RIP stick

So - Ripsticks, eh?

The first I heard of ripsticks was when my then 7 year old son told me he wanted one for his birthday. They were being advertised on TV a lot at that time.

That was before either of us had a skateboard. I was a bit skeptical and suggested I buy him a skateboard instead. As it turned out his mother bought him a Ripstick and I bought myself a skateboard.

Then he wanted to ride my skateboard, so I bought another skateboard so he could ride one too. The Ripstick was forgotten.

As I started to learn to skate, I noticed that some skaters were a bit hostile towards ripstick riders.

Then one day at the skatepark we saw some kids who could actually kind of ride their ripsticks. It did look a bit fun.

Then, a few weeks later, I had a go and to my absolute amazement, I could do it. Unfortunately I hurt my back and couldn't move for about a week.

Then, on youtube, I saw a 'how to drop in on a ripstick' thing and yes, this kid was dropping in - to everything - on a ripstick.

So what now? Well tomorrow is old man's day at Five Dock - I'll be there. So will my boy - I might just borrow his ripstick and have a go at dropping in on it.... should cause a few laughs.