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[Previous entry: "Confessions of the Slothful"] [Next entry: ""] 12/31/2005: "Extreme Sport"
Yesterday I participated in an extreme sport that rivaled the televised extreme snowboarding down a vertical slope in New Zealand--roller skating at my local skating rink. Replies: 2 Comments on Saturday, December 31st, kim said
wow that does sound fun on Sunday, January 1st, Jen said
It was fun, Kim. And I thought it was funny that I was the one that spent the most time skating. The kids had to play laser tag and then go on the playground. Me? You go to a skating rink to skate. |
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They were like little body bomb dropping all in front of you and around you. Definitely called for defensive skating. Telltale signs a body bomb is about to drop around you--windmilling arms, the sound of little feet running frantically in skates, a group of them together approaching the turn (someone's going down and then they're all going down), a kid with a death grip on an adult. You see or hear any of that and a body bomb's about to drop--and you just hope it doesn't take you down. 
I did take a direct hit yesterday. A poor little boy went down next to me and his skate rammed into mine. I executed that graceful windmilling move and luckily I didn't fall and crush the tiny mite. 
