Jesus...a skater?

A few days ago I posted this status on Facebook: "I wonder what skate shoes Jesus would wear?" It seems that the consensus was that Jesus would stick to sandals. I personally thought He would rock some Vans black and white checkered slip-ons. I asked the question about the skate shoes, because I wonder if Jesus would be a skater. We know that from Jewish tradition He would have been a carpenter or a stone mason. Being a carpenter He was the best carpenter to have ever built anything, ever! I can imagine Jesus being like Jeff King from Built to Shred. He would be building all these crazy ramps and boxes to skate on. There would always be a crew skating with Him, waiting for Him to build the next rainbow rail euro-gap obstacle. I know one thing for sure, if He didn't skate, He would have hung out with guys who did. Repeatedly, the Bible tells us He hung out with those who were on the fringe of society. They were the outcasts, lowlifes, and losers. Everyone who skates has a crew of guys they skate with all the time. Jesus had His crew too; the 12 disciples, which He hand-picked. They were not well-known, popular socialites, celebrities, or political figures; they were just regular guys. Several of the disciples were smelly fisherman (Matt 4:18)(John 1:43), one was a tax collector (Matt 9:9), all of them were everyday hard working men. They weren't perfect, but Jesus used imperfect people to bring about His perfect plan on salvation. What would Jesus' favorite trick be? First trick that comes to mind is a Christ Air. It's funny how Christian Hosoi thought, at the time he made up the Christ Air, he was better than Jesus, and now he follows Him and preaches His loving, redeeming word! I'm sure there could be a long debate about Jesus' favorite trick, but I pick a smooth tre-flip. I love doing tre-flips, so I like to think that He would love to do them with me. Jesus loves us and wants to hang out with us. He wants to be friends with us. He had a huge following and always took care of those with Him, even if it was 5,000 people and He was tired, He still provided(Matt 14 and 15). Jesus would have skated any spot He rolled up on. He was always on the move. He would walk and take boats everywhere He went to tell the gospel. I would think He would do the same with skate spots. He went into places like Samaria (John 4:4-26) to share His message, where Jews were not welcome, so He would probably skate some hood spots too. Jesus met all sorts of people and spread His message to many people. He would skate a lot of different places and spread His message in the same way. Jesus Christ came not only for the notable, but for the notorious. He came not only for the loved, but for the lowlifes. No matter who we are, He wants to be our friend. No matter what we've done, He wants to be our friend. No matter where we are, He wants to be our friend.