Yesterday I openly whined about walking during a commute consuming precious time. I’ve been commuting from Malvern to the office and I want the shortest time, or at least the ability to do constructive work, between these points.
After looking around on Craigslist for some type of faster transportation I came upon an ad for the Subzero skate shop – liquidating their inventory. So I dropped by and met the owner, a dude about my age (low 30s) clearing out his stuff before remodeling.
Now, I’m not a skater. I did 1/2 pipes and crazy stair jumps on rollerblades as a teen, but I haven’t touched a skateboard since I was seven and did a faceplant on a 1980s’ish Santa Cruz shorty. I’m a two-planker on snow and snowboarded a handful of times.
But with such a good sale, I grabbed a longboard for a song and walked it back to the train (I was too embarrassed to give it a kick in public).
The previously 15 minute walk home from the station (downhill) was turned in to a carving session… Making turns on this thing was like snowboarding and a downright blast. And it was only 5 minutes.
We’ll see where this leads. So far it’s fun and shaves at least 15 minutes each way.
thats great… carter has a sector 9 long board like that, so fun… Ive almost broke my head a few times… sk8 or die… right?…. see you soon bro….
Skate-or-die! We played that game till our fingers bled… High scores
by pimping the turbo on the NES Max.
You better be getting out here for new years! I'm not kidding, you
need to get here this season. We'll hook you up with a killer time!
Glad to see another longboard convert. I've been riding an Earthwing Supercharger for about 6 months on the weekends, and it's a blast. Now I'm on the lookout for some nice hills and parking garages.
Rocking community over at Silverfish Longboards – http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/forum/
And @earthwing is on the Twitter, too.
Fantastic – thanks for the links and @earthwing Twitter account suggestion!
Glad to see another longboard convert. I've been riding an Earthwing Supercharger for about 6 months on the weekends, and it's a blast. Now I'm on the lookout for some nice hills and parking garages.
Rocking community over at Silverfish Longboards – http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/forum/
And @earthwing is on the Twitter, too.
Fantastic – thanks for the links and @earthwing Twitter account suggestion!