4-EZTT
01-24-2006, 10:46 PM
Today i decided to play around in the bowl. It has scared me a little bit for two reasons. One I haven't skated a bowl in a long time and two I don't have pads....well i didn't. This weekend i went to get some softer bushings from the shop and they were just about empty. I mean everything in the store was gone. They were having a big 50% off sale because they are relocating. I missed it for the most part but not all. I was able to get elbow pads, knee pads and a helmet for 40 bucks.
The bowl is actually 2 bowls with a saddle in between. I can't drop in yet cuz i am still too tweaked out. Hell this only the 4th time I have been on a stik since I’ve been back.
So I thought I would just start out on the saddle and see if I could pump enough to keep some turns going. I was surprised how well I could keep it going …frontside, backside etc.
These kids show up 21 years old and the one says, "hey dude i would stay out of that bowl its pretty gnarly." I laughed...i almost bolted then and there. Pride wouldn't let me so I stayed. I started again and i could feel him watching me but i was hitting pretty high and the frontsides were smooth, I went into a zone and tuned him out. Then that sound of metal on metal made him turn, i kept going and i hit two more and bailed...i was so nerved and shaky from the run I just couldn't skate anymore.
I watched them for a bit...they were pretty good.. street stuff but confident..most of the stuff they were doing wasn't hard but the difference was confidence which I lack badly.
I hope that the more i do it the smoother and less sketchy i become...i thought the pads would help with the fear thing but i didn't even know they were on.
Below is the bowl and the lines i took. I am guessing it's about 7- 8 feet deep ..No biggie i guess, but for me its a milestone ....X 2
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/4-EZTT/bowlline.jpg
The bowl is actually 2 bowls with a saddle in between. I can't drop in yet cuz i am still too tweaked out. Hell this only the 4th time I have been on a stik since I’ve been back.
So I thought I would just start out on the saddle and see if I could pump enough to keep some turns going. I was surprised how well I could keep it going …frontside, backside etc.
These kids show up 21 years old and the one says, "hey dude i would stay out of that bowl its pretty gnarly." I laughed...i almost bolted then and there. Pride wouldn't let me so I stayed. I started again and i could feel him watching me but i was hitting pretty high and the frontsides were smooth, I went into a zone and tuned him out. Then that sound of metal on metal made him turn, i kept going and i hit two more and bailed...i was so nerved and shaky from the run I just couldn't skate anymore.
I watched them for a bit...they were pretty good.. street stuff but confident..most of the stuff they were doing wasn't hard but the difference was confidence which I lack badly.
I hope that the more i do it the smoother and less sketchy i become...i thought the pads would help with the fear thing but i didn't even know they were on.
Below is the bowl and the lines i took. I am guessing it's about 7- 8 feet deep ..No biggie i guess, but for me its a milestone ....X 2
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/4-EZTT/bowlline.jpg