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Kyle Maduro is an avid skater and can be seen cruising around on campus daily. Although with our recent winter storm, he said, “this weather is pissing me off, all I want to do is go out and skate, but I can’t skate on ice.”

Ever since his birth way-back in 1991 Kyle knew he would become a skateboarder. At the age of 10 he received his first skateboard as a gift. When asked why he started skateboarding he claims it was all for the wrong reasons, “It started to pick up again, becoming more popular, so I thought it was the cool thing to do.” This may have been the reason he started back then, but now the skateboard fever runs through his entire body like wildfire.

When Kyle was younger he regretted letting people walk all over him, and wishes he could’ve had the same strength to stand up for himself that he has now. When asked if he could change his previous ways he answered, “I really wish I could’ve learned how to control my fear because it really held me back from developing and skating at a higher level now.”

Kyle enjoys being a freshman at Salisbury. Life before Salisbury was little rough, and when asked why he said, “I used to be an outcast for most of my life, and that really sucked.” Luckily he now has a group of friends and he and his roommate get along fairly well. Everyone has room to improve and when asked if he was happy with the way his first semester went, “No, I could spend more time a 2.9 isn’t good enough.” He said to improve as a student in his second semester he would, “Study more, watch T.V. less, and not save papers for the last minute.”

Skateboarding is one of Kyle’s favorite hobbies, but he also is a music fanatic. He enjoys all music but his favorite genre is punk. Kyle claims that, “Real punk music is a lifestyle not that Greenday bullsh*t or Blink 182, they’re not punk.” His all-time favorite song and band is, Been in D.C. by Bad Brains. “There’s really nothing better than listening to some quality punk and beating the sh*t out of people in a mosh pit.” One of his goals is to, “I…I…just want to bring back punk music from the brink of extinction, that’s where it’s at right now.” When asked if that is all, he said, “That’s it.”

Kyle takes from the stereotypical skater image and adds his own twist. He wants to skate until he can’t anymore, “I’m eventually going to be one of those old guys tearing up sh*t at the skate park with a nice tranny.” He claims that he will listen to punk music forever, and if there aren’t any bands doing it by the time he’s an old man, he will make music himself. His motto on life, “Just like… make music and skate every day.” Not everyone was meant to feel like an outcast, and Kyle’s concrete evidence on this fact. He hopes to one day nail his favorite trick on his skateboard, “Indy-nosebone because it’s just like so bada*s.” Here’s to you Kyle. Keep all four wheels on the ground and the punk music blaring.

Stay Classy!

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