The Power of Whoa, or Lessons from Skateboarders

A few weeks ago I watched the new documentary about the Bones Brigade. This probably means nothing to anyone who didn’t come of age in the 80s. It probably means nothing to many who did. But for the ones who spent 1987 sitting in the grass cheering on a friend who was wobbling down the driveway toward a rickety wooden ramp, it means revisiting a time when your heroes took risks because they didn’t know any better.

The Bones Brigade was basically the Beatles of skateboarding teams, with guys li...