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ALWAYS CHECK YOUR RUNS!!!
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On 7/10/2005
J.P.
wrote in from
United States
(69.4.nnn.nnn)
One day I was bombing this narrow bike trail by the American River in Fair Oaks, CA. I was just wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I had my helmet on, as well as some gloves, not exactly sliders. So I'm bombin this hill, just fine w/ no probs, till the end. At the end, the trail leaks into a parking lot, and thats how you slow down, cuz its probably around 35mph. Well, they had cut into the road to lay some pipe, and I was forced to attempt to run out 35mph. Now, we all know that that's impossible, so I ate it, rashed up my side, back, both elbows, both kness, went through my Vans and cut my feet, but luckily the gloves saved the hands. Moral of the story: ALWAYS CHECK YOUR RUNS!!!
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On 7/10/2005 d
wrote in from
United States
(216.9.nnn.nnn)
its not all skating but its good.
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=yougotownedwmv
cut and paste then say ouch
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Phil ...thy?
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On 6/22/2005
Betty
wrote in from
United States
(24.170.nnn.nnn)
No one posted Phil's last name, it's not Phil Plunkett, is it? I will be praying for his expedius recovery, none the less... God, that's scary. Makes you want that exoskeleton that Joe Iocavelli wears... I gotsta get me one of those.
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Uh oh again...
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On 6/12/2005
Miko
wrote in from
United States
(66.81.nnn.nnn)
Glad to hear Phil is feeling better, and umm... getting some good strokes from the girls!
Today's latest mishap: Bonny Doon
Me and Steven Wu are working together on a couple runs, riding a bit slower than full-tuck, trying to play with the draft and just work on technique. The hill's still plenty fast, and we're topping out around 50. At the bottom, there's a pitch that steepens and goes into a left sweeper, and beyond that is the shutdown. The drop through the sweeper is one of the fastest sections, and I notice myself dropping a lot faster than Steve, realizing that he's standing, not tucked or down... but it was too late, and his line was closing off the inside with our boards overlapped. I finally reached out hoping to maybe grab him and stabilize us both but our wheels hooked and we were pitched down the road and into the bushes going about 50! I flipped onto my back sliding, and he was on sliding on his side and back.
In the end we were lying there tangled, and realized neither of us was injured, so it was pretty much a laughfest, but BOY WERE WE LUCKY! Leathers totally saved us... and I'm SURE falling anywhere near that speed without them would have us paying a visit to the skin graft ward at the hospital. Steven picked up a few nettles. Damn... what a rush. We both continued to take runs after that as well. I'm a little stiff in a couple spots, but yeeeeehhhaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww!!!!! We're OK! Bring on the leathers, helmets, slide gloves... whatever. I'm happy to wear that stuff!
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friend crashing
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On 6/11/2005 christian
wrote in from
United States
(24.185.nnn.nnn)
my friend fell off a 5 foot sub box onto a wierd hill thing.this is what ha ppend. broke 2 fingers three ribs one leg and nose
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Crash stories keep us awake
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On 6/10/2005
Greg 'Smitty' Smithwick
wrote in from
Canada
(154.20.nnn.nnn)
Yeah, Philip is getting lots of attention from the Vancouver CLBC girls...they keep bringing him ice cream and 'baked goods' since his lungs are off limits for awhile (wink wink). Miko, it surely was a bad day, but as Kludy said, every ONE of the forty or so people who were standing there got a sobering reality check. Riding down big hills on fast boards is a dangerous pastime...My experience with motorcycles, aircraft and guns tells me that it is okay to play, but when you think you got it all dialed, and forget the danger is there, BAD things happen.
I hate that Phil got hurt, but if we didn't learn from it, it WOULD be for nothing. We could take a lesson from aviation...for years now, Flying Magazine has published monthly HONEST ACCURATE accident reports (Skydiving mags do this, too)...there have been a few times when reading them that I've broken out in a cold sweat and said "Holy Crap...I did that same thing once!"
That's what these stories are for.
Good luck at Mary Hills...hug my Canadian Brothers, and if you have to puke, use Bricin's helmet.
On the subject of no knee pads...my worst fall yet was because I got in too much of a hurry to take my boots off and slide on the pads...I ran out of road, ate it on gravel, and thrashed both knees. I was lucky I didn't break a knee cap, bad as the rash was, it was not TOO costly a lesson. Haven't ridden without them since.
Smitty
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sTAND-Up rULeS
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On 6/9/2005 kLUDY
wrote in from
United States
(207.200.nnn.nnn)
tHE post you read here are very real and can help you new riders with safly and also shows the outcome of riding and skateboarding down hills.The storys you read are very real and a fallen rider always makes me cry to here it.I always pray for him and his family to get tru it.Keep it real because it is very real;!
Skateboarding downhills is a rush and alot of fun if you know your gear and skateboard and how to use them.Please do people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Uh oh...
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On 6/8/2005
Miko
wrote in from
United States
(66.81.nnn.nnn)
Ummm... just read the two posts right before mine, and hope Maryhill isn't going to be so bloody. Wow... hope Phillip recovers completely from his lung condition. Can't wait to get on Mary's hill! 3 more weeks...
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First in a long time...
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On 6/8/2005
Miko
wrote in from
United States
(66.81.nnn.nnn)
Damn... I've ridden this short-but-sweet hill many, many times. It's about 1/2 mile long, repaved recently, and has a couple sweeper turns leading to a 90 deg left with a stop sign intersection. We fly through the left, run the stop, then crank hard to turn right into a side street. If you bomb the hill and tuck, you go near 40, and if you don't scrub a lot, the pitch keeps you going about 30-35, and you slide that left pretty hard and immediately have to set up for the right.
Today on the last run, I passed my buddy and swept towards the left, cranking hard into and saw, just around the corner, right in my path, a stopped garbage truck, and realized it completely blocked my view of any oncoming traffic, so instead of just going straight, I foolishly followed my line right, then cranked quickly across the oncoming lane and into a driveway thinking I had shed enough speed with my quick foot dab on the left... no go, I *almost* stayed up, but right at the end my knees buckled and down I went onto my slide gloves and elbow pads... my mistake was NOT wearing knee pads and I ended up with torn jeans and two bloodied knees.
This is the first crash I've had in a long time, and I was totally adrenalized, and... it was about 15 minutes before my shift at Trader Joes... so I drove there, cleaned up, dressed my knees (first aid kit! yay!!!) and worked... sheeeiiiittttt... Fun session though! SGS heaven on that hill! I'll be back there tomorrow with knee pads ON.
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Jakes Rash Injuries
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On 6/8/2005
Greg 'Smitty' Smithwick, CLBC
wrote in from
Canada
(154.20.nnn.nnn)
Hi David,
As far as I know, the total carnage for Jakes Rash that day was:
Broken thumb
Dislocated shoulder
Broken Ankle
Broken ribs and punctured lung
The last one was the most severe, and Philip (the injured rider) was taken to the local hospital in Sechelt...he was readmitted three days after he got back to Vancouver, the lung had collapsed.
I was pretty shook up that we had all that carnage in about thirty minutes...I had never been to a LB race before. The good news was that Bricin Lyons, the organizer, called the race off after Philip got hurt. We agonized for several days over Philip's injury...he came into and past the braking zone, attempted a slide, hooked up, and rode into a parked SUV at about 20mph. BAD SCENE.
Anyway, after we had all blamed ourselves for it, he posted up at CLBC and said, "Nobody's fault, I rode into a car, DUH!"
So much of what we do these days is shaped by our fear of lawsuits and other nastiness...small wonder that businesses frown on people skating their property. The Jakes Rash Outlaw Race gets bigger everytime, and unless we can hay bale the whole run, I can't think of a way to make it safer. And as you know, that would be A LOT OF HAY! Some smokin' road, tho...it'll be a shame when they build houses all over it and we can't skate it anymore. I was thinking it would be great if longboarders bought every lot on it...then we could put a sign at the bottom that says "SKATEBOARDERS HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY" or "KEEP YOUR DAMNED CAR OFF MY HILL!!""
By the way, those aren't boulders...we call them ROCK BALES.
But was THAT a great weekend, or WHAT?!?! Stoked for next year already!
Greg 'Smitty' Smithwick
Gibsons Hillbomber Recon Sqn
Coast Longboarding Club
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hairball crash
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On 6/5/2005
david
wrote in from
United States
(68.167.nnn.nnn)
this one scared me good...so i was racing the jakes rash outalw race at danger bay IV 2 weekends ago. this road was deently fast, i think we were pushing close to 50 that day with a tailwind....if you don't know this road...on both sides of the road is a ditch with nice large rocks and water in it. of course, being a outlaw race, they had no hay bales. 44 riders, we ran 4 heats of 11, with staggered starts. my 2nd heat, me and like 3 other riders i don't know were in a tight pack, me and another guy came very close, i was in full tuck passing him on the outside. i dont know what happened but i went from my tuck to a full stomach slide for a good 100 ft or so to the edge of the road without going into the ditch. lucky the leathers took all the damage. as soon as I stop i look behind me only to see a rider trying to pendulum slide to not run into me. it did'nt work and he slide into my back at full speed, and we both fell into the ditch. i think we both came out pretty spun, he messed his thumb up, another rider who was in the pack went into the ditch f#$ked his ankle up pretty good, dunno if it was sprained or broken but it was f#@!ed. that is my crashing story. it scaried me good. outlaw race+11 man heats+tailwinds+jagged rocks=gnar
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RIP Sage McCollum, wear your LIDS!
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On 6/5/2005 Ethan
wrote in from
United States
(67.169.nnn.nnn)
Point Reyes Light - June 2, 2005
Bolinas man dies in skateboard accident
By Jacob Resneck
A Bolinas man died of severe head injuries after falling from his skateboard in downtown Bolinas Friday afternoon. Friends said Sage McCollum, 28, was heading down Park Road while riding a longboard-style skateboard. A pickup truck, which was driving up the road, reportedly pulled to the side as it saw McCollum skating down the hill.
The Highway Patrol said that at 5:45 p.m. McCollum, in an attempt to maneuver around the stopped truck, lost control and tumbled off his skateboard. First on the scene, Bolinas firefighters packaged the fallen boarder in a stretcher and waited for a county fire department ambulance from Point Reyes Station to transport him to a safe helicopter landing zone.
"There wasn’t a lot we could do for him on scene," Bolinas Fire Chief Anita Tyrell-Brown told The Light. "He was alive but it was quite obvious that he had severe brain trauma – he was never conscious."
County firefighters drove McCollum to the Bolinas firehouse where a rescue helicopter picked him up, flying him to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. McCollum died at the hospital after attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
"It was nobody’s fault, everybody was where they should be, there just isn’t much room [on the narrow street,]" Mimi Calpestri, McCollum’s grandmother, told The Light. "There was no daring involved. It was just one of those things. A lot of young men do what he did."
Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bonanno, who is investigating the crash, told The Light Wednesday he believes that McCollum never struck the truck nor was the driver at fault.
"It’s not definitive, but it’s looking like there was no contact with the vehicle," he said, adding that the CHP would most likely not cite anyone involved in the incident.
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A DownHill Billy Crash
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On 5/30/2005
North Carolina Longboarder-DownHill Billies
wrote in from
United States
(166.82.nnn.nnn)
Here is what happens when a DownHill Billy gets going just a little too fast in a curve:
http://www.downhillbillies.org/wrecked___bluegill.wmv
Fortunately, Dex was not hurt but he learned that day that gear is the way to go!
Marion Karr
North Carolina Longboarder
www.downhillbillies.org
"Fueling The Stoke One Hillbilly At A Time!"
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Gear
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On 5/29/2005
Sammy
wrote in from
United States
(207.200.nnn.nnn)
All I have to say is to wear knee pads as well as your normal gear. I pulled an diot stunt by grabbing on the back of my brothers car to get back to my house(he knew that I was going to). That was a mistake. I wore my helmet and my normal clothes (Jeans and sutch). He turned like normal, slowed nown, and I got a case of the wobbles and went knees all into the road. I now have some frest asphaut in my knee, as well as a huge, painful roadrash spot on my knee. You dont want this to happen to you. So wear all of your gear. I didnt and now I have to pay.
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Safety
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On 5/29/2005
Matt
wrote in from
United States
(67.174.nnn.nnn)
I almost died yesterday. Slider gloves and my helmet saved my life. Wear protection. Please!
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worst crash of my life
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On 5/18/2005
Bob
wrote in from
United States
(209.66.nnn.nnn)
one time i was skating down my friends driveway on one of my old school banana boards and i dedided to bomb his hill. this was way before i had slide gloves, so i guess i was hoping to have good luck. the first half was great until the asphalt began to get worse and there were cracks everywhere. i made it to the bottom and i didnt see this huge crack. i ended up hitting the crack, face planting, breaking my nose, ripping off the left side of my face and knocking a couple of my teeth loose. now that i look back at this incident i can only laugh and remember to learn from my mistakes...
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ONE MORE THING
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On 5/17/2005 KLUDY
wrote in from
United States
(205.188.nnn.nnn)
I BROKE MY ON RULE,ONLY BROKE IT ONE TIME AND THAT ONE TIME MESSED ME UP GOOD.IF YOU FEEL SOMETHING BEFORE YOU SKATE, GO BACK AND GET WHAT YOU THINK YOU DONT NEED.(YOU MAY JUST NEED IT)LUCK ONLY GOES SO FAR AND I AM FINDING THAT OUT ALOT LATEY!
KLUDYMAN
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Re: Low speed wipes
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On 5/17/2005 Kludy
wrote in from
United States
(216.70.nnn.nnn)
I was having work done on my truck 3 days ago and got the call at my house to come and pick it up.My wife could not take me so I decided to skate with my speedboard.There are a few small hills going to the shop, one steep hill short cut.I left the house with shorts on and as I was leaving i thought to go back and get my slidegloves,decided no its just crusing down a few hills.I bypassed the steep short cut hill just to feel the wind at my face.1st hill was a ball smooth as silk.Made the right by the AM Pm store where I was just going to ride the side walk.I could not beleave it, this hill is a main small twon street that allways has cars on it.Not that day, so I just skated the whole thing sise to side.Remimber that steep hill short cut, well it had a light and turned red on me and a car, just one car was pulling out.I was having so much fun i decided to hook that right up the hill.As soon as I made that turn the road when all bad and I came off.I did what I always do put my slidegloves and leathers to work and laugh about it the only thing was I did not have them.My rigth hand is gone, left hand not as bad, my tum tum and leg in road kill.I have not done that in 20 years and I hope that it will not happen for 20 more years. I LOVE MY SLIDE GLOVES!
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low speed wipes
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On 5/15/2005
peters
wrote in from
United States
(24.18.nnn.nnn)
hey kludy- did i hear something about not having your slide gloves on recently?? ;-)
thx for the note, I do remember that news from last year and I am very sorry for the loss - its all been a serious wake up call on the flat rides and as we've progressed we're keeping avg. speeds up around 10-14 mph which is fast enough for serious pain and worse, when you smack down hard like you said. thus i'm sporting one of my four helmets, i have always worn them for downhill, slalom, parks etc... Tight slalom is another deceptive area, I remember Fluitt telling me how in GS even with the high speed (with training) you may be less prone for serious injury because you know when a wipe out's coming and can get low and prepared for it, whereas in TS though the speed is lower the crackups happen in split seconds.
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Low speed hurts
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On 5/12/2005 Kludy
wrote in from
United States
(152.163.nnn.nnn)
The lower the speed the more hurt you will get because you have too take the impact straight up !The higher the speed the chances are a little better because you can slide, on your back, front, whatever !A sponsor I had was just skating around with no helmet and the board just came out on him, he hit his head and was DOA at the ER.Its like why put my seatbelt on, I am just going around the coner, you get hit by someone esle and are gone, just like that!I am 43 years old and have takin alot of hits riding skateboards and still in good shape, why? I always where good gear , helmet and slidegloves if nothing esle and I am aways thinking about going down, well maybe not always.Be safe, be lucky and never take a skate without your lid.
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no matter how short the ride...
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On 5/12/2005
peters
wrote in from
United States
(24.18.nnn.nnn)
Jack, my recent injury hardly compares, though I'd have to admit I was completely graced out bein a fool, whereas you were doing all you could to be safe. Hope you recover quick and get back in action...
9-stitch bonker I got almost a week ago and fuzzy recall of the event.
A solitary pine-cone crumples under my front wheel at about 14mph on a heelside carve - stopping a 44" stiff deck, creating the perfect human catapult. All-muscles relaxed, high speed backward somersault ensues. Land on my backside and gracefully roll through the motions... then comes a giant head BONK at the end. I jump up immediately due to instant surge of adrenalin, dazed enough to know this whack really sucked. Derek takes one look and says there's a tiny cut "less than a half inch long"... I reach back, feel the goo, see blood and wrap my bandana around my head. I'm already suspecting its not just a little cut, because he's immediately talkin about a trip to the ER...in the truck he's going on and on, keepin my mind engaged - plus the dude just loves to talk ;-) we're talking about the dog bite I got just a few months ago and the crazy karma with this Green Lake trail lately. So there we are, the nurse draws a nice diagram of the cut which is in fact about 2 inches long and the shape of an upside-down California. Coming down off adrenalin I get nausea spins and almost pass out, so I know it was near concussion-level bonkitude. Doc thanks me for having just shaved my entire head the night before, it made his job easier... I was so freakin lucky...time to kiss Buddha's belly, Rosary beads, or Angelina Jolie's feet, whatever seems worth worshipping at the moment.
I never go without pads and helmet for slalom or parks, and as Dr. Dave has also said, flatland should be no different. Even when it's "just a short ride"... You never know when you'll get tossed. Fans of gore can see a closeup at www.geocities.com/pavedwave_com - Compared to other horror on this forum it may look minor, but hitting your head sucks bad no matter what. The helmet collection is growing. jp
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Busted Humerus
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On 5/8/2005
Jack in Aurora
wrote in from
United States
(207.69.nnn.nnn)
I'm 45 and have been skating off and on since I was 15. This is the story of the worst accident I've ever had. On Mar. 5, 2005 I was carving a hill in Aurora, CO. I had brand new 85MM Krypto Classics on a 46" S9. I tried to pull a slide to stop at the bottom of the hill and the wheels didn't break and slide, they held. I got thrown, hit hard and slid. I scraped the skin above my pad on the left knee, left hand, right eyebrow and right elbow. I also broke the right humerus at the shoulder. I was wearing my helmet and full pads including skating shorts. My right elbow pad twisted around from the impact, hence the scrape that took 5 weeks to heal and the bone snapped on contact. My helmet shifted back slightly and that's how I scraped my eyebrow. I've been off work since Mar 7, 2005 and don't know when I'll be going back. My 9 year old son was skating with me. He got me out of my pads and retrieved my board from the gutter. He got me back to the car and made me comfortable. He found another skater with a cellphone and called my wife to come get us. He then watched over me and kept me from going into shock for nearly an hour. I'm thankful for two things that happened that day. One, I was wearing my pads and helmet or my injuries would have been much worse. Two, my son is a Cub Scout with a rank of Webelos and had received first aid training in 2004 and his scout training kicked right in. He remained calm and steady throughout the entire debacle until his Mom showed up to get us and take me to the hospital.
I'm still not back on a board. Wear your pads. Parents, support Scouting.
Cheers,
Jack in Aurora
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maryhill crash
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On 5/1/2005 dennis
wrote in from
United States
(216.9.nnn.nnn)
not sure if this has been posted yet, some footage david threw together from tads helmet cam, he hit the log pretty good, and check that board flyin.
http://academic.evergreen.edu/p/pridav25/sk8movies/tads_helmetcam_footy.mov
some night skating with glowsitck too but it didn't turn out too well. kind of need to be patient till it loads, at least i had to be.
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crazy
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On 4/30/2005 dallon
wrote in from
United States
(69.204.nnn.nnn)
dude one time i was bombing a hill by my ouse. its not a very steep hill, but its long and has a big tunr at the bottom. anyway as i was going down these stupid deer started crossing the road like 50 ft in front of me. iwas only going about 25mph, but there were a lot of deer, and they were in no hurry. so i started screaming so theyd freak out and run away. instead they just turned and stared at me. so i croucehd over and picked up some gravel and tried to throw it at them. i missed. so i decided i could try to slide between their legs or bail. as awesome as the first choice would have been, i just fell into some dudes yard and gutter. as sonn as i stodd up the deer all ran away. figures
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Last time
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On 4/25/2005 Kludy
wrote in from
United States
(205.188.nnn.nnn)
I think it was very cool that my 1st run my last race had too jump off my board, HiT A RoCk.lasT fAll, I won aNd oVeR iT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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