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Music theory teaching fellow Lansing D. McLoskey is on a mission to combine his twin passions: skateboarding and religion. If he makes some money at the same time—well, he has the Lord to thank...
Three years ago, when his jobs as composer, performer and full-time Harvard music TF couldn’t pay the bills, McLoskey turned to skateboarding, an old passion. When he discovered eBay, his brainchild, Latter Day Skates, was born...
This Mormon skateboarding company specializes in longboarding, which according to McLoskey is “a whole different skating aesthetic” based on old-school style and surfing as opposed to conventional skateboarding’s tricks and gimmicks. But aesthetic isn’t all that’s unconventional about Latter Day Skates. Browsing the company website (www.latterdayskates.com), potential customers are enlightened with biblical-based advice, including such words of wisdom as “Don’t hide your style under a bushel; nay, let your light shine unto all that are in the house...
...McLoskey himself oozes style, looking unexpectedly natural towing a longboard through the corridors of the Paine Music Building. Still, says McLoskey, “I stick out like an anomaly in academics.” It’s certainly true that not too many Harvard faculty members are known to use the phrase “Ollie away, bro!” Perhaps this is why McLoskey limits his talk of skateboarding when he is around colleagues. In fact, many of his fellow academics don’t even know about his three-year business venture...