorder into complete and total remission?
Or do I remain a Lost Boy aboard the Jolly Roger and go down with the ship in the seas of Never Never Land?
FIND THE BALANCE
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