I turned 36 today.
So I had a good time for the first half of the day. Saw a friend of mine I haven't seen in awhile and we skated, always a good time with him. Watched a bowl jam and talked with some good people.
After that, I met up with another couple friends and we had another session where I mainly filmed them. I rode my bike to the spot but didn't lock it up, as we were close to a busy intersection with a lot of cars, and I was pretty close to it the whole time.
To make a long story short, some shirtless weirdo who was clearly on something came up to us and started to go for my bike. I grabbed my bike and my friend's bag and started to leave. My friend brought a broom to the session to sweep up rocks as well.
This dude grabbed the broom and started to chase my friends and I as we booked it from the spot. He swung the broom and hit me hard between the right side of my chest and my right shoulder. I didn't stop, I just kept running with my bike, and my board, and my friend's bag.
I basically ran into a busy intersection (but cars were slowing down because of the situation) and the guy started to chase us further. I got behind a building, my friend came up behind me, I gave him his bag and we parted ways. He went to his car, and I biked home. On my way I saw the dude who attacked us yelling at cars on the main street.
Pretty fucked up way to celebrate a birthday, but at least my bike wasn't stolen and my friend got his bag back. I've got a couple cuts and bruises but nothing severe, thankfully.
And to top it all off, I've had severe personal issues lately, and so I'm letting the stress of today's encounter try to fade away, while I have everything else running through my mind.
Here's hoping this year will be better than the last.