Slower, no matter

So I’ve been skating around with Austin for a while now. Usually I ride the all terrain bamboo series two, and he rides the snubnose.

But lately, we’ve been switching it up. He rides the snubnose and I ride the Boosted. Part of the reason why is, Austin is faster than me. I’m fine with that. It’s okay to be faster than me. Most of the time, he’s faster because I’m breaking because I’m not comfortable with going as fast as him.

So I did a ride on the Boosted, specifically to prove that I can smoke him. There was just one little problem. He was still faster than me! Even though he’s on a single engine, and I’m on a dual engine. I could max out the throttle, and still he’d zip right by me.

Fine, I thought. I’d just have to race him up Center drive, the biggest hill on campus. Maybe he could be faster than me on a flat, but no way a single motor could beat dual motors uphill. Well guess what? Racing up Center drive, it was pretty much neck and neck.

“Austin, how much do you weight?” I finally had to ask. He weighs about thirty pounds less than me. Thirty pounds. And here, I don’t know what to think. Thirty pounds is thirty pounds. But dual motors should still smoke a few pounds, right?

I guess it’s only right to mention the value of skill. Austin is a much better skater than me. I’m sure skill makes a difference. But how much of a difference? Does it make that much of a difference?

The whole incident makes me only more excited to get that speed upgrade from Boosted. Then we’ll see who’s fastest.