Hi mom glad you're back!
I'll send you my thumbs asap.

Ooo Gary!... good call on the bike helmet i must agree! When i was a kid (i'm 39) "helmets for kids bikes" wasn't even a concept! hahaa

That reminds me of an experience i had when i was about 11-12...
Riding to our little-league game, my brother and i were screaming down this hill at about 30-40 mph. At the bottom of the hill we got back onto the sidewalk. Upon lifting my front wheel to clear the sidewalk lip, i saw my front tire start to fall off... and that's ALL i remember to this day!
Needless to say, i woke up in a hospital.
hahahaa DOH! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

I also would like to suggest, along Gary's line of thought, that we attach a nastalgic quality to this image, and perhaps we could/should even turn the final render into a photo??? An old photo that someone took...
This would also give the Photoshop compositors something more to do.
Yay? Nay?

The wood texture for the skateboard is also a good idea. But we DID have solid plastic ones when i was that age. Big, thick, indestructable plastic boards. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Anywho... i'm just mentioning that that will be up to the texture dudes to work on.

PS: Stu made a good toy too. But it might be too imature for a 9-12 yr old...?