My Flowboard brings back memories.

 The Flowboard, a surfing/snowboarding emulator created by the now extinct Flowlab.  I think they still sell them in Australia, but I can't confirm.

When I first bought it, I remember I found it on e-bay.  The communication with the seller was very good, he asked me how I wanted it, was I interested in the board having lips, did I want grip tape, was I looking to just do some longboard style skating, fun on the U-pipe.  It was 2005 and those things were selling every now and then, regular skateboarding is the norm.

This "prototype" in my opinion should be the finished product, with the exception of the grip tape placement, I know mine is not as good as it should be.

My last good adventure with the flowboard was some years ago, I had my original wheels and ball bearings, it was stupidly slow.  Some girl was complaining to me that how dare I bore her with my sluggish speed.  I proceeded to hear her rant, it was refreshing to be honest, some girl at a park getting angry.

We sat down and she played with the wheels, she noticed the sluggish rpms it would yield.  She was curious about the possibility of getting better ball bearings for it.  I don't  remember which ones she brought, abec 5 or 7, maybe even higher.  I borrowed the bearings from her and told her that I first needed to do some speed tests.  This park has a wavy like bridge that is probably done like that with the purpose of not being skated, the terrain is kinda rough, but it's manageable, this gives a nice speed boost, and if I go straight I can get my average meter per second speed.  I did that a couple of times, and this girl just wanted to get to the good stuff.

Several days went by and I didn't feel completely sure about myself, the trick involved was going down the wavy bridge, into a right turn, a downward slope with increased speed, and a hard right into a bridge with an upward slope that would result in a jump, most probably.

 A crowd gathered, she told some friends and a skate shop or something.  The trick was not feasible with a regular skate board, you probably had to ollie into the curve and change the vector at 90 degrees or something, not the easiest to do.

I went it as fast as I could, the turn was barely done, I was willing to attempt it several times until I could get a nice jump out of it, but I got it on the first try.

 I nollied the jump so my height was pretty much noticeable, and I came back down and pulled the board down with force (I forget the name of the trick) so that the board turns around and the wheels don't lose speed.  I came back down and back the way I came from, I enjoyed the speed and traveled through the park, it was nice.

After that, some dudes wanted to have a chat, skater dudes that wanted tips, interested in this board I had.  I gave them the rundown I think.

And one of them wanted to pull of my trick with a regular skateboard, I explained the techniques he needed, speed, ollie and nollie in the ramp if he wanted to do it just like me.  He didn't feel ready, I told him that if I could do it with this board, he would at least try it.  Some other guy in the group was just annoying, I told him that if I couldn't pull it off, he was right in everything he said, otherwise he would be slapped by everyone.

I took the board, did a speed test and proceeded to do it again, this time I think I did a kickflip while in the air, it might of been a McTwist, lovely.  Came back down and felt electric, whatever happened after, was pure magic, the sense of belonging is what I felt the most, yet, even I don't remember when or where I learned to skate.

I'll just stick to cruising by I guess.