relearning how to kickflip

Today is Wednesday, at least I think it is. It started out as usual, except that BL figured out how to attach her antenna to her television. So, you could say that today started differently solely to the fact that I was watching Good Morning America. I had not seen Al Roker´s face in like, years.

I decided that I was going to skate today. As of late, I have been skating more than often just because of the never ending free time that I have. But instead of just skating on the block, I thought that I would step out the jaunt for a little bit. I hop in my car, and hope for the best. The Coliseum. That sounds like a good spot to hit, yeah? Yeah, that´s what I thought to. I pass it, and a multitude of other spots, only to continue down Leigh Street with my windows down and music playing in the background. It would have been the perfect backdrop for the opening of Hawaii 5-0.

Anyway, the moral of the story is that I ended up driving around for a solid hour just cooling. Vibing, if you will. ¨Vibe¨"is such a funny word nowadays. Sometimes I can´t tell if I decide to use it for comedic purposes or just to make fun. I get back to where I started, and park my car on the same block. I even got to park it in the same spot. That specific spot makes it so I don´t have to worry about being blocked in, giving me easy access to escape at any given moment. At that point, I had told myself that I was not going to skate at all. But then I though to myself ¨ You just sat in your car for about an hour, and didn´t even touch your board. You gotta get some.¨ And get some I did, and started to push around. That´s all it takes. It´s the feeling that you get from stepping on your board. The feeling of landing a trick how you believe it´s supposed to be landed. The feeling of skating flatground, without a care in the world. The feeling that reminds you of how you first started skating, and why you started it in the first place.

Lucky enough for me, DG rolled through out of the cut and we cooled it for a minute. I did about 10 tre flips in a row for the first time in a long time. IG has it documented. I even relearned how to get the proper flick on kickflips.

Today has been good.