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Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:52 am
I don't know how I missed this thread.
I used to skate A LOT back when. I started at a really young age with some cheap-o banana board my mother bought me from a garage sale (note that this was before double kick tails). She tried to teach me, but ended up teaching me wrong and I became goofy footed because of it. No matter. When the double tail came out, I got a hold of a Maple Hands of God board, with Mack trucks, and some big *** wheels- back when Pac Sun was Good Vibrations, lol.
I had that thing for what felt like forever.
Eventually I got into a groove where we all started driving and went from home to Cocoa Beach, to Tampa, to Orlando on long weekend days. None of us were ever allowed to be gone over night with our cars, and if our parents knew we were hours away all those times...oh man. Anyway, 3 of us got sponsored by the local shops, 4 of us started doing drugs, and the others pattered off. I brought it with me to college in Miami but after landing with just my toes on the edge of the board doing..I think a kick flip over a 7 set in front of the school (thank God I was in front of the school) I slammed my heels into the ground and fractured them both. At that time I was in Culinary school and could barely walk because of the pain.
In the end, I still get on it once in a while, but I'm more of a mini ramp, half pipe, fly box to ledge, and flat rail guy. I can't get out on the street anymore though I'd like to, but now I have a career that require me to use my appendages each and every day. I'll see if I can't scan a few pictures up over the next few days for ya'll. Most of them are at home in a frame in my mom's room, but I have 2 or 3 with me for when people don't believe that I skated.