This morning we all met at ten o'clock. Surprisingly, everyone showed up on time. After getting our acts together we went to the mandatory burger shop and grabbed lunch. The plan was to strengthen our stomachs and get back to work. Songdo still had a lot of ground that we hadn't even laid eyes on yesterday. Our first stop was a mini ramp on the side of an apartment complex.
We warmed up by pushing up and down, doing rock fakies and big spin shoves. Suddenly a resident woman showed up and said something about a skate park on the other side of the block. We thanked her and soon went to check it out. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment. The kind of softened ground doesn't work well with urethane wheels. You'd think that the creators would do their research.
One of the obstacles they had was a half pipe with a vert bit that overdid it. Martyn got hyped and pushed from left to right, up and down. Before we knew it, he was standing on the coping, looking down to drop in. He didn't hesitate and leaned forward. What happened next is kind of hard to comprehend. He fell, and he fell hard. We all left with a weird feeling in our guts. There's a reason I don't like transitions.
There's a part of Songdo that is called Campus Town. All the major universities have campus buildings cumulated out there. We didn't see too many students, but the blocks were filled with promising sights. But then, as it turned out there wasn't as much to skate as we had expected. We did find the most beautiful skate spot in the history of the world, but we got kicked out before we even started rolling.
By the time the sun started to set we got hungry again, and everyone grew kind of sore. After our parmesan bread sandwiches we decided to skate one more spot before we hit the road again. We found a water gap that looked fun to heelflip over. We set up lights and camery and I began rolling up. It'd been a while since I felt the excitement that I felt right there. Pure energy that I don't get from anywhere else.
We warmed up by pushing up and down, doing rock fakies and big spin shoves. Suddenly a resident woman showed up and said something about a skate park on the other side of the block. We thanked her and soon went to check it out. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment. The kind of softened ground doesn't work well with urethane wheels. You'd think that the creators would do their research.
One of the obstacles they had was a half pipe with a vert bit that overdid it. Martyn got hyped and pushed from left to right, up and down. Before we knew it, he was standing on the coping, looking down to drop in. He didn't hesitate and leaned forward. What happened next is kind of hard to comprehend. He fell, and he fell hard. We all left with a weird feeling in our guts. There's a reason I don't like transitions.
There's a part of Songdo that is called Campus Town. All the major universities have campus buildings cumulated out there. We didn't see too many students, but the blocks were filled with promising sights. But then, as it turned out there wasn't as much to skate as we had expected. We did find the most beautiful skate spot in the history of the world, but we got kicked out before we even started rolling.
By the time the sun started to set we got hungry again, and everyone grew kind of sore. After our parmesan bread sandwiches we decided to skate one more spot before we hit the road again. We found a water gap that looked fun to heelflip over. We set up lights and camery and I began rolling up. It'd been a while since I felt the excitement that I felt right there. Pure energy that I don't get from anywhere else.
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