Around this time of year up here in New York, it starts to get dark at around 5 o'clock, and it's straight night by 6. It can be a real bummer for skating, especially when you're used to it being daylight till 8 at night or so, like it is in the summer. It also can get real cold when the sun goes down.
Well I'm sitting in my room, it's like 7:30, and I'm just watching videos you guys have posted up on here and I'm bummed it's almost winter time, and it's dark and cold. Not much to look forward to from now till around april in terms of weather. Winter can be a long ass stretch. I'm dying to skate, so I stand on my board and just to imaginary lines, wishing it was still summer. Suddenly a thought hits me, and I'm like "Wait... fuck it." and I throw on a hoody, pick up my board and head outside.
I just decided to go skate anyways. Fuck it if it's cold and dark, and no one is around to skate with. So I just jumped on my board and started pushing. I skated down this road that was blocked off for road construction and some guys were working in a big ass hole. There was a bulldozer parked on the side of the road and I axle stalled the bucket a few times, then the guys working yelled something at me so I kept on skating. I saw this well lit up parking lot, so I turned in and started skating flat ground, just doing tre flips and shit. Then three black, thug looking dudes showed up at the other end of the parking lot, so I decided to move on.
Skated a little farther and came to another lit up parking lot. Just started practicing some more flat tricks. Got my inward heels back after having lost them for like 5 months, did some switch lines, stomped a bunch of tricks I haven't landed in a while. Just had on over-all awesome little session. The whole time cop cars kept passing by on the road, and I was waiting for someone to come and bitch at me, but no one really gave a shit. Spent a good hour there, and the whole little trip lasted like an hour and a half.
I fucking love skateboarding. It wasn't no trip to Barcelona, but it was the most satisfying skate sess I've had in a long ass time. Skating is probably one of the best things in my life right now, probably always will be. I think it's a rare thing in life. What else can be so much fun, just fucking around in a parking lot on a dark and cold november night? Idk, I just feel kinda blessed I have skateboarding. All of this might sound kinda corny or something, but I don't give a shit, nothing can kill this high.
I'm writing this to remind myself of how good skateboarding can be when I'm feeling down about it, maybe it might pick up one of you.
Topic: Skateboarding Appreciation (Read 4453 times)