When a new City Councilor’s foray into street art ends up on the wrong side of the law and the sharp end of public opinion, he finds solace in learning to skateboard. Oases proposes that skateboarding, or any truly challenging endeavor, eases anxiety while helping to reframe perspective, and that each skatepark and skate spot provides a meditative and restorative Oasis—integrated into the urban environment, but distinct in purpose, and infinite in therapeutic capacity.