My brother lent me his longboard because he hit a car using it, rendering the board riderless for a month. I finally took it out last night for a spin. It makes me feel small and fragile. I stomped on the end to make it fly up so I could catch it like a good sk8r should.. and.. because it's not a light board (my estimate is 30 lbs, and 4 ft long). it slammed my thumb back painfully.

I basically spun around inside a closed tennis cord. Some boys in grade 4 or 5 whistled at me. I am old enough to be their mother. Gross. I can go around the court fine counter-clockwise, because left turns are easy for me to make. I stand un-goofy-foot I suppose. That means I lean forward to turn left. Leaning back of course, is harder, so I always end up turning more left than right.

As I came back, the road had new appeal. There are a lot of cars on Renfew, where I live, but during the car passing intermissions, I dropped the board down and puttered up the hill. Very nice! Carrying it is a bit of a hassle though. I think I would want a regular sized board if I ever got one.. I'd use it to skate from the skytrain station to work, like this other yuppie programmer dude I sometimes see.