pedlow pool
chuck hults- displaying the proper use of safety gear & the tail of his board.
nick "not the 'maddog' i was with" henderson- bs smith.
Saturday morning, I awoke early-as usual- and gathered my board & pads. I grabbed a quick coffee & ‘Powerbar’, then headed west on the 210 towards Pasadena. Traffic was minimal & I found myself in Studio City in a bit over an hour. I met up with Tony Alva & we hit an AA meeting. We then drove over to his house, grabbed his gear & headed over to Pedlow park to cruise a few runs. The pool is big & mellow; very wide open. I put my knee pads & helmet on, then pushed around the deck to the deep end. TA was being ‘sort -of’ bombarded, with people wanting to say ‘Hi” & get autographs…I left him to deal with that stuff. I dropped into the pool in the deep end, cruised the shallow, hit the right side wall, frontside grinded, then proceeded to get a ‘wheelbite’ and immediately received the beatdown. I landed on the pool bottom, elbow & hip first. Crunch! I was in shock. My body wouldn’t even function for a few seconds. I slam hard, I will tell you all…I really can ‘take one for the team’. However, this was completely a mind screw. I was flowing & all was right with the world, then BLAM! I slowly walked out & sat down. TA was only just putting his helmet on, thats how fast it occurred. I ended up obtaining ice within an hour, when TA and I stopped for some fish tacos. My arm looks grotesque & deformed. It truly is the worst ‘swellbow’ I have ever had. So, here I am, trying to type out my absurd stories of falling & failing through life…so you can just sit there, reading & laughing at my continued physical self-abuse. Thank you for reading. I suck. Thanks to MRZ for the images of skaters riding the park appropriately & doing a damn fine job. Skate-Ozzie
Yo Ozzie, Sorry to hear about your elbow. You’ve seen me slam, so I can only hope and pray you don’t fall like me. On a lighter note, I sk8ed today for the first time since I wrecked myself back in October. Just rolling around and a few sketchy kickturns but what the Hell I was actually sk8ing!! Heal up fast, I may be ready for a backyard sooner than later! Peace. M
my pools are your pools. i would be very happy to roll with you again. Ozzie
at least you don’t have to hang out with your psycho mom….valentine’s day…..what a bunch of crap
i am posting my thoughts on valentines shortly….Grrrrrrrr…!
there’s something about that place…
i’ve seen (and had) swellbow from that pool!!!
damn that’s gotta hurt! If it’s still swollen, is there any way you can get ginger root and some green tea bags and a little honey? I have a kick butt anti-inflam tea recipe with just those three things. Works wonders
Hope you heal quickly!
Hope you feel better, Ozzie…I had a similar situation last fall while pushing through the street course of a local park and cartwheeling onto my elbow and head after tripping on my back wheel…total victim too little street skating ‘now’ and too much pushing mongo ‘then’!!!