Good Day

I have many stories to tell, but one that I will truly never forget is the time I landed my first kickflip on my skateboard. I was only 10 at the time and doing tricks on my skateboard was all something new to me. Usually I would just Ollie up curbs, or even shimmy my way up them. So adding difficulty to something I was already a little familiar with made for a great time.

            My friend Joe was with me and we were both interested in doing tricks on our skateboards. Numerous tries later, Joe decided to take a break from trying. More like gave up out of frustration. I was determined to at least get the rotation of the board accomplished and maybe call it quits for the day. Attempt after attempt, I was getting closer each time to catching the trick. By this time it was already mid-afternoon and we had started around noon. I had gone at least three hours of trial and error before I even got the pop and rotation done.

            Finally the time came. I was being drained from the constant up and down motion from my errors. But the time came. I lowered myself to the ground and put my feet into position. I popped my back foot and flicked my front foot out towards the left. The board spun almost perfectly. I caught myself gazing at the image of the underside of my board which happened to be a cartoon-like grim reaper character. Quickly I snapped out of the trance and saw the grip tape coming back over. Instantly I put my front foot out to catch it and I did successfully. Al that was left was my back foot. This was the easy part. I did it flawlessly as if I had done it before.

            My friend Joe was so amazed at the progress I had made by just repeating the same motion over and over. Ever since that day I have been able to that trick effortlessly. It’s second nature to me. This day was a really great day just because I learned something for something I like to do.