Today was my first session of 2025. This year marks 40 years on a skateboard for me. Temps today were in the upper 20s, but there was no wind, which was great. I've had the flu for the last week, and before that was some snow, then rain. This is to say I've not really been on the board in over 2.5 weeks. I'm still feeling a bit under the weather, so I expected today's session to be really "meh" and rusty. it wasn't. It was actually a lot of fun.
Many people hate winter skating. I really like it, esp. in the later afternoons as the Sun is going down. The grey, darkening skies, the bare tress, the stark landscape, dead leaves scutterting across the park, no one else around, the layer of clothes...I find these settings to be somewhat magical, and very, well, New England.
I skated today from about 3:30pm til dusk (around 4:30ish), and enjoyed every moment of it. The next two days look even colder, but I am going to Philly this weekend (non-skate related trip), and I've got a lot to do beforehand. So, I think today might be my last session until next week some time. It seems I never get to skate all that much every January, and this one is starting out no different.
Here is a screen grab from today. Nose stall f/s revert, one of my favorite tricks.
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