In 1964 I rode my first skateboard, made by my dad. I could have never imagined that I would still be riding one forty-nine years later. This “magic rolling board” has given me much joy. It has also brought me pain through serious injury and has also brought healing to my soul, by skateboarding across America in 2003 after my son, Jack Marshall Smith, passed away from complications due to Lowe Syndrome. In addition to running the museum, I also the publish the Skateboarder's Journal.