saturday evening, in between hospital visits i went to Li’s party. I didnt have that great of a time given the circumstances, but the party itself was pretty cool. his house has a 4 foot half pipe in front of it. the plan for the night was that after people who knew how to skate got to ride the ramp, a bunch of people who had never skated a ramp before would go for it. now, 4 feet really doesnt seem like that high. practically nothing right?? well, when you stand at the top of the ramp, all of a sudden the 4 feet seem like a loooooong way down. io had been contemplating riding the ramp before, but once i got to the party i really wasnt feeling it. if i was gonna bail big time on a ramp, i’d rather do it someday by myself without a huge crowd watching. of course, i spent the next several hours being harassed by everyone and pressured to just go for it. after a while i started to think that i better try it. why not? what’s the worst that could happen? well, the worst did end up happening, but luckily not to me. after 3 people unsuccessfully tried to ride the ramp, mike kubo tried to ride it and ended up w/ a compound fracture in his ankle. several people had to rush him to the hospital and early the next morning he got surgery. yikes! after the happened, i was pretty glad that i didnt try to ride the ramp obviously…
here are a few photos and a couple of videos from that night… click (and yes, i do realize that the last one is sideways. but i dont know how to fix that.)
-v
