am in such pain. I totally wiped out on my board last night. Shit. My entire right side aches and I've got a bruised palm. Not to mention a bruised right elbow. I wasn't even doing anything particularly daring, either. Kyle was trying to teach me how to do this thing, it doesn't have any cutesie skate name or anything. You're just supposed to be riding along, and then you do something I haven't quite grasped the physics of yet with your feet and push the board back with your back foot and turn your self around (that's what it's all a-bout!) Anyway, I haven't got the hang of it yet. So, i was whizzing along, I tried to do this stupidly easy looking non-trick and WHOOSH! BANG! I couldn't imagine why the asphalt suddenly rushed up towards my head. I sat up quickly and caught sight of my wayward board rolling nonchalantly off toward the chain link fence. Kyle ran over and hugged me as I laughed and moaned. I assessed the damage: 2 road rashed palms, slightly bruised knee that swelled up to golf ball size by the time I got home, nasty looking elbow hematoma. Kyle comforted me a for a bit and then got up and went back to trying to ollie up onto a park bench. "Hey! I'm injured here!" I yelled. "Well, you gotta get back up on that horse sometime!" was his reply. I just looked at him. Then I picked myself up and got back on the board. But not for long. I may look 16, but my bones are getting older every minute.