Skating is his identity

Skating at a downtown parking lot with nearly a dozen skateboarders in the area, a young man gets ready for a trick. He squats down, bending his knees, ready to pop.

Then it happens.

The board flips sideways and remains horizontal with the ground, completing full 360-degree turns in two separate ways. As he easily lands and glides away, everyone there knows that he is the best; everyone, that is, except for him.

"It's kind of flattering, but I don't know if I am the best," the skater says.

Brian Cecil, a recent Billings transplant, is regarded by many in the local skateboarding commmunity as t...