When I tell new people about my passion for skipping, most haven't skipped or given a second thought to skipping for most of their adult lives. Some think I am absolutely crazy for wanting to share the joy of skipping with others. But most, regardless of whether they would ever actually skip themselves, agree that the positive energy skipping creates is something our world could use more of.

I've met many skippers from all ends of the spectrum since I created iskip.com in 1999. There are natural born skippers who never lost the ability to skip freely in the first place. These people either say, “Right on! I skip too!” Or they have a hard time understanding what the hubbub about the skipping movement is all about. Skipping is a perfectly natural thing for them to do.

There are the anti-skippers who would never in a million years consider skipping a step in their adult lives. These folks know that skipping isn’t for them and are either open to the idea of others skipping or are extremely cynical and confronted by others’ skipping enthusiasm.

There are people who love to skip with their kids...or who love to watch their kids skip. Runners who skip to warm up...Skippers who skip to get fit...Closet skippers who only do it when no one is watching or are too afraid to even give it a try... and Extreme skippers who skip with an edge! :-)

Regardless of how or why you skip or don't skip, I'd like to request that after you read this you invite someone else to skip...Ask an unsuspecting friend or family member when the last time they skipped was....Then if you are a skipper so inclined, skip just a few steps with them...(or skip for them if they are an anti-skipper) and watch their reaction! Or invite a kid to skip with you and watch their face light up! Or when you are out in a big group, start skipping and get everyone to join you.

Seriously, give it a try....Then email me and tell me how it went (or leave a comment here)! I would LOVE to hear from you! Skip on!