UPDATE FORECAST 4-26 - STAYING SMALL
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Weak front moving through Nor Cal/Bay Area this morning bringing some light
rain to the region. Northwest winds are really going to ramp up later
today...
6 hours ago
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we all donated huge amounts of skin in the name of fun on those darned clay wheels.
Awesome pic!!
Yeah luge style downhillin' makes you lose a lot of knuckle skin.
we would also sit on the board across from another skater extending our legs to the other's board. then grasp arms at the elbow & get a good lean when steering around corners. we called that one catamaran...and still managed to lose a lot of skin.
Cataraman! We used to try and avoid losing skin by rolling onto lawns when things got hairy. Didn't always work out so well, though.
Yep...
Previous post "Certain Death" outlines a specific Catamaran memory...
In fact, one you commenTted on way back when nm...
http://surfinoregon.blogspot.com/search?q=catamaran
oh my...how forgetful i've become...the closer i get to forty.
Tracker trucks were an improvement? Sometimes, I'm thankful I started skateboarding post-Independent Truck Manufacturing. FTW. Although Indy's aren't as good as they used to be...
Blogger nm said...
oh my...how forgetful i've become...the closer i get to forty.
HOW OLD?
That's a typo.....supposed to read THIRTY....THREE-ZERO....30. ...'cuz we all know i'm only 28.
Thank you!
Oh and to keep this on topic I suck at all things skateboard-y.....
We old guys need to protect our hips...
I always liked watching my bearings hitting the pavement with that small metallic sound that meant you were gonna hit the pavement too. Sealed bearings changed the world.
Carpet bagging menat something totaly different to us.
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