Shiiiiiit... Today was a day of eating it and nothing was really accomplished from it. When I woke up this morning I went for a roll to the store down the street for a bottle of juice. I was to lazy to put normal shoes on so I threw a pair of slip ons onto my feet and I to lazy to change my park board to soft wheels so I grabbed one of Ethans double kicks and headed out. Having being on a soft wheel street deck for a while I have been spoilt with the smooth roll over cracks and bumps. I came to a part of the road where the foot path ends and you have to go on the road for a few houses. Heading down the road there was a car coming in my lane so I went to throw a little stand up slide and pop back onto thee foot path. I found out almost instantly that my slip ons had no grip on the sole whatsoever... My back foot slid off the tail and I hit the road hip and elbow first taking a rather deep scratch to the elbow and as Landyachtz Phil once said, ''leaving my pride all over the road''. I stood up, grabbed the baord, bowed to the folks who were clapping me from their balcony across the road and went on to get my juice.
Later that day Ethan and I set out to do 3 things. 1, send a memory card to Gabe in Australia which has some important footage on it. 2, head to Western Union to pick up some money I had leant a mate and he had just transferred back to me. 3, buy some glue to stick a foot brake sole on the bottom of my shoe. Long story short, we went surfing instead...
I haven't set foot on a surf board in about 10 years and even then I rarely got a foot on the board. Ethan took us to a spot that had a long paddle out through a channel, around a big rocky reef with jetty poles jutting out of the water and into the (sorry for lack of surfing lingo knowledge) ''the wavey part''. Now we were out there, facing the shore with the big rocky reef between us and it's safe, dry sand. I paddled around for a bit, wondering how I was supposed to stop before I reached the rocks and then began trying to catch small waves. Eventually, as it does, my confidence grew a little and I tried to catch a bigger wave. I got it OK, didn't try to stand or anything, just happy to ride a wave on a board. I caught it until just before the reef and then somehow stopped (don't remember how I did that bit). Trying to get back out was harder than I thought and before long I was floating above some very shallow and sharp rocks. I floundered about a bit, not really sure what to do and eventually cut my toe on one of the rocks. Not bad, but still shitty. I made it in eventually with sore arms and a sore toe but I survived! It was rad though!
After that, we decided to catch a bus up the top or Sierra mountain and skate down. We hung around at the bus stop for 2 years and then bailed, sick of waiting! it aint Finnish public transport here! On the skate back to where we had parked the car I attempted a manual over a metal drain covering on the foot path. As soon as I got onto 2 wheels and hit the metal grate, I felt the corner of it sink straight into my wheel and stop me dead. I flew off forwards and landed on the same elbow, same hip plus the shoulder this time. There was a kid sitting out the front of a shop and I landed with my head pretty much on his feet. He asked if I was OK, I said yes, gathered what remained of my pride (not much after today) and carried on. Today was not a safe day to leave the house and I am happy to say that it rained tonight so we couldn't ride the mountain in the dark. Maybe it was for the best.
A quick video edit from yesterdays pool session. Far from a good edit or music match but I was stoked on the day and wanted to share any kind of footage. Enjoy it.
Later that day Ethan and I set out to do 3 things. 1, send a memory card to Gabe in Australia which has some important footage on it. 2, head to Western Union to pick up some money I had leant a mate and he had just transferred back to me. 3, buy some glue to stick a foot brake sole on the bottom of my shoe. Long story short, we went surfing instead...
I haven't set foot on a surf board in about 10 years and even then I rarely got a foot on the board. Ethan took us to a spot that had a long paddle out through a channel, around a big rocky reef with jetty poles jutting out of the water and into the (sorry for lack of surfing lingo knowledge) ''the wavey part''. Now we were out there, facing the shore with the big rocky reef between us and it's safe, dry sand. I paddled around for a bit, wondering how I was supposed to stop before I reached the rocks and then began trying to catch small waves. Eventually, as it does, my confidence grew a little and I tried to catch a bigger wave. I got it OK, didn't try to stand or anything, just happy to ride a wave on a board. I caught it until just before the reef and then somehow stopped (don't remember how I did that bit). Trying to get back out was harder than I thought and before long I was floating above some very shallow and sharp rocks. I floundered about a bit, not really sure what to do and eventually cut my toe on one of the rocks. Not bad, but still shitty. I made it in eventually with sore arms and a sore toe but I survived! It was rad though!
After that, we decided to catch a bus up the top or Sierra mountain and skate down. We hung around at the bus stop for 2 years and then bailed, sick of waiting! it aint Finnish public transport here! On the skate back to where we had parked the car I attempted a manual over a metal drain covering on the foot path. As soon as I got onto 2 wheels and hit the metal grate, I felt the corner of it sink straight into my wheel and stop me dead. I flew off forwards and landed on the same elbow, same hip plus the shoulder this time. There was a kid sitting out the front of a shop and I landed with my head pretty much on his feet. He asked if I was OK, I said yes, gathered what remained of my pride (not much after today) and carried on. Today was not a safe day to leave the house and I am happy to say that it rained tonight so we couldn't ride the mountain in the dark. Maybe it was for the best.
A quick video edit from yesterdays pool session. Far from a good edit or music match but I was stoked on the day and wanted to share any kind of footage. Enjoy it.
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