Been playing around with my new Barfoot longboard. I’m absolutely stoked. I’m used to the flex now. I used to feel very aware and uncomfortable about it, but now it’s cool. I have only tried some relatively small hills, hitting probably only 35-40km/h (22-25mph).

On fine days I’m travelling about 14km (9 miles) on flat land around the Wellington waterfront and then from the train station to home. I’m still looking for some hills that aren’t too steep to begin downhill on.

I still want to build my own deck and I think Kauri would look cool, but I’ll stick to my Barfoot for a while.