Thursday, June 19, 2008

Today

It doesn't seem too bad in the park today. Comparable to say, the surface of Venus, it is quite nice.
There have been 3 or 4 different kids come in today with their parents from out of town.
You can tell as the kids are shy and the parents want to yammer away about the best way to skate the ramps, and then say, 'we may come back later, Jr. here doesn't skate vert'.

The ramps at the park are on average about 5 feet high. a couple are lower, a couple are higher, but all are pretty mellow transitions.
Not to get too technical, we made the ramps with 7' radius for a mild transition for skaters from beginner to pro.
With this in mind it really irks the piss out of me when kids tell me, 'oh, I don't skate vert'!
Dudes, you probably have never seen vert in person! Much less in our park!
I wish I had the room for vert! It would be a blast!

I think I may go in to skate today. I started doing airs again yesterday and it feels good to free yourself from the constraints of gravity, if only for a moment.