<<- Begin retarded article from the New York Times

ELIJAH stood atop the quarter-pipe on his skateboard, a lithe prophet in an electric-pink T-shirt. Below the curved ramp, a group of fresh-faced skate kids, their own boards under their arms, stared up at him in awe. "Dude, you can do it!" cried the kids, aged 12 to 15. "I know I can," called down Elijah, a 25-year-old professional skateboarder with major sideburns. "And I say that out of confidence, not cockiness." With that, he shot down the quarter-pipe, hurtled across the church courtyard and up a wedge ramp into the open air, his board flipping 360 degrees beneath him before his feet found its top again and he landed smoothly on a receiving ramp. "Awesome!" the chorus of kids called out. "That was rad!" Another skater might have basked in the praise. But Elijah - Elijah Moore, that is, a skate evangelist from Garland, Tex. - and the 14 other members of the King of Kings Skateboard Ministries team are quick to say that they do not skate for adulation or even for the thrill of catching big air. They skate for Jesus.

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Ok, give be a freakin' break here. This has got to be the dumbest thing I've heard today. You know what, from now on, I'm freestyle skiing for the Jeez... Yeah, that's it. From now on, nothing but Christ when I'm tearing through a terrain park, he'll give me the infinite strength and wisdom I need to throw a perfect switch cork 900 tail. And the dumbest shit about this story, it says that they don't skate for the adulation or the thrill of catching big air, they skate for Jesus. I'm sure that Jesus really gives a rats ass that you're dropping 13 foot quarter pipes and nosepressing rails for him. Please, if you want to do something for Jesus why don't you fucking volunteer some fucking time to help those in need instead of skating around a fucking park you gen-x loser. Wow, that was harsh.

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