I am often asked this question when I teach at events in the US, and it’s often by the people who I would least expect. I really enjoy being asked this question, but I don’t really know how to field it. I can recount my experience about how I started, what I spent my time doing, and skills I wish I had picked up along the way, but I don’t know that if someone had the same experience that it would mean they could become a professional lindy hopper. Whatever. This is what I tend to say; the…
