Memoirs of a Gypsy: Your Mom Recycles

As skateboarders, we all tend to look at the world and our surroundings a bit differently than our peers. We try to make the best of any spot,surface or situation. We share the common goal of making something skateable. The other day while out searching for skate spots we ended up at the usual school yard in suburbia. But instead of skating the hallways and quad like we usually do, we ventured to the back of the school where there's a small asphalt wave that is always breaking to the right. This wave is really tight and the waters back there are always choppy so if you're not careful you can get thrashed pretty hard. The whole time we spent shredding this wave we failed to notice this trash receptacle sitting atop the asphalt wave. Someone had placed their belongings on it so it looked like a prime spot for that. But being the hyperactive skate rats we all are we just had to flip the thing over and skate it. And skate it we did. The thing was no cake walk to step up to because of it's awkward height and short length. It's tall and short so it made for a quick grind or bonk. There was no need for wax either cuz it's made of Pykrete, which is a sawdust and rubber composite, so it's slick like butter. It's pretty funny cuz there are all these sayings and recycle friendly words embossed all over the thing, my favorite ones being, "Your Mom Recycles" and "Recycle...or else I'll slap you!" We ended up skating the thing for a good while and even managed to snap some cool photos a la Phil Philms. So with all that being said Happy Mother's day and go out there and turn some trash cans over and skate that shit!