Yeah, today I went with some guys from school to a skatepark in downtown San Jose. Lots of fun, and after a little while of being back on a board in 18 years, I was gettin' my groove a bit, sort of "tearin' it up" as we use to say,. Speaking of what we use to say and do, I recollected today on skate terms and skaters I have not thought about in 18 years, for you skaters out there, here is a list of nostalgia for you: The Search for Animal Chin; Bones Brigade; clear griptape; Steve Caballero and Lance Mountain and Nadas Kapas and Gator Ragowski, etc; Independent and Gullwing Trucks; quarter- and half-pipes...the list goes on.
My friend Brock here who is about 6'8" was catching air on the half-pipe. We call him him El Gigante, all the little tico boys see us gringoes walking in and they kind of laugh (thinking these guys are posers) and then Brock gets up there and grinds it up all over the place.
I did tweak my shoulder a bit, fell with about 10 minutes left, heard some muscles crunch, pretty sore now, gonna hurt for a few days.
Here is a link to a short panoramic video of the place:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQJxN6_IHLo&feature=related
1 comment:
I would pay large sums of money to see you skate! I'm sure you guys were quite a sight! Ross has a friend in C'ville that skates with his sons in the skate park at McIntire... he is huge... if you ever watched Friday Night Lights on NBC he looks almost exactly like the actor that plays Buddy Garrity. Hilarious. I'm sure you were much cooler! Have Fun!
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