Getting there

For the first time this year I made it to Five Dock on Sunday morning (yesterday). It was supposed to be raining, but luckily they got that one wrong. Apart from being a bit cold (by Sydney standards) it was perfect. Just to be safe, I got there at 7 in the morning - the sun was only just up. I couldn't sleep anyway, so I didn't mind getting up early.

I took two boards. The BE 40 and a nice wide pool board (Lucero). My leg is still pretty messed up (from being broken) so I tried to take it easy. When I got there the place was empty. I tried to drop in on the BE 40 on a tiny little ramp just to see what it was like. To my surprise it was easier than my other (smaller) boards. I was really able to punch the front down.

I didn't drop in to the bowl, though. I had a bit of a skate around from a little roll in part (you really have to drop in at Five Dock) for fun. I made it around the shell (backside) no problems. I even went on a historical adventure into the olde bowle. Those boys didn't mess around. The old bowl isn't actually a bowl. It is a cigar shaped trench that has rough, high, tight surfaces and looks, compared to the modern skate bowl - completely unrideable.

The BE was so nice to ride, I didn't even get the other board out.