Jacob Sutliff SOL Writing Pre-Test 9/25/09 A goal I achieved that I did not think I could was when I did a manual all the way down my friend’s funbox. A funbox is just a box that can be how ever long and long. A manual is when you ride on either the two front wheels or the back wheels. I had just started skating, so it was a pretty big deal for me. This moment really got me comfortable with skating with my friends or with other people. At my middle school no one really skated, so it was cool because there were only a couple of us that did. It was my friend, Tyler’s 13th birthday party and it was kind of funny because it was my birthday also. One kid even gave me 20 bucks. So, at first we were all inside playing video games. Then my friend, Ian, and I got bored so, we got Tyler’s funbox and ramps out and I went to get some boards. Then, everyone else came outside just to goof off, because most of them did not skate. So, it was me, Tyler, Ian, and our friend Cody who where skating. Cody had been skating for awhile, so he was a lot better than us. So, we skated for a couple hours, and then everyone went inside to eat. After, everybody but, Ian and I, stayed inside. Ian and I went to go skate more. He had just started skating also, so it was not embarrassing if I wrecked. Now we were just using the funbox. We were doing some grinds on the sides and ollieing onto it and stuff. Then, Ian bet me that I could not get on it and manual the whole thing. I knew I probably could not do it but, I tried. The first couple of times I busted my butt so I was hurting. So, I tried it one more, this time I got more pop on my Ollie, so I jumped higher. I thought I was just going to smash my board but, then I started to lean back and I did it. I was really excited so, even though I was hurting I wanted to keep skating. Later on we made this launch off his driveway. When I tried it my board flew back and I flipped and landed on my back. After that I was done. So at this time, I knew I wanted to get good at skateboarding. I got good, but now I do not really skate that much anymore because I am so busy with sports, work, and school. I still try to skate every once and awhile but not as much as I used to.
SOL Writing Pre-Test
9/25/09
A goal I achieved that I did not think I could was when I did a manual all the way down my friend’s funbox. A funbox is just a box that can be how ever long and long. A manual is when you ride on either the two front wheels or the back wheels. I had just started skating, so it was a pretty big deal for me. This moment really got me comfortable with skating with my friends or with other people. At my middle school no one really skated, so it was cool because there were only a couple of us that did.
It was my friend, Tyler’s 13th birthday party and it was kind of funny because it was my birthday also. One kid even gave me 20 bucks. So, at first we were all inside playing video games. Then my friend, Ian, and I got bored so, we got Tyler’s funbox and ramps out and I went to get some boards. Then, everyone else came outside just to goof off, because most of them did not skate. So, it was me, Tyler, Ian, and our friend Cody who where skating. Cody had been skating for awhile, so he was a lot better than us.
So, we skated for a couple hours, and then everyone went inside to eat. After, everybody but, Ian and I, stayed inside. Ian and I went to go skate more. He had just started skating also, so it was not embarrassing if I wrecked. Now we were just using the funbox. We were doing some grinds on the sides and ollieing onto it and stuff.
Then, Ian bet me that I could not get on it and manual the whole thing. I knew I probably could not do it but, I tried. The first couple of times I busted my butt so I was hurting. So, I tried it one more, this time I got more pop on my Ollie, so I jumped higher. I thought I was just going to smash my board but, then I started to lean back and I did it. I was really excited so, even though I was hurting I wanted to keep skating. Later on we made this launch off his driveway. When I tried it my board flew back and I flipped and landed on my back. After that I was done.
So at this time, I knew I wanted to get good at skateboarding. I got good, but now I do not really skate that much anymore because I am so busy with sports, work, and school. I still try to skate every once and awhile but not as much as I used to.