A bit more fun

I had a touch more fun last night... about 15 minutes or so. Went some pretty decent distances, 20-100ft, 40ft average. All this on snowy, uneven, parking lot terrain. The lot slopes downhill to my left... left being the direction i tend to anyway, so it was fairly tough y'know. The feeling of the open parking lot ROCKED. Only thing that sucked was the slope the cars and the snow... hah. Oh and it was pitch dark too. Overall though it was still better than the tennis court. I just cannot FREAKING WAIT until spring man.

Anyways i started practicing on freemounting and back-dismounting. I got a feel for them, albeit was not successful. Sort of like when i was practicing to ride on the 24... I'm able to get my foot on the left pedal every time i try. I can get a half-stroke back or forward in either direction after the foot is placed 50% of the time. However, i've not pedaled out of one yet. A good part of the reason for this is that i'm still pulling the uni under me instead of hopping onto the uni. However, i am confident that as i do it more and more, it will become more and more of a hop-up than a pull-under. As far as back-dismounting goes, i didn't get to try that nearly as much: maybe 5 times. I was nearly successful with my final attempt. I slowed down and stepped off correctly, but i was so sure i was going to fail i didn't bother to grab for the uni. Hah.

Don't think i'll be practicing today as it is a bit nippy (8°) which wouldn't be so bad if not for the wind... 10-20mph. I'd do 20 below if there were no wind... but i do not like wind.

On a side note, Everyone go buy a "vacuum pot" coffee maker. I want to get one for xmas. That and a new grinder... i like coffee.