Woot! Cardiff!

[salad]

Hit up Cardiff the Gravity boys again Tuesday night.  Another ass kicking, but super fun!  Highlights were: 1) pulling off a steep downhill without bailing...out of control and almost took one of the guys out but slid hard and he pulled his leg up just in time. narrow miss.  2) drinking a case of pale ale sitting on the sidewalk downtown watching the sun set over the pacific.

low light was trying to get agro and get a toeside slide in on a narrow driveway.  not enough speed, couldnt turn fast enough and slammed into a trashcan full of yard waste.

[Brad Young]

Whoa man, you're talking to climbers. And, at least in my and Mr Mud's case, to old climbers. I can read each of the words you wrote; they're in English. But what the hell did you just say?

[salad]

Haha, sorry Brad.

I went skateboard last night in the seaside town of Cardiff with a bunch of guys that skate and work for Gravity Skateboards (a manufacturer).  I didn't perform very well, but had a great time nonetheless.  One success I had was skateboarding down a steep hill without crashing, stoping, or jumping off my board, an onsight if you well.  Actually a redpoint because it was my third try.  I was skating to fast and was out of control so I turned sharply which caused my board to slide down the hill sideways to control speed.  I almost knocked into one of the guys walking back up the hill but lifted his leg up and I skated/slid under hit, avoiding a collision.

The beer part is understandable, I am sure.

One moment that wasn't so proud was when I was skateboarding down a hill and tried to turn off into a narrow driveway and turn sharply, making the wheels slide(loud noise), and come back into the downhill.  Toeside meaning I was turning in the direction of my toes, not my heals.  I was going to slow and couldnt pull of the turn, went to wide, and hit a trashcan that was full yard waste...

[Brad Young]

Got it now, thanks. And got the beer part the first time. End result: "but had a great time nonetheless," says it all.

Now just don't get yourself whacked please.

[Uncle Stinky]

Thanks for the translation.  Another old climber. 

[mynameismud]

I understood what he said the first time.
I may be getting up there but, pfft, I know English.

[squiddo]

lol, thought this was about the Cardiff Lounge divebar. too bad, great drinks, good values.

[salad]

cardiff is on for tonight!  going to try to skate my hypercarve tonight (in the past i have been skating a shorter, more turny prototype board).  should be interested as those roads are very narrow and there is lots of traffic.

most def will be sporting gloves tonight.

[squiddo]

bring the 1st aid kit

[mungeclimber]

cardiff is on for tonight!  going to try to skate my hypercarve tonight (in the past i have been skating a shorter, more turny prototype board).  should be interested as those roads are very narrow and there is lots of traffic.

most def will be sporting gloves tonight.

and a helmut and shoulder pads

fricking nutball skaters

[F'ueco]

Too bad you aren't up this way. You could join the Old Men With Red Gloves... See pics in link below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fueco/sets/72157619267714044/

[salad]

epic session.  the 47" hypercarve owned!!!

-- go to www.googlemaps.com
-- type in cardiff by the sea, ca
-- put it in terrain mode
-- check out chesterfield dr
-- drag the little orange guy onto chersterfield and skate him down...

some much fun i almost wet my pants. 

[mynameismud]

I crashed through the gate.

[mungeclimber]

I couldn't get to the ocean.

nice straight away