First time scootering with both dogs. I was just going to take Taravali but it was cool out & Mandana really wanted to go. I only did half the route because I didn’t want Mandana to be too sore but she was actually really helpful. We had three big surprises. A man jogging backwards. A cicada that spooked Taravali and a coyote that was particularly interested in us (probably bc Taravali is in heat)

First time scootering in her boots!

thanks for posting when u did bonesinew OUT

I'M ALIVE I PROMISE I kinda uhhh... got busy with stuff. Sorry to say, I don't really ride scooter anymore.

After my concussion (I dropped into a bowl, and failed to carve it, and because I was going fast, I bounced my head off the concrete. I was wearing a helmet) I kinda decided that I should re-evaluate how much I was enjoying this scooter thing. Because, I enjoyed it, sure, but my heart wasn't really in it, you know? I just wasn't feeling any drive from within my own heart to learn any tricks, all the pressure I felt to do so was external. Maybe, one day, I'll come back to it.

For the time being, I've completely switched over to quad skates. Helluva jump, I know! Just like how I started scooter riding kind of on a whim, I did the same with Roller Derby. I decided to try it while still recovering from my concussion. I did wait until I was feeling good again to go to my first practice! I'm not a complete idiot, I promise.

I've been playing Roller Derby since early August.

I was fresh meat for abouttttt likeeee... I think 7 months? My fresh meat class was just me, and it wasn't really during an intake session. I literally just like. Showed up one day. And they let me skate.

Then just this past Saturday, I played in my first actual game. I was rostered as a blocker, but in the second-to-last Jam, I got to play the jammer. Got my first penalty, a track cut, after getting lead jammer. Then, when I came outta the penalty box, I got lead jammer a second time, and scored 8 points before calling the final jam off because holy shit I was so fucking tired.

You ever try to fight through a group of nine-to-ten sweaty women, four of whom are trying to keep you from getting through? That shit winds you when you do it a few times in a row. I really gotta work on my cardio...

So yeah, that's where I've been.

Oh! I've also been park skating too! I leaned how to drop in on roller skates pretty recently, and am trying to overcome my fear of dropping into the half pipe.

Honestly, roller skating just feels so natural to me, like idk how to explain it. The way you move your feet to push and stride just clicks for me. I love skating fast, I love playing roller derby, I love park skating...

Forte wanted to stop and pee on everything for the first few minutes. But once he got past that he really enjoyed himself even though I kept the pace slow to where there was only slight tension and not true pulling. (I used a bungee waist leash attached to me, not the scooter.)

Faye did awesome and only needed a little extra encouragement to stay ahead and not default to dropping back next to me.

I kept it short, maybe ten minutes tops with each dog. But they clearly enjoyed themselves and I'm definitely going to add it into things we do together.