So this last week i've been skating a lot, its been pretty sweet. i also worked a lot last week too. I'm also going to school full time at a community college with all the other bright and shining stars of america. hectic schedule to say the least. that said i'm not working at all this week, so i'm planning on dedicating myself entirely to the hobby/sport/lifestyle we all love and share.
Last week i sustained a really bad bruise on my knee and a stretched/torn ligament in my wrist. i did this by doing a simple rock to fakie down a 3 foot spine and getting my wheels caught in a near by ramp at the base of the spine. my knee cap and palm hit ground first stretching my wrist in an upward motion and making me clinch it then lying there for a minute because my knee hurt to bad to get up. after making a scene which i hate to do i skated around doing little lip tricks and shoves until i left roughly 30 min later. it sucked.
i tried to upload a picture of my knee but this f*cking website wont load any of my pics which is bullshi*t.
moving onward i'm really starting to pick up on flip tricks. i'm not much of a switch skater. all i can do is switch shove, switch shove rewinds and switch front shoves. weak i know. anyways i'm really close to hardflips and yesterday i landed a fs and bs bigspin. it was really sweet.
minnesota has a really great skate scene. lots of kids and plenty of old timers. its to the point where there's a bit of symmetry between skaters. and by that i mean that they all get a long (for the most part) and kinda act like they know each other. this goes for majority of the parks i've been to. i've been skating at new hope, mn park a lot lately. really small. too small. great practice park though. 3 different sized boxes, a bench, 1 rail but i hate rails so thats fine by me. couple more things (quarterpipes, fun box, hubba, stairs, and etc.) its not perfect. it has a couple big flaws but what do you expect when a skatepark is built by a city council of rule donning adults who just build because of pressure from the citizens. if you've never stood on a board you shouldnt have any say in its parks.
i think more places should try to emulate the skate plaza idea. its more expensive but ramp companies are ridiculous too. i think a skate plaza is nicer looking, better for skating, be less upkeep and would keep more skaters off the streets than a cookie cutter skatepark that looks like one from the next town.
anyways that was a huge blog post.
until next time
the mnlocal
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