[Going Nowhere Slow] (Jimmy Pop) ~3~ Lets go Skateboarding

We were all watching the videos of all crazy shit my friends and I did.

There was some videos of old shopping cart slams, and footage of my most recent slam. It wasnt pretty to watch. There were other parts of the footage of me falling of of my skateboard, getting puked on, puking, being completely drunk, half naked, and even one of me completely naked. It was the night when Bam snuk into my room with the camera, right after I got out of the shower. I only had a small towel on, and to my luck, Raab pulled it of and ran away with it. That was probubly the most embarasing. Jimmy Pop and Q-ball asked for Bam to rewind it like 3 times, their only excuse was that they thought it was super funny, and couldnt get enough of it. The only thing they couldnt get enough of was me. Sick bastards. It was funny though.

Bam had just ran some footage and I was watching myself skating down a large street. I was only 15 then.

"I cant beleive you got this on tape." I said, Bam and I being the only ones knowing what was ganna happen.

"I know, it was one of your worst whipe outs!" Right after Bam said that, my skateboard started to wobble on the screen. A few seconds later I flew of the skateboard, landing head first into the concrete. I heard all of the guys cringe, except me and Bam, beacuse weve seen it before, and I experianced it.

"How the hell are you still alive?" Evil Jared asked me.

"Haha, its called enough money to pay for the hospital bills." This made them laugh a little.

"How badley did you get hurt?" It was Q-ball asking the question this time.

"I got my first ever severe concussion. Cracked my skull, dislocated my shoulder, and shattered my knee. I was in the hospital for a month."

"Dont forget you blacked out right after you hit your head, thats how sever it was. She was throwing up for weeks, and coudnt contol like half of her motor skills!" Bam just had to add...

"Holy shit! I just gained a whole knew respect for you, and skateboarders. Im happy your okay!" he gave a small smile, I laughed and thanked him.

We watched the rest of the footage, it was nothing but stupid, and failed, pranks. None of it made the video cut. But every part with me in it sure did. And I wasnt too happy about the naked part. That was so embarassing.

"Hey guys, I gatta go back to the hotel. I have to take my girlfriend out for dinner." Evil Jared said as he stood up and walked out the door.

"Mm'kay." Was all Jimy said.

"Bye, it was awesome meeting you, Mr.Evil Jared." You waived bye to him, he laughed then left.

"Alright douches, its only 4:30. We finished earlier than I expected." Bam said as he streached his arms.

"What are we ganna do now?" Jimmy asked.

"We could go skateboarding." Bam suggested.

"We dont skateboard..."

"Bam and I could teach you guys." I was only joking, but Jimmy took it more serious than I thought he would.

"Seriously? That sounds awesome, lets go!" He sat up and looked at me. I said nothing.

"Yo ACE, you have your board?" Bam asked, I nodded.

"Its in my car."

"Well go get it! we will take your truck, okay?" He said.

"Why cant I just leave it there, since were taking my truck?" I was a large Toyota truck, with a $15,000 custom light blue paint job with pure white lightening bults on each side. We walked out to my truck after Bam locked up, and we all got in my car. I got in the drivers seat, and Bam sat next to me. Jimmy and Q-ball sat in the back, Q-ball behind me, Jimmy behind Bam. Bam had his favorite Element skateboard that had his name on it. It was his first sponsered board, so he loved it. He put it in the back next to all of my (7) boards.

"So where are we going?" Jimmy asked.

"I know this greate place. They have some of the biggest ramps in PA, and have a Saftey center for poeple who get hurt." I told them as I started the car, and drove down the street.

"Thats good, for Q and I." We laughed a little, and soon we were talking. Jimmy and Q-ball were asking Bam and me, mostly me, about ourselves.

"so ACE," Jimmy asked, "How long have you been skateboarding?"

"About 9 years now. Since I was eight."

"Thats awesome, have you ever been in any compititions?" Q-ball asked.

"Are you kidding me? DId you seriously just asked her if shes been in compititions?? Shes friggin ACE ESPERSON. One of the youngest and best female skaters in the country! Went pro at the age of 13? Came in after danny Way in the X games? Wins numerious compititions worldwide?" I always hated it when Bam started talking about me.

"Wow Bam, chill out. I dont skateboard so I wouldnt know who she is." Q-ball told Bam as he was taken a back.

"So your famous?" Jimmy seemed to be really interested.

"Uh, well, I quess if your a skateboarding enthusiast you might have heard of me..." I was always shy when talking about being semi-famous. I hated being the center of attention when it came to popularity, "And Bambi, I went pro when I as 15, I just joined Powell when I was 13." I corrected Bam.

"Might have heard of you? Over half the skateboarding guys in the world are in love with you!" If there was something Bam was, it was proud of his friends.

"Bam, seriously, please stop..." He was starting to erritate me.

"C'mon! Your more famous than I am!" That wasnt ganna be true for long though, at the time I was more popular than him...

"Your really that good?" Q-ball asked.

"She'll show you shes really that good! Wait till we get to the skatepark!" After that talk, it was quit for a few minutes. The skatepark was only a 30 minute drive from West Chester, and we were already there. We all jumped out of the truck, and walked to the back.

"Jimmy and I dont have skateboards though, can we rent them?" Q-ball asked.

"No need to," I said, "You can barrow one of mine. Bam Jumped on my truck and grapped his skateboard out of the back. Jimmy and Q-ball looked at all of my skateboards.

"Can we just pick one?" Jimmy asked, "How much were all of these?"

"Sure you can pick on, and they all averaged out to be abut $150 each. But I got them all for free from my sponsers." There was 4 element skateboards, and 3 zero boards.

"Awesome," Was all Jimmy said. Jimmy and Q-ball picked their boards.

Jimmy picked
http://www.antennamag.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/element-darrell-stanton.jpg

"Haha, I like this board, its fun." It had light blue element wheels and pink trucks.

"Sure, thats my favorite board though, so dont break it." He laughed a little and nodded.

Q-ball picked
http://www.railheadboards.com/v/vspfiles/photos/0882055190815-2.jpg

"This is so beatiful." He said. The board had light gray trucks and black spitfire wheels with a white spit-sprite, as I called it.

I chose my best board, it had loose trucks so I could menouver easily on the ramps and bowls.
http://rlv.zcache.com/ed_hardy_zero_skateboard-p186380132097867394t5zw_210.jpg

It had red element wheels, and black trucks with red hearts on it.

We all walked over to the entrance of the indoor skatepark.

"Hold on!" Bam yelled as he ran over to the truck and took out what looked to be one of those new portable cameras.

"You brought that with you?" I asked.

"Hell yeah!" I opened the doors and we walked inside. The room was small and had tons of band and brand stickers all over the red and blue walls. It was the front of the park. We walked over to the desk were we payed for the ticket to enter the park, it wasnt a free park. It was $20 dollars per person, and you had to be 14 and older to get in. Behind the desk was a whole bunch of different decks, wheels, trucks, bearings, and anything you needed to customize your staebaord. Therre was a punkish looking guy, with a green mohawk, and peircing all over his face, and was wearing all black, behind the counter.

"Hey," The guy said, "What can I do for you?" He walked over to the counter and leaned on it, looking at me.

"We wana skateboard," I said, with a 'duh' tone, "Please."

"If your 14-16 you gatta wear a helmet." He said.

"Im 17, Hes 19, and they are both 25." I said as I pointed to myself, Bam, then Q-ball and Jimmy, "But the old guys have to wear helmets so we need to rent two." He nodded and told me it was 20 dollars per person, and 5 dollars an hour per helmet use. I dug into my pocket and pulled out a $50 bill, and two twenties. Perfect, 90 dollars for 4 poeple, and an hour of helmet use. I always cept a few hundred dollors in my pocket. I would pay for more hours helmet later, but that depended how long they used them.

"You dont have to pay," Jimmy said,"We can pay for ourselves."

"Ah, no its cool, I won a compitition last month, got a cpuple thousand dollars and some gay plague with my name on it." I said.

"Whow, wait, are you ACE? Esperson?!" The mohawk guy asked, he looked excited, "And thats Bam Margera, right?" He smiled at us and we nodded.

"No way! I cant beleive you guys are here!"

"I come here all the time," I said, "Just never on your shift, I guess."

"Thats awsome, seriously, you guys dont have to pay, its free for pros, and your friends can get in fot free too. But I have to make sure your really who you look like, you have an ID?" I may have lost my fake ID, but I still had my real one. Bam pulled out his ID and showed it to him, and so did I, and I shuved my money back into my pocket.

"Awesome, go right ahead guys." He gave Jimmy and Q-ball their helmets, we smiled at the guy, and walked into the skatepark.

"You really are famous." Jimmy whispered in my ear as we walked inside.

I hoped you liked it!
~peace
Aki