Moments of sheer and utter bliss have been lacking this year I'm sad to say. An early spring led to a pretty crappy June and my summer rush was delayed. Followed that up with tonsil surgery and 2 weeks of unbelievable pain. It's kept me down a bit and I think today may finally have been the first day of feeling really great again. This was evidenced by a zen moment along the river again today. Gotta love that river.
A major winding section of road is currently closed down due to the threat of rising water levels. The water hasn't hit the road yet, but it has cleared all traffic off of 4 lanes of pristine asphalt on one of the most scenic parts of the riverbank.
I was boarding this stretch as part of my base building for the 100k board session I have planned 3 weeks from now. There was a beautiful stretch of downhill, into a light wind. I love long stretches of downhill. As you hit your maximum velocity you get motion without energy, and there is a sense that you are detached and free from the Earth for the duration of the bomb. It was while coasting effortlessly along that I looked up and caught sight of a pelican doing precisely the same thing. It had spread it's wings, caught an air current and was just gliding along in perfect effortlessness. In that moment I felt what the bird felt. Not a power over anything as one might think, but an independence from everything. A freedom that only pelicans, seagulls and longboarders know.
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you realize that's a flamingo right?
The title of that blog post is based on a clip from Scarface. Al Pacino is sitting in the hot tub watching tv and bickering with his wife. While channel surfing he comes across a documentary on pink flamingos,at which point he cries out to his henchman Manny. It's a pretty obscure quote, but there isn't a true Scarface fan alive that would dare call a flamingo a flamingo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE8nCNLylEM
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