Skating Myself Skinny
Brian Kinash2025-09-02T22:36:13+00:00UPDATE: I wiped out, broke the Greater Tuberosity of the Humerous (I cracked the knob end of my arm bone that sits in the shoulder socket) and it brought this plan to
UPDATE: I wiped out, broke the Greater Tuberosity of the Humerous (I cracked the knob end of my arm bone that sits in the shoulder socket) and it brought this plan to
Hey, welcome to another MADCTY video! In this one, I’m taking on a challenge that many people would argue is best left to the kids: the Flowrider surf simulator. But let me tell you, it’s not about being the best or even being good at it. It’s about having fun, trying new things, and setting an example for my kids that life should be lived, not feared.
There's nothing quite like hitting the pavement with your buddies or your kids, and that's exactly what we did when we took our Carver Green Wave skateboard with the C7 Surfskate truck setup to the Martensville Saskatchewan Pump Track. Of course, we had to bribe the youngest member of our crew with the promise of Slurpees, but who can resist a frozen treat on a hot day?
This was my last day in the Sedona Arizona area, as such I was trying to maximize my experience and get everything in that I could. I started the day in the wee hours with a hike up to Devils Bridge, after checking into my hotel room and getting settled I took a run out to Slide Rock State Park... Not what I'd call a hiking destination, but a beautiful walk along a river that would only have been better in hot weather without the brutal wind that day.
The town itself is interesting, once America's largest Ghost town, the population of 15,000+ dropped to 50 over a few mere months when the mines closed... since then the abandoned ghost town became settled with bikers and artists squatting, and now is a fairly thriving artist community full of some rather interesting types...
Finally the occasional hour here and hour there that I was able to steal throughout the summer has added up to some skill growth, additionally the fall has come and the kids are back in school, holidays are done and the weather isn't as conducive to outdoor activities allowing me to find some larger bulk periods of time to dedicate - as a result I'm publishing my first Intro Video.
This video is from the first outing back to the Lion Skatepark in Saskatoon post tendon injury, and while some Fat men probably can ollie a skateboard, this one is not yet able to partially due to the fear of injury but I'll get there.
Okay so if you haven't noticed I had the GoPro going pretty much everywhere I went over the long weekend in May 2021 in Prince Albert National Park... and it's spawned a couple videos already
At 45 I jumped on a skateboard with my son, 33 years since the last time I tried then we got long boards... then a return to hitting the single track bike trails through the river valley, recapturing the memory of racing 31 years earlier...