On this day there was a little guy at the top of one ramp, 7 or 8 maybe, a little freaked out about droppin' in. I felt like he was never gonna do it, or he was gonna eat it with that timid approach. I told him, "either you do it all the way or not at all, you can't drop in 50%, you have to want to do it." He actually listened and it freaked me out that he took me seriously. Most kids act cool and try to keep that nonchalance going around us "old folk." So I got a lump in my throat then too, "shit what if he eats it?" I thought; but he made it and was stoked. I saw him later when I was leaving and he seemed to be building up to say something, "Good job!" I said first. He was grinning ear to ear when I said that. It made my day. b
knucklehead.
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