I realized a few weeks ago that I really missed my skateboard. There’s something really cool about skating – you just kind of float…. Back in the day i used to skate alot for fun, and for transportation too, but when I first moved downtown I kinda gave up on skating and moved on to bikes. The roads and sidewalks down here are pretty thrashed for skate-cruising like I liked to do.
So anyway – I decided, time to get a get skateboard! I went on Ebay and found a cute little off-brand setup for cheap and “bought-it-now”. It’s black and white, has a sad panda on the bottom, and is covered in the industrial strength grip-tape stuff, I can hardly move my feet when I’m on it. Crazy.
Naturally, the first time I got on the thing I realized that the grip-tape stuff wasn’t really all that – I was on my ass and the skateboard was halfway down the street looking lonely. But after a few minutes of playing around, I was feeling more relaxed cruising around and even hopping over a few obstacles. No bitchin’ kickflips yet and still having moments of awkwardness but not too bad for just a few days. Go me.
I forgot how much fun skating is!
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