skating and more skating
Had some yummy Migas at Star Seeds about 05:15 (was the only customer
there), and headed down to Mabel Davis about 06:00. There were a couple
of gals skating long boards in the bowl. Asian guy i saw a week or two
ago showed up, and skated around the park and then in the bowl after the
gals took off. After he left i skated in the bowl for awhile. Eventually
went over front side into the wall and split my lower lip open. I skated
some more, other people started showing up, so i went over to the miniramp
at Patterson around 07:30. Traffic sucked already, so i took surface
streets. Had a good time on the miniramp. Backside 180 turns are still
pretty crappy. Stepped off at one point and the board smashed into the
inside of my right leg, just above the high top. (Maybe it hit the high
top and rode up.) Leg is now scratched, bruised, and slightly swollen.
I'm either in much better shape, or as Trent suggested, i'm learning which
muscles to use -- i'm not really muscle sore and i skated for at least as
long.
Hehehe i'm starting to sound like Mr. Pither from The Cycling Tour
Monty Python episode. He's the character (played by Michael Palin) who's
touring around on his bike. He invariably wrecks, and then annoys complete
strangers by going into great detail about how the food he was carrying
was damaged (or not).