The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
GRIND, LAND AND ROLL
Caught popping ollies, sliding through 5-0 grinds and landing tall pop-shove-its in the 80-degree heat Mentor’s Headlands neighborhood saw June 12, Mentor-on-the-Lake resident Dan McCurdy said it was all about the board. “It’s a passion,” he said around noon, when the sun was at its apex and temperatures at their highest, with a healthy dose of humidity, to boot. McCurdy, a Mentor High School graduate, said he’s been skating for about 12 years and it’s become a way of life for him. McCurdy said skateboarding means a great deal to him, that it’s more than just a hobby and that it’s a great way to stay in shape.