During my long May weekend in Kraków I had a rare occasion to grab a few beers with my remote teammates. We finished the evening early, but two of us decided we're not done and went for a late night walk.
Half an hour before the alcohol prohibition (yup, it's a thing in this one city in Poland!) we bought a few beers and started sipping them illegally in one of the local parks.
And guess what? Well, my teammate had a skateboard. And I had my fastest lens on my camera.
So, what happened next? Well, around 2am somewhere in the center of Kraków one IT nerd started testing his old skateboard skills. The other IT nerd sat on the ground and started stress-testing his Viltrox f/1.4 lens and an ISO setting well above 20k.
My lovely friend successfully landed a few jumps.
I missed a lot of frames because focusing late at night is hard, but a few serviceable frames happened as well.
So yeah. 90% of people will stop to look at my boring touristy snapshots and move on. I'm more excited about this spontaneous drunk session in extreme lighting conditions. 🤷
Two months ago, I tore my MCL dropping in on a mini #halfpipe. The physical injury healed quickly but the mental block took months. Today, after weeks of training, I was able to do this again on my own. THIS is why I love #skateboarding. This was so worth it, as minor as it looks.
Spent the morning yesterday and today at the skate park with the kids. It feels good to be back on the board and spend some quality time with my kids. I might be old, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have fun still while getting some exercise :) #skateboarding#qualitytime
Decided to learn something new this year. The last time I was on a board was in 2003. I failed heavily and never went in a board again. This evening I went to a local skatepark. Learned for 1.5 hours. In the end I even rode the board from one corner to the other. I fell often, but I have full protection. #sports#skateboarding
Today is my 50th birthday, so heres a short clip with me doing a 5-0 on my 5-0 :) (it s more of an axle stall, but I'm counting it :) ) #skateboarding#laterskater
I went out on my bike, just riding around hoping to find something interesting to photograph.
In the span of 3 miles I saw a large group of rollerskaters doing stunts, bats emerging en masse from their colony forming murmurations, and a drag show. And it's not even 10pm.
Houston lacks in quality of life and infrastructure, but excels in people and popular culture.