on mother's day this year, 41-years-old barbara odanaka did something most mother don't do. She went skateboarding. However, this is not unusual for babara. she first started skateboarding. when she was 10 years old.
When barbara first learned to skateboard,she had many girlfriends who enjoyed it, too. As they got older, most of the girls didn't skateboard anymore, except for barbara. She practiced every day and joined a skateboard team, too. Later on, when Barbara was in high school, she started running and joined her high school's track team. As a result sha didn't have time to skateboard anymore. in fact, she stopped skateboarding for about 25 years!
Year later, Barbara and her husband, paul , had a son. Barbara wanted to exercise after her son was born, but she was not sure what kind of exercise to do. Then, when Barbara was 35 year old, Paul gave her a special gift. It was a new skateboard! Barbara decided to try skateboarding again. She really enjoyed it and wanted to meet other women who enjoyed skateboarding, too. So, she started the international society of skateboarding Moms. she stated her club online.It is a club for women who love to skateboard.