For love of Longboarding

So... Sunday night. Took off this evening after dinner in a flurry of excitement. Going out to drink beer and ride the longboard I have neglected all summer - although I have to say that fall is by far the best season for bombing hills. Way less cars around at night, cool temperatures, the leaves falling, the beautiful views.... I dunno, it just fits somehow.
I grabbed my board and drove to the end of Gordon Dr, which I may have to say is MY best kept secret about Kelowna. It's new development so very few people live there, brand new pavement, a little gravel from the construction, but nothing unavoidable....and a fantastic view of the town (which I will deny city status just because) lights at night.
I started out just getting my bearings (trucks a little tighter than maybe they should be - wide turns, gravel spits, but....) oh yeah, the wind in my eyes, on my cheeks, chapping my lips! Hell ya! I forgot all about how good this feels! A few more runs down a rather calm street, practise a few shuck stops and I'm on my way up. Around every turn I'm screaming and talking to myself in excitement "Can you believe this, Man?!?!". It goes up and up and up, and then up some more, around sexy corners and left and right just enough , sometimes splitting up, to control speed. I'm stoked. I'm going faster than I've gone in a long long time and it feels so incredible. I wish everyone could have this kind of feeling/adrenaline rush/ passion in their lives.
Fuck ya. Move elsewhere and I find this beautiful creekside path. insanely steep, cross-sectioned by a ...SPEED BUMP? WHO THE HELL ALLOWED THE NO FUN POLICE?!?!?! but whatever, skip passed that and you've got a cedar lined pathway along a creek, in the shadows of a cliff where the stars shine brighter (for once) than the house lights. thank god. exhale. yeah. awesome.
In the end...Two thumbs and two big toes up for longboarding by myself by darkness and streetlight. Few things are better.



oh yeah, and these girls are my new heros...