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Flyingcoyote
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Erin and I went out for some urban assault last night after work. She was on the RazorBack,
practicing her bunnyhops and balance while I practiced drops, balance, getting up onto benches,
fountains and electrical boxes. We started from our place and rode down to the main strip in the
town we live. Hitting up parking lots as we made our way down the boulevard, riding raised curbs and
short walls, jumping over anything we could find and riding stairs when we could find them. During
all this, we returned some rented DVD's to Blockbuster and hit the bank. We stopped at KFC after
about an hour of playing to load up on some grease before heading home. Around the corner from where
we live there is this big, squat electrical box thingy. It sits on a slight slope so on one side
it's about 1.5' high while the other is about 3' high. The whole thing has a top surface of about
4.5 Sq Ft. I approach it from the short side, pop up the front wheel and hop.. smack!
Bashring... stumble. Bah. I back up and try again... this time easily getting up on top of
it... I trackstand for a moment up top before deciding on a wheelie drop off the taller end
into some gravel.
Ugh. I misjudged how deep that gravel was and when I landed, my wheels dug in - feet went flyin',
pedal dug in hard to my right shin. Couldn't walk for about a full minute before I could push the
pain away and beat Erin up the last hill to home.
Got home and took a loot at the shin... munched! Mostly just scrapes up and down the shin but for
one particularly deep one, with some teeth marks where the pedal ripped in good. I thought about
going in for stitches but figured I'd see if it'd stop bleeding on it's own. After about 1.5 hours
it was still flowing. Well, cleaned it with peroxide, bandaged it up with some neosporin and decided
to take another look in the morning. Then I decide it's good time to use my REI dividend and order
some new Fox shin guards (along with a pair of pants, a shirt and some Cytomax).
Morning comes around... I take off the gauze (which is soaked through) and as soon as the biggest
cut is exposed it starts back to bleeding. Grr. Well... gotta go to work. Bandaged it up again and
now here I am at work. I'll check it again when I get home, if it still looks like it needs
attention than off I go for some stitches. I think it'll be ok without them.
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practicing her bunnyhops and balance while I practiced drops, balance, getting up onto benches,
fountains and electrical boxes. We started from our place and rode down to the main strip in the
town we live. Hitting up parking lots as we made our way down the boulevard, riding raised curbs and
short walls, jumping over anything we could find and riding stairs when we could find them. During
all this, we returned some rented DVD's to Blockbuster and hit the bank. We stopped at KFC after
about an hour of playing to load up on some grease before heading home. Around the corner from where
we live there is this big, squat electrical box thingy. It sits on a slight slope so on one side
it's about 1.5' high while the other is about 3' high. The whole thing has a top surface of about
4.5 Sq Ft. I approach it from the short side, pop up the front wheel and hop.. smack!
Bashring... stumble. Bah. I back up and try again... this time easily getting up on top of
it... I trackstand for a moment up top before deciding on a wheelie drop off the taller end
into some gravel.
Ugh. I misjudged how deep that gravel was and when I landed, my wheels dug in - feet went flyin',
pedal dug in hard to my right shin. Couldn't walk for about a full minute before I could push the
pain away and beat Erin up the last hill to home.
Got home and took a loot at the shin... munched! Mostly just scrapes up and down the shin but for
one particularly deep one, with some teeth marks where the pedal ripped in good. I thought about
going in for stitches but figured I'd see if it'd stop bleeding on it's own. After about 1.5 hours
it was still flowing. Well, cleaned it with peroxide, bandaged it up with some neosporin and decided
to take another look in the morning. Then I decide it's good time to use my REI dividend and order
some new Fox shin guards (along with a pair of pants, a shirt and some Cytomax).
Morning comes around... I take off the gauze (which is soaked through) and as soon as the biggest
cut is exposed it starts back to bleeding. Grr. Well... gotta go to work. Bandaged it up again and
now here I am at work. I'll check it again when I get home, if it still looks like it needs
attention than off I go for some stitches. I think it'll be ok without them.
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FlyingCoyote http://www.boarsgut.com
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