The beginning of better things to come....

Thursday was my true beginning back to the world of skating. You can be interested in it, help start a board company, toot around the skate park on someone else's board for a few minutes, but those aren't the true start. Technically, Wednesday night was my beginning back to really skating, when I got my new setup. Then bright and early Thursday morning, 7:30 am, I went skating at the Pepperell, MA skate park with my good skate friend Randy the Rollin' Richard. Looking forward to more of those days. It was fantastic! I really can't say that it was bad in any way. Well, maybe that's not 100% corrrect. I did do something stupid and am still hurting. I think I might have sprained my foot doing it. I tried to drop off the ledge and land it. STUPID! Especiall since you might remember I still haven't ollied while moving yet. Well, I HAVE CONQUERED! I ollied while moving and am quite proud of myself. True, I was only rolling with one push, but I did it! That is why I decided to try to drop off the ledge. Getting just a tad ahead of myself. And I paid for it. But, all in all it was a great morning. Skated for about 1 1/2 hours with Randy. Good times. I even managed to make it all the way around the park without stopping. By the end of the morning I was crusing along. It felt good. I was on such a high afterward. Now I can't wait to make it down to the Fitchburg park and see how I do there. Hopefully I will make some progress and be ollying like a jackrabbit soon. I know, that's not what rabbits are usually compared to, but it works. Having my own board is going to make a huge difference. I hope within a year to be able to land a kick flip or heel flip with regularity. We'll see how that goes. But for now, I have conquered, and this is just the beginning of good things to come.