Another stupid hill bomb story.
I'd just gotten a zipzinger type cruiser board. I decided to skate to a hill over a mile from my house on it. I'd bombed the hill before and my normal deck and never got going too fast. This time as I climbed up the hill I noticed a bunch of gravel on one of the corners, but I could push uphill through it fine so I thought it was no big deal. I was never more wrong in my life. I'm get to the top and start bombing down, turning and carving a little but not doing much to slow down. Then I realize I'm going a lot faster than the last time I bombed it. I get to the corner with the gravel and realize I'm fucked. I try running it out instead of dragging my foot for some reason. Get about two steps and I'm sliding on my left side, shoulder, palms, and knees bloody as hell. Slid for a good ten feet, ripped a brand new shirt to shreds, and tore through my jeans into my knee. Remember this hill is over a mile from my house, so I have to skate home, bleeding everywhere. It's also slightly uphill on the way back so it takes a long time.
Once I get close to home I pass a teacher one the path and wave, my hand super bloody. I get home and my dad gives me some gauze bandages. It takes about two weeks for most of my wounds to heal. My knee was stiff for about 4 weeks just because the scar tissue was on the joint. I still have visible scars on my hands. My shoulder has two round scars that stick out about a quarter of an inch still. It's been over two and a half years time.
Haven't been back to that hill with a skateboard since.