Guest post by Ashlee!

This post was written by one of my classmates. She has a blog about various aspects of vegetarian diets (http://mmmplants.wordpress.com/). There’s lots of cool info in her blog that you might not know about.
For the past four or five years I've had a growing interest in long boards. I got my first and only board my sophomore year of high school and haven't parted with it since. Now for those of you who don't know long boards are similar to regular skateboards but are used more for distance and speed [bombing hills] opposed to skateboards that are used more for tricks. I think it’s a great sport because not only is it faster than walking and awesome fun but it’s also great exercise. Even though I know my fellow long boarders and I are getting good exercise [when the weather permits it] I don't think many of us are eating healthy enough to sustain a good amount of energy to keep us going.
 

I've talked to a few long boarder friends to see what they eat when they're on the go like: chips, tea, soda pop, taco bell, burgers, beer, candy, donuts, pretty much a bunch of junk food and fast food.

 
So I thought it would be a good idea to show these kids some more healthy/nutritious snacks that are just as easy to carry in your back pack and are good for you like: granola, fruit bars, dried or fresh fruit, crackers, rice cakes, nuts, trail mix, protein shakes, protein bars, yogurt, juice, string cheese, bagels, homemade sandwiches, veggies! [baby carrots, celery sticks].
 
Really it only takes a second to ask yourself whether you want to bring a bag of chips or a tasty sandwich on your journey. When you think about it should be pretty obvious which of the two is going to give you more energy and taste better!


It’s me again…
The only experience I have with long boards is from when I lived in Omaha with a bunch of guy friends and we would get drunk and end up bombing the hill outside our house… I typically sat on the board with my dog, Charlie, in my lap and flew down the hill, often crashing and being a horrible but hilarious dog owner… neither me nor Charlie ever got hurt, mostly because I was drunk and could feel no pain and he is just a badass little dog. More often than not the long board to drunk person ratio was off and I relived my childhood by pogo-sticking like a champ… I was the best pogo-sticker on the block…haha, NBD!  ~ Kris