In some countries, people sing songs about white christmas. In taiwan, we're satisfied with blue skies, and blue skies is what we got. So I skated to work. The skate back home was fun, and it put me in the mood for more skating. Lzyk and I had supper, and then I warmed up with rmj at the 3stairpark, and then we went east. He makes up new tricks every time we skate, and this time it was all kinds of *****s and ***** variations. We skated a few little spots here and there; curbs and kickers and architechtural detritus. We got to the bronze stairs; a set of covered stairs recessed in a brick wall, with each step capped in bronze. They're short and steep and grind faster than anything I've ever grinded. They're so slick that it's actually hard to **-** it, because it shoots out from under you. I tried a few things on the stairs, but got tired before I got warmed up. rmj keep making up and landing more tricks, and we went down the road to the arena.
It's a rare downhill ledge spot, well lit, and dark stone. It's usually a bust, even with a discrete crew, but this time, although a security guard came out and watched us skate for the whole time we were there, nobody said anything. I got a couple of *********s, and rmj **********d off the end of one of the ledges. Then he found a vicious wallride spot. It's tile, has a step up to get on it, and gradually gets steeper and steeper until it's vertical. Well, not so gradually. More like, over the course of a few feet. It's got those damned square tiles for run up and landing, and a powerpole and set of mailbox drops in the way as well. Wisely, he passed, for tonight anyway. Adjacent is a black marble ledge so freshly waxed that little crumbles were still falling off of it. I don't know who we were tailing tonight, but we were right behind them. Maybe animal chin. Next door to that ledge is a beautiful mirror black stone manny pad, with a pair of grinding stairs on it.
By this point, I was getting really tired. We went back and I ****** a white sticky marble curb that I've been eyeing for a while, and that was that. Probably no more skating for a week. Working sucks. Merry Christmas from Taipei.
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