Well I got up this morning to find it very cool out and decided to go for a walk to the river after breakfast. The cooler air, low humidity, and cloudless blue sky brought thousands of old memories into my brain. I remembered lots of skating memories in similar weather. Lots from high school actually and a few from college. The one that stuck out to me is this time I ollied the signs gap ledge back when I was a sophomore at GSU.
Just to paint the picture, this was when I was working at UPS and had my Dodge Dakota. I don't know how we arrived at the signs gap ledge, but I do remember that I had left alone so that means that someone else drove there too. We were rolling pretty deep, as we always did back then. I don't recall everyone that was there, but I know Thuong, Nolan, and probably Danny and a few others were there too.
The signs gap is this tall ledge with one of those guard rail things you see on the side of the road on the outside of it. To do the gap, you have to ollie over the guard rail and then it is a straight drop down to the ground. You don't need much speed to clear it, but you definitely need a little to get over the guard rail.
Just to blow out the spot, it is behind the shopping center on 29 and sugarloaf, where the winn dixie used to be.
I'm pretty sure Nolan got it first try and was trying to kickflip it. I was dressed up in my fall attire; my red flannel, khakis and my black and green vans sk8-his. I was riding my Powell board. It was the Jordan Hoffart On and Hoff switch board I got at Discover Mills. I bailed on the ledge a couple tries and it was really hurting my feet so I knew I had to land it. I really wanted it too. So at some point I go for it and stick it. It felt great and was a great accomplishment in my book of tricks I never got filmed.
Afterwards, when it started getting dark out, I remember leaving to go trip with some friends from work. It was a pretty heavy trip and I remember listening to some old Triple Six from their Smoked Out Locced Out album. Krank dis bitch up and victim of this shit are the two best songs on the album and listen to them if you can. It's low quality, but whatever.
I don't remember if anyone else got it that day, but Thuong may have. If anyone else remembers this day, feel free to add on.
