#Also I do a thing similar to what Bea does in nitw where I refer to my old neighbourhood as my neighbourhood and if someone asked I would

[golden--flowers]

Practiced with my skateboard for the first time today! Tried in some laneways behind houses first, and then moved to the park and found a nice section of path that wasn't too busy and had a nice very gradual slope. It was nice because of other people being around but not too close most of the time so I didn't feel like I was being watched too closely, but also there was a casual basketball game going on a distance away, a hockey game or practice, and someone practicing boxing with a training partner nearby, it was a nice feeling =).

I went up the gradual slope rather than down so that I wouldn't go too fast, and then once I'd gotten to the top I sat on the board with my feet on it to ride the slope down for fun and a short break for my legs and the wind helped cool me off! I didn't expect it would be such a workout... ended up stopping not because I was bored but because my leg muscles were too tired to support my body and balance well. I guess that makes sense though! And I feel like I improved over the time I was practicing!!!

It's even an effort to carry it around place to place, heavy... It's also fun that you can carry it by one hand at your side, Cool Skateboarder Style, but you can also hold it the same way but by both hands propped against your front and it's very cute, and I also saw someone carrying a board with one hand but more tucked up and using their whole forearm for support, which was like a middle ground between the two (This person was also being pulled by someone who I think was their sibling on a bike while holding onto a rope which looked very fun if you were confident about balancing).

Also bonus is even if you're just sitting taking a break or even if you're stumbling you will look cool because you are wearing skateboard equipment.