{"id":3503,"date":"2023-10-17T20:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T00:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2023-10-17T20:23:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T00:23:56","slug":"rhhs-skateboarders-are-carving-their-paths-one-push-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/rhhs-skateboarders-are-carving-their-paths-one-push-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"RHHS Skateboarders Are Carving Their Paths, One Push at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Bryan Simo, Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, the skateboarders at River Hill are looking to find a home at the school. River Hill has a small but strong group of skateboarders that are dedicated to their craft and finally want to make a name for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the return of students to school from the pandemic, a new community emerged: a community of skateboarders. Starting with a group of students in the class of 2025 who enjoyed skating together, the group immediately blossomed and attracted the attention of other skaters from all grades. One of the pioneers of this movement for a skateboarding club at River Hill is Thomas Li, a junior and a skateboarder of three years. When asked about how he met other skaters at the school, he recounts, \u201c I just happened to be friends with them and they just happened to skateboard.\u201d He then speculated, \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure I got some of them into skateboarding as well.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, with the group gaining more traction and attracting new skaters faster than ever, a club at the school is \u201cquintessential in growing the skateboarding community,\u201d according to senior Griffin Millstein, a seasoned skater at the school. As Griffin puts it, \u201cthere’ve been many skaters who’ve come and gone through the school, but without a solid place for them to consolidate, there really hasn\u2019t been a real community until now,\u201d and this community might just see new heights with their saving grace, Mr. Perraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Perraud is a relatively new teacher at River Hill, with this only being his second year at the school. He began skating in his youth. Inspired by the X-Games and Tony Hawk, he claims, \u201cI always wanted to try skateboarding but never had a skateboard.\u201d Once he finally got his hands on one, he fell in love. Despite his love for the sport, he took a fifteen year hiatus, only getting back into it during quarantine. \u201cI was just bored,\u201d he says, \u201cand I think a lot of people were getting back into those kinds of activities, like things you could do that were active and outside but you could do by yourself, and I was just curious to see what I could still do.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since skateboarding is such a big part of Mr. Perraud\u2019s personality, last year, Mrs. Lidgard reached out to him to make a skateboarding club. At that point, \u201cI didn\u2019t start one formally,\u201d he explains, \u201cbut a lot of students who do skate came to my room and hung out during Hawktime, and I talked to them about skateboarding.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about any efforts of potentially starting one this year, Mr. Perraud responds, \u201cNot really,\u201d describing how he hasn\u2019t done much to formalize anything, with the main obstacles being his workload as a senior English teacher during college application season, and the difficulty of starting a club with \u201can inherently dangerous activity\u201d as he describes it. Despite the obstacles, Mr, Perraud is open to creating a space for skateboarders at the school, hoping to \u201cbring a lot of different people together and form friendships that\u2026 wouldn\u2019t form otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether there’s an official or unofficial club, the skaters at school would be pleased. Veteran skateboarder and senior Daniel Murakami says, \u201cThat\u2019s fire–I\u2019d like that,\u201d with Thomas even adding that \u201cany community to start with would be helpful.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With such a club possibly attracting new skaters or others interested in the sport, Mr. Perraud has this message to any newcomers: \u201cStart slow and start small, and just see if you enjoy it, and if you do, just find a way to do it that\u2019s fun for you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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