Sooooooooooooo picture it, friday...like any other day...work work and more work....just got over the plague...and got a rather we recieved notice from canada post saying that i had a package waiting for me....Kitty Von Doom and i had placed an order at rollergirl.ca......and after a week of waiting not so patiently...ITS HERE!!!!!!!!!
i order new purple cushions...these go under the skate, and there are different ones that give you different degrees of flexiblity when skating. the ones that i had were the ones that came with my skates, not a lot of give to them, actually, if you ask me, there wasn't any give to them..making it not so easy to turn and move....as i got more stable and was learing more manuvers whilst skating, i needed some more flexiblity...sooo Dii Mented and Pixel Ninja had said it was time for me to get new ones, according to my skill level and the weight of my travel sized body i was now the proud new owner of the purple cushions....yayyyy me!!! ANDDD i also got some new knee pads, have been having a lot of problems with my knees, old injuries coming back to bite me in the arse. had tried gaskets....gladiators to be exact...yeah they didn't help at all, it was ok to wear then on the right knee, left knee, wearing the gaskets, caused more pain and many more problems than what i started with...boooo hissssss....so next stop was to try some different pads, after talking to the way helpful girls at rollergirl and some of the other skaters and coaches, i found the pads i wanted and needed.....fat boys......really great fit, cradles the old aching knee and cushy when falling on them...winning!! now to see how they fair when im actually skating and not wondering around the office at work....
off to practice i go, excited to get the purple cushions on my skates and to try out my new pads, we were at the church for this practice, sticky floor!!!!
Pixel Ninja helped with the cushions, cause honestly i had no idea how to change them out, i watched and hoping that next time i think i might be able to do it myself....geared up, and skates on, away i go, a couple of adjustments to the trucks and drop falls are started, wayyy better with the new pads...and wow!! definatly notice a difference with the new cushions...wayy more movement!!! yeah son!
Pixel Ninja works our asses off, im sure i told him to fuck off a few times..and then it happened..........the excitement for the night...are you ready??? are you fucking ready for this???? are you sitting down?????
I SKATED BACKWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i had done it before, slowly and not very well, and had no idea how to stop...once i got going...but this magical night...we learned how to skate backwards!! pointers from a fellow derby girl and coach most excellent and i was skating backwards, actually gaining momentum....holy fucking hell!! shite eating grin...even through the sweat dripping off me!! i was doing it!!! just have wiggle yer ass!! lol
so im skating backwards, working it out, practicing and feeling pretty fucking proud and i mention that i have no idea how to stop, other than the floor is sticky and slows you down quickly...so Pixel Ninja, cause he's helpful like that....describes how to stop, which consists of flipping your skates up onto your toe stops, this is called a tomahawk stop...a look of disbelief crosses my face and Pixel grins evily..and says, ok now try it.....so i start skating, and .................
I FUCKING DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!! IFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDITIFUCKINGDIDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so im a little excited.....ok a whole lot excited, and fucking proud as hell, and i even did it more than once!! it wasn't a fluke! i did it, this girls is starting to have some skill!!
it was time to go to work, time to take my gear off and leave practice...honestly, the shite eating grin is still on my face....been telling everyone i know that i did it!! me!! i did it!! (although most of them ave no idea what im talking about, but luckily love me enough to say 'wow sai!!! awesome!!)
so untill next time, bend yer fucking knees....and i don't know if i mentioned it or not, but i totally skated backwards...and stopped!!!!!
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