/* Skills strip under the landing hero: a bold, slightly slanted ticker. */
.skills-strip {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 6;
  height: 0;
  overflow-x: clip;
}
.sk-band {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  display: flex;
  width: 112vw;
  margin-left: -6vw;
  padding: clamp(14px, 1.8vw, 22px) 0;
  background: var(--blue);
  color: #fff;
  transform: translateY(-30%) rotate(-0.8deg);
  box-shadow: 0 10px 0 var(--indigo);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.sk-track {
  flex: none;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(18px, 2.4vw, 34px);
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0 clamp(18px, 2.4vw, 34px) 0 0;
  list-style: none;
  white-space: nowrap;
  animation: sk-run 38s linear infinite;
}
.sk-track li {
  font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 2.6vw, 2.2rem);
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: 0.2px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.sk-star { display: flex; color: var(--periwinkle); }
.sk-star svg { width: clamp(18px, 2vw, 28px); height: clamp(18px, 2vw, 28px); }
@keyframes sk-run { from { transform: translateX(-100%); } to { transform: translateX(0); } }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .sk-track { animation: none; } }

/* PC: breathing room between the strip and the section after it. */
@media (min-width: 901px) {
  .skills-strip + .who-i-am { padding-top: clamp(150px, 13vw, 200px); }
}