Professional skateboarder Sean Sheffey and his coworkers were skating outside the warehouse where they worked when Daren Collins walked up to the group.

“Hey, can I get a crack at that?” Collins asked.

The group of employees laughed at his request. After all, Collins, an executive who often visited the warehouse for work, was dressed in business attire.

But they obliged.

Collins rode up to the top of the warehouse’s driveway and busted out a handstand, an old-school trick few skaters could do anymore.

His trick impressed the employees and sparked a friendship with Sheffey.

Years later, that friendship would change the trajectory of Sheffey’s life as he embarked on a journey of faith.

Becoming a skateboard pioneer

While growing up in Maryland, Sheffey was introduced to skateboarding

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