Skating canyons again on Thursday. May 24, 2012.
Picked up Daisy and headed out for Santa Monica to meet up with Amanda. We met up at a starbucks and then decided to head out for d.c. We got there, changed all our wheels and Daisy and I took the first run down while Amanda drove. I was anxious and tucked for most of the first run. It was amazing. I felt low and fast and comfortable. I am definitely getting my tuck much better, although I still have ways to go for improvement. I tucked until the flat area where I waited for Daisy. When I came out of my tuck my left quad felt dead. It was hilarious. I really need to get my legs more used to tucking. Then we continued down to the bottom and went back up. The next run I drove while Amanda and Daisy went down. Holy crap amanda is awesome and her tuck was super tight and low. It was sweet watching them. Then I went down with Amanda while Daisy drove. Worked on my tuck more and went as fast as I could. My leg felt dead so I drove again after, giving Amanda and Daisy another run together. Then it was my turn with Daisy again. I tucked for as long as my legs would allow, broke for some corners, and tucked again. Then there was this spot, right before a left turn. Someone turned their sprinklers on. There was a little bit of water on the right of the lane and a little runoff into the left and a bunch of mist in the air. Daisy went through it right in front of me so and I decided I would do the same. I strayed to the left to avoid as much water as I could. I did not slow down or carve, I just tried to go through it. As I was in the mist and almost getting out, I went to slightly lean to go into the turn and bam! My board went sideways, hydroplaned, and I went to the ground.
It was my frist fall going downhill and it was well deserved. I haven’t fallen in all the times that I have gone, so I was expecting a good fall haha. All I remember during the fall was my face hitting my gloves and my sunglasses digging into my face. I was in shock and it took a bit for me to get up, but I did. Then the douchebag showed up. I didn’t want him to see that I had fallen because he would say something so I went into the car while Amanda talked to him. We then had to leave because of him. I checked out my body. I had roadrash on my stomach, my thigh was all bruised with roadrash and I was missing lots of skin on my elbow, oh and my face had a nice swollen bruise next to my right eye. I later found out I got roadrash on my right boob too haha.
Then we headed back to Santa Monica. I didn’t drive because I had a headache and felt a little dizzy. We got back to Amanda’s and watched as Adam was editing the new Sama video. It looks crazy amazing. God Trevor and Ari are so stylish and freaking good. Then they went to eat while Kyle and I ventured for vegan food. The first place was closed so we went to Veggie Grill. It was deeelicious. hah then we headed back to his place and we both were soo tired we just were falling asleep on his couch haha. I kept waking myself up because I still had to drive home. Then Daisy came, we talked for a bit and left.
Twas a grand day :)
