வணக்கம்!
नमस्ते
Wow! I just discovered Blogspot has options to type in 5 Indian languages. I have said Hi, Vanakkam in Tamil, Namaste in Hindi, in the respective order. Something completely random. O.K., going to the post. Oh, did you know O.K. was invented as a misnomer for All Correct (Oll Korrect)? Heh heh… sorry I digressed.
So, yeah, I am into skateboarding now. I used to have one back in Chennai, when I was in probably the 6th or 7th grade. My friend Ravi had his roller-skates and together we ground the roads of Meenambakkam. But, the one I had back then was made of Mica and wouldn’t hold big weights. It had those big cruiser wheels and I never understood the principle behind the ‘Ollie’. I strapped my slippers on to the board using a strap from an old back pack and would put my foot in like on a snowboard.
Now, I just got my interest back on skateboarding and got myself one. I had to research about it and I came to learn so many things. All the components, the deck, the trucks, wheels, bearings, ABEC ratings, so much skateboarding vocab. Mine’s the blue Broken Virtigo board, the second model in the bottom row. I am still learning to balance, but also trying ollies. I am actually getting better at it. I will put up a video pretty soon. I have to admit it is not an easy art to learn. Yes, I said “Art”. You guys should watch the ‘Time Warp’ episode on skateboarding with Greg Lutzka to see what Discovery Channel has to say about this ‘art’. lemme just post it for you guys.
Yeah, it’s not as easy as these pros make it look. I have already a broken radial neck, two bruised knees and a cut flesh at the bottom of the thumb. All these are still healing but the feeling of accomplishing something, even as simple as a slide stop, is great. I will post more updates soon. I have a lot of reading to do cos my prof has free time only during the winter break. Lot of studying to do.
Thinking of auditing the CpE159 class but still unsure about the registration and tuition amount.
