Longboards efn rock

Who knew? I'm still using a walking stick, but hell, I'm only human. So yesterday I took the longboard for a spin at Dulwhich Hill skatepark (where else). My leg really hurts a lot, but I can stand on a skateboard. I just can't get off once I get on.

Anyway, the longboard rocks. It turns like its got a steering wheel and has really big wheels (70mm) that just go over all the crap in the bowl without even blinking. Which is not a bad thing when you're skating with one good leg.

I don't know how far I'll go into longboarding. I would like to learn to slide, but that feels like a bit of a way at the moment. I could only skate for about 10 minutes before the pain got to me. By the end I really couldn't physically lift my leg, so I just had to stop and fall over, which was cool in a completely retarded sort of way.