Personal+Writing

The Heelflip

 Learning the heelflip was one of the most memorable things I have ever done. After trying to land it for a year I felt that I was getting closer and closer to finally reaching my goal. Although I had never thought I would get it on a day that I was not expecting to.  I inhaled my food and grabbed my skateboard and walked out the door. Pulling out my phone, I sent my friend, Johnny, a text message saying, “Hey do you want to skate?” while riding over to his house. When he came outside we both started to warm up by ollieing and doing some pop- shuvits. “Do you want to play a game of S.K.A.T.E?” asked Johnny. “Yeah sure.” I replied S.K.A.T.E is like the game H.O.R.S.E but with a skateboard and different letters. After the game I started to try heelflips. A heelflip is when you pop the tail of the board and kick the front of your heel and it flips around and you land back on top of it. I was almost landing it. My friend, Johnny, kept telling me to keep trying and that I almost have it. Before I knew it I was landing with one foot on it. By now I was determined. I knew I was going to get it soon. And sure enough I landed it. I was so happy and relieved it was amazing. I never knew I could get so happy over such a basic trick you learn in skateboarding but one of the hardest. “You got it!” yelled Johnny “I know, I can’t believe it,” I said surprised “Ok,” I said as I rolled up to try it again but sadly I didn’t get it this time. But at the end of the day I rolled home smiling, knowing I had done something I had been trying to do for what seemed like years, knowing that I did it more than 3 times that day.  Doing the heelflip seems like an easy trick to do and something stupid to worked up over but to me, I felt like I could conquer the world.