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Took jnr back to Clapham skate park today, after ice cream and some skating in a private residential place round the corner from Clapham old town which has some weird angled paving, eventually got told there was no skating there after we’d been skating around for 10-15mins. Assume the concierge/security allowed it as it was a middle aged man and their child rather than some teens looking to (insert colloquial words for skating hard here) …
Anyway took them over to skate park which wasn’t as busy as I expected, some skate teachers and their kids practicing, some older men and a couple of older teens/early 20s.
Jnr took to it really quickly, but fuck me the fear I got from rolling down some of the smaller ramps/banks, was immense, and jnr was off wanting to skate down steeper and steeper inclines. Hadn’t brought any pads with us as I didn’t think they would get as into it as they did.
Finally had to drag them out after about 45mins of them wanting to try more lines/ramps, which I was unsure they’d have the skills/balance to do.
Anyways got home tried on the pads they’ve had for a while and the knee ones are too small whilst the arm ones still fit, ( they are tall but relatively skinny), and just brought the next size up for a cheap price off eBay.
As you mentioned clapham park when it starts to fill up becomes a bit difficult to navigate as everyone bombshell the same couple of lines. So when pads arrive I think we’ll make an early morning trip to Brixton and try those bowls there.
And I’m definitely going to have to get myself some pads if I’m going to keep up with them..