Arbor

Recently I had the opportunity to rent two lenes from Lensrentals.com. A 35mm canon L, and 15mm sigma.

The short version, the 35mm shoots super sharp photos, but not very useful. The 15mm sigma. Awesome! Totally blew my expectations out of the water. I will be buying in the near future.

Below are some sample photos I took today with the 15mm.

Now for the story.

Christian said with fire in his eyes. Let’s skate board down to the bathroom! It’s a small hill, we can do it. I nervously responded with, uhhhh sure I guess. We haven’t learned downhill yet but why not…

Shortly after, boards in hand, we scout our path down the small hill. I say with a manipulative tone, Hey Chris you first. Eagerly, Chris smiles and heads down the hill. Not 5 seconds later his arbor board starts to wobble out of control. I ditch my board in fear of the inevitable crash and burn. Whoosh it nails a tree at near lightning speed. Then I look back up and Chris jumps off of his board. No words can properly describe what happened next.

He hits the ground running and just can’t seem to get a grip on the ground. He flies forward head first into the pavement. Flips heels over head, barrel rolls shoulder over shoulder and finally landing in an awakened butt in face ankles in the air position then stops. Silence rolls over the tourist as they watch in awe. He get’s up and says, “I’m good”. Jumps back on the board in an attempt to finish the hill. Not 5 seconds later his arbor boards starts to wobble. He ditches and lands perfectly on his feet. Pops a squat on the board and says I need a minute.

He survives with only scrapes, bruises and a new appreciation for hills and pavement.

You can the full screen Slideshow here