Stain on the soul of skateboarding
Dear ER:
My wife and I lost our son to cancer almost two years ago. We decided a fitting memorial would be to donate a bench on The Strand at the spot overlooking where he surfed much of his life.
We worked on the design with two splendid artists for 18 months, spent a small fortune and coordinated everything with the city over a year and a half. The bench was finally installed just over a month ago and drew praise from friends and strangers alike as a



