The main reason I didn’t start going to my local park until my daughter wanted to come was my age. Skating amongst kids on scooters is, let’s get real, a bit weird no matter what. Now quite a few other parents know my face and the guys that run the park know me I am far happier. She’s lost interest but I still go a couple of times a week and took my son tonight. He prefers scootering as it is easier that skating.
Had a good night tonight even though battered from Friday night with a bit of swellbow, a blown thigh and bruised ankle to enjoy, so took it easy. Feel far better pushing myself to skate rather than sitting on my arse drinking San Miguel
I was having an internal ‘want to go skate but feel like an old tool’ battle last week and forced myself to go to the local… where some little lad was having part of his 8th birthday party.
It was chaos.
Some of the interactions at times like this are amusing though and I have to admit that the highlight of that ‘session’ was getting a high 5 for doing a tired old man ollie.
Had a total block on learning anything new over the past few sessions, it’s really hit me.
I fixed up some concrete coping at my indoor local as I wanted to get a couple tricks on it (it’s only about 4 or 5ft high) and I just couldn’t even bring myself to 5050 it. Absolute basics. It’s really fucking with my head. Locals were stoked I got this obstacle back into action but feels so empty it feels like I’ve just let myself down. The inability of doing tricks that were so easy bitd. In general I had a big spurt (hur hur) of getting a load of old tricks back over the last year but now I’ve hit a wall.
Going tonight and will hopefully break the bad run. Want to get a TOTM entry in and do some other shit whilst the guy with the camera is there.
Went skating the other night, managed to relearn smiths on the pool coping, first time in like 8 years or something. But not before hyperextending my elbow which hurts loads but jesus, frontside smiths on pool coping feel so good
I live near an industrial area and now that it’s lighter in the evenings I’ve discovered a pretty good loop around my neighbourhood where I get to pretend I’m a mix between Daniel Gesmar and Peter Hewitt as I speed past the local Asian brothel and up and down gutters along freshly tarmacced roads. Truly transformative.
Managed to pull a muscle in my back mid manual. I wasn’t even moving or flailing around. I somehow managed to land in the perfect balance, ride it all the way across and above three quarters of the way I got a shooting pain under my shoulder blade and then pure agony after I land. Getting old is pretty annoying. Was a rad session regardless though.
Second skate in two weeks tonight and it was fucking brilliant. Went to The House and it was absolutely heaving with little scooter kids but they soon buggered off. Actually managed to land a couple of stunts too.
Skateboarding is brill.
Went skating earlier. Christmas complete and new shoes. It went how you’d expect things to go in such conditions. Somehow feeling equally melancholy and happy now.
