And so a Derby girl was born

Friday 22 July 2011

First Outdoor Skate Date

......one of my derby girls asked if anyone wanted to go for a outdoor skate date..seeing as i was now the proud owner of my own gear i jumped at the chance....


we decided that we would go use the parking area at the U de M campus.  Nice place!


Skates on and all ready to roll, we realize that there is a little bit of hill.........can i just stop right there and say that i certainly found out that hills are so not my friend! scary shit going down that hill...I'd like to say that it was really steep and scary.....but umm, yeah, it was a very, small, gently down slope.  FireCrack Ya has some serious skill and handled the hill like a pro, i on the other had whimpered and yelped the whole way down...ending off the event with a spectacular fall right on me arse.  Although i was pleasantly surprised that it didn't hurt as much as i imagined it would on the way down, it was a rather bone jarring occurrence the I'm sure was felt across the country.

I picked myself up, with the encouragement of FireCrack Ya and attempted the uphill battle...literally.

Turns out up hill is a hell of a lot easier.....OOPS! bend yer damn knees! fall number two happened at the top of the hill...remember boys and girls..BEND YER DAMN KNEES.....(you would think it easier to remember when its yelled by everyone constantly, but nope! not so much)


FireCrack Ya noticed that there was a nice level stretch just below where we were so we decided to go down there....she was very graceful and made it down the hill, i decided to roll (like you did when you were a kid, lay down on the grass and barrel roll) instead, figured it was safer and me arse was still a alittle ouchy.

We skated for a little while more and FireCrack Ya gave me a few pointers to help me along...Thanks again!! Can't wait to have another Outdoor Skate Date again :)

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