So last weekend I was up in Montreal for a softball tournament (we won our division!). I was really tempted to bring my skateboard, but I didn't. I figured I'd be too busy playing ball all day, and drinking with teammates at night. This proved to be mostly true.

So the ball games were at Jary Park. We drive over. We park. I get out of the car. The FIRST thing I see is this huge-ass skate park with a f**king SNAKE RUN. I'm standing there in my stupid little softball uniform dying for my board. Worse, our first three games were on the field that was adjacent to the skatepark. I was playing outfield. I missed like 3 easy plays because I was too pre-occupied looking at the park. Teammates were pissed (and rightfully so), but they just didn't understand. I was going to ask one of the local skaters (the cute one, of course) if I could use his board...but I had my cleats on, and you can't skate in those.

The next day I brought my normal shoes (i.e. my skate shoes) with me. Between games I threw them on and walked over to the park. I asked some kid, who wasn't skating at the moment, if I could try his board. He looked totally baffled, as you don't normally see someone in a baseball uniform wanting to use a skateboard. He said "Go ahead man, knock yourself out." He clearly thought I had no idea how to skate, and was going to have some fun watching me wreck myself (as did everyone else). I skated for about 3-4 min. He had *really* tight trucks which I ain't used to, but I pulled some decent stuff:

-nollie to back lipslide (flat bar)
-front 270 ollie to backside lipslide to fakie (on same bar)
-front noseblunt (on 3' 1/4 pipe)
-front nollie kickflip to revert (same 1/4 pipe)
-front hurricane (flat bar)
-fakie ollie to fakie febal to revert (flat bar)

Anyway, the dude was even more shocked to see that I *did* know how to skate (and better than him), as were just about all the other skaters at the park.

Then the real shocker came out, or rather, I came out. Someone asked me if I was playing in the softball tournament. I was like "Duh" and pointed to my pants / uniform / etc. Then he said, "Oh, weird, I thought that was a gay softball league tournament." I confirmed that it was. He paused for a minute, now looking three-times as confused as he was when I asked to use his board. "Wait..are you...well, gay?" he timidly asked. I responded, "Hells yes. And you should loosen your trucks up a bit. It will help you land kickflips a lot smoother." (he had been trying the awhile ago). I thanked him for letting me use his board, and then went back over to the ball fields.

I love blowing people's stereotypes out the water.

Originally posted at: http://skatefag.blogspot.com

I had a moment like that. It was a snowball fight (okay, not a real sport...) between four 12th graders and about 30 middle schoolers, and I think I was the only one that wasn't being a jackass to the kids, and one of the kids said something to that effect. Then, one of my neighbors who was in the fight screamed out 'He likes men' (I wasn't too upset, it was a true statement and all...), and when I confirmed it, they looked at me like a space alien and took a few steps back.

WTG Seddy. Breaking down barriers one fakie ollie at a time.

Too, too funny...

Don't you love f**king with peoples misconceptions?

R