Weekly update: skated under the bridge with a huge, friendly dude from Hawaii. He had to be 350 pounds, minimum. Easily the biggest man I've seen trying backside tails on the box under the bridge. After that,台北 was rainy the rest of the week. We went down to 彰化, where it was sunny (my second sunny day in around 100 of them) but still under 15 degrees and very windy. I went up the hill (best hill bomb in Taiwan) and skated the grey curbs. It's a curb paradise; smooth surface, with painted curbs about 150 yards long on both sides. In two years, I've waxed about 10% of it. To my knowledge, I'm the only person who has skated it in the 24 months since I started The Great Waxing. Once the locals showed up, we skated their DIY park at the basketball courts. 

A further word on the hill bomb: it is long, and it is steep, for the first quarter mile. Then it mellows, and winds down the hill, from four lanes down to one, then back to four for the bridge, then six, then back to four. It's between a five and ten minute run, start to finish. Powerslides are essential for that first quarter mile, but the last mile or two is a straight run to the bottom, minus the bridge, which is steep, and has some dividers that require little pops over. As always, Taiwanese traffic makes it a little more intense than it would otherwise be. The best time is in the dark, after 9 pm. I have yet to make it down the two miles without setting foot on the ground, owing to either traffic or cowardice, which I suppose are two of the same. 

The good spot in the area is a cascading big 3 stair, with tilely run-up that prevents those of weak disposition from ollieing the whole thing. Popping down all three is a good though, from both directions.