Hungry for street



It's steep, but it's a shame it has a kink. I wish I wasn't scared of kinks.

      As I explained in the past, I grew up living well outside the area of anything to skate other than my parents driveway. This then meant that I had to drive into town to skate street. Because of this upbringing, I've always wanted to live in an area with a nice skateable infrastructure. Now that I finally live in a area surrounded by stairs, ledges, and rails, I've found it difficult to go out and do the recon necessary to find it. Finally, I decided to skate around my neighborhood and see what I could find. There were quite a few nice spots. I first went down to the post office where I have been eyeing an 8 stair with rail for quite some time. Unfortunately the rail has a kink at the bottom. Also, I'm not quite ready for an eight stair rail. It's a nice stair set though, however the runoff isn't ideal.

The little five I ollied.

     Then I found a wonderful 5 stair set located within a couple of miles of my place. I couldn't resist and did a quick ollie down it just to see if I still had it in me. The same medical center has a double five which could be fun. I'm not much of a stair person, but this place would be wonderful if you are. It is well lit at night as well. Always a plus! 

The double set at the medical center.


     Finally, I've been really wanting to skate a nice small handrail close by, but have been unable to locate one. I did find a nice 3 stair rail, but unfortunately it also has a kink on it. It also has a camera on it, but I skated it for about half an hour with no problems. The police even drove by as I was attempting the rail and didn't see me. It's pretty secluded. It's a shame I don't know how to hit a rail with a kink in it. I never slid the rail, the kink just creeps me out really bad.

Tiny 3 stair with kink. Maybe I should just try to "kiss" the kink?

     Anyways, It was a nice street session even though I ended up not skating anything really fun. One thing that did happen though was I destroyed my cheap Airwalks. It was a shame, but nothing that Shoe Goo can't repair. So I went out and purchased some shoo goo. The repairs are still underway, as it looks like the souls might need a second coat. Gotta love the goo though. After a nice night of recon, the most enjoyable part was the adventure. I hope that soon I can find some more spots that are better and closer by as well.


So, It's come to this?




The souls have been repaired and should last atleast a little longer.