‘Just send it:’ Dropping in at a skate park for the first time on roller skates

a rollerskater stands atop a wooden miniramp about to drop in, the act of lettine oneself go down from the top of the ramp, usually over a coping.

From the top of the ramp I can see a panoramic view of ‘Hurt City’ skate park. Scooter kids take turns outdoing each other as they push off onto the ramps and kick their decks midair; skateboarders whiz by yelling the occasional “board!”

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