Oh what a day
by Tony Peters on October 8, 2007
After spending the morning cleaning and setting up for a visit from my inlaws (looking forward to that being over) I spent the afternoon Downhill skateboarding with a bunch of guys...life is so simple with a bit of speed. I'm the 4th guy to enter the screen, Black shirt, Blue helmet, Pink wheels trying to stay in the draft of the two kids in a tight draft train. The guy in the Blue shirt was our rabbit. Just past the Videographer we were speed trapped at 39mph. BTW those two kids are the #2 & #7 juniors in the world and it's scary how fast they are...and they lost me just past the speedtrap...my tuck sucks and I'm old (that's my story anyway)
click image to zoom
click image to zoom
Three Replies to Oh what a day
Tony Peters | October 9, 2007
yeah that was the taxi/shuttle...the hill is a mile and with shuttle service we get about 10 runs an hour. We varied from mass starts to heats to solo runs. I was the 3rd fastest in solo runs behind the aforementioned speedy kids but I'm not very comfortable in a pack (those two kids were playing slapfights at 35mph drifting/sliding through corners )
Scott Hardie | October 10, 2007
At that speed, I wouldn't be comfortable solo or in a pack. :-) Looks like fun though.
vagabond-punk
The musings of Tony Peters, a perpetual child, no matter where I am I will find a way to climb something or go skateboarding Read more »
And a happy New Year to you all
A few things I found in the news when I got back from skateboarding this morning Do you doggy? she doesn't Banned words Go »Have Passport will travel
I wasn't halfway through my first cup of coffee this morning when my boss walked in and said "do you want to go to Crete for a week?" Duh!!! like i would turn down a trip to greece...the Go »books and rolling
It always seems that 2-3 books that I have been patiently are all released by the publishers at the same time...such was the case for me with Wrath of a Mad God and the latest Dresden files book Small Favor...unsure which one I wanted to read more I switched from day to day reading one and then the other. Go »the toils of being a home owner
just when you think that everything is groovy boom your furnace burps blowing all the seals and well $6000 later you can have heat again. Mind you it was 12degrees yesterday when this happened and at present I can't keep my house any hotter than 55degree's or the house fills with smoke...not to mention that the soonest I can get a new furnace installed is thursday. Go »Beyond annoying...
well I'm officially retired now, sorta looking for a job but content to work in and around the house for a bit. My one task that I need to accomplish is to complete my VA claim and boy is that annoying....I have my medical record all 5 inches of it and I have to prove each issue that I am claiming and when I first had it treated....this Go »
Jackie Mason | October 9, 2007
[hidden by author request]