Try-out

Saturday there was a skateparty but the floor was not the best kind. I did put on my new skates but it felt like I just put on rollerskates for the very first time...
New boot, new wheels, new bearings, new plates. I was told I still had to adjust them but I was too excited to remember so I fell down a few times. By then I felt so uncomfortable I quickly changed into my thrustworthy skates for the remainder of the evening.

Now I'm sitting, sweat all over, behind my screen writing this post. Skated about 15 minutes, adjusted my skates, skated some more, adjusted a little bit more. Then I was pumping new trucks for more than an hour :-)
Still a little bit uncomfortable, new and strange. My feet have to get used to this new situation (or the other way around), but it'll work out fine in time.

Now I've put my orange and purple ones next to each other, hope they don't get into a fight about who is going to get the most attention.

Purple is for inside only, try to keep them clean and spotless. Orange is for outside use, let's call that the more dirty and rough ways. Promised that I would go skating this winter when there is no snow or ice on the road, just a dry freezing cold at the crack of dawn. That means that the Orange Outlaws are going to get hardship from now on. The Purple Puppies are going to the warm, sometimes hot, indoors. And I mean well by both of them because they are both treasured by me.