Want to see some lovely ladies tearing it up on their long boards? I know I do. These increible women are the Longboard Girls Crew and this ride of the Madrid Mountains is so full of adventure and thrill.
They ride the way we used to when we were kids. On our bikes or boards, racing full speed down a hill. We never cared about whether we got hurt or not. And it did hurt. There was always a skinned knee and blood, but that didn't stop us from doing it again the next day. Every day there was adventure waiting to be discovered and never did we stop to consider the consequences of fun.
But eventually we grew up and discovered that pain was avoidable and crashing into trees at the expense of a long run wasn't worth it. We began to understand those consequences and we no longer ignored the results of our recklessness. And we lost the freedom.
That's why I love this video. Not every loses that carefree mentality and I love watching people going all out with nothing the fear. I wish I could be like that again, face into the wind, tearing up my knees on the pavement. I try to reach out to that childhood idea every once in a while, but I always find myself hesitent. So I try my best to be a fearless adventurer and when I can't, I watch other people who can.
Find your inner fearlessness. And discover thrills long since forgotten. And as the Decemberists put it, "And you won't make a dime, On this gray granite mountain mine, Of dirt you're made and of dirt you will return."
Carving the Mountains from
Juan Rayos on
Vimeo.
