ER Visit ‘06

Well, I made it half the year without any hospital trips until yesterday. I decided to go skating (even though there was a voice in my head telling me not to) at Memorial Skatepark. Right away things felt off; my ollies were mediocre at best, I had no accuracy with landings, and I felt disconnected from my board. After resigning myself to a chilled out skate session I started having fun on a ledge doing noseslides and 50-50's. On the last 50-50 my front truck popped out of the grind and I twisted. The rest was a blur; I knew I busted my leg pretty bad and thought it may have been broken. I quickly grabbed my leg to check the bone and found that everything was still in one piece. However, the dark red stain coming from beneath my jeans told a different story. Upon lifting my jeans up I saw a huge gash on my shin and knew from experience it would be stitches. But once I pulled the wound open and saw the bone I realized it may be more than just a few stitches this time. The only good news is that the ER was relatively uncrowded and I got in and out in under an hour. 4 staples later I'm nursing myself back to health. The doc says no skating or surfing for at least 10 days when I get my staples out. But what do they know…