Friday, April 2, 2010

SKATING = DEATH

In 1996, a terrible thing happened.



I made the Australian Athletics U13 Team, and consequently acquired THE FEAR. We were told "your body is your path to success. Don't break it. Get off your trampolines. Get off your skateboards. Athletics Australia needs you and your un-broken body".

So I stopped skating.
In fact I stopped everything.
I stopped riding my bike fast.
I stopped eating dodgy Chinese meals.
I stopped jaywalking.
I stopped skipping.
I mean really. I stopped skipping (higher potential for ankle injury).

So it has always been a life list dream to get back on the skateboard. The only problem is that I think SKATEBOARD = DEATH.

Trying to overcome this, I headed to VENICE BEACH to assure myself that the kids weren't dying from skating...

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