Skate or die
Two weeks ago, I was driving through a neighbourhood near my house looking at available houses to buy and spotted a concrete skatepark. What a find. This weekend I finally got time to go. Jenn came with me…I didn’t want to go alone just in case I hurt myself and required some emergency assistance. Hopefully not. Jenn actually really enjoyed watching all the skaters. We were there for almost 3 hours. It was a bit scary dropping in for the first time. It’s been years since I’ve been on a ramp and I’ve never skated a concrete bowl before. It’s really slippery as I found out the first time I tried jumping in. I still haven’t figured out pumping the walls to keep the speed up. I started to get the hang of it but then a bunch of really good guys showed up and it was hard for me to get enough time in the bowls. It was a great day and I’ve always wanted to ride a concrete park. I’ll definitely be back there again next weekend. It was amazing watching some of the guys. A few of them were going upside down in the 3/4 bowl with serious speed. And the greatest thing is I wasn’t the oldest guy there. There were 3 or 4 guys who were in their mid to late 30’s and tearing it up. I was inspired. I think I’m back in the skating game again.
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