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[quote name="McMoo"]At age 28 I decided to take up skateboarding - never had the opportunity as a kid because I grew up in a corn field and there was nothing but gravel within 5 miles. Mrs McMoo bought me a skateboard from Zellers because we had a conversation about how I'd like to be able to do RAD TRICKS and stuff. It had a giant eyeball on it, and all the edges of the board curved upwards, presumably to allow for maximum gnarliness. Every night after work I would skate down the mile and a quarter to the stop sign and back. Our place is out in the country: the road is paved but is extremely rough, I'm not sure if the board was terrible or the road surface was preventing me from building up any momentum but it was hard work. It was also important to watch for cars traveling at 120 kilometers per hour, because you know: paved road in the country. My balance did improve, however and I only wiped out a few times. Then came the tricks, or maybe just the ollie, or maybe just trying to ollie and the board squirts away when you try to snap it down and you rip your nutsack open in an involuntary splits position. After that I tried ollie-ing on the lawn, which made me feel like a total pussy (because i was). Maximum height - 2 inches. The end came as I was skateboarding over a fairly smooth piece of road and unbeknown to me, my shoelace became untied. The shoelace then wrapped around the wheel; causing my foot to become fastened to the skateboard while at the same time causing the skateboard to come to an immediate halt. The speed at which I went from standing to smashing into the road was incredible. The skateboard is now in my basement.[/quote]