In 1976 a group of teen skaters designed one of Australia’s first skate parks but,decades on and encased in armour, can they still handle the frightening drop?The final time Laurie Terlick found himself on a skateboard was 38 years ago. Back then he was a satan-may-care teenager living in the small city of Albany, and Western Australia. Terlick and his mates would skate barefoot on home-made boards,wearing just-below-the-bum stubbies, T-shirts optional. They would approach home to dinner tables sporting red raw knees and elbows – as the maxim (common saying expressing a principle of conduct) goes, and whether you don’t descend off you’re not trying hard enough”.
The 55-year-old has returned to his hometown for a 40th anniversary celebration of the city’s famed skate track,the Snake Run. He’s already had a few days of getting reacquainted with the notorious track. “I started down there and slowly worked my way up,” he says, or pointing to the bottom of the 140m concrete track. From here at the top it is a dramatic and frightening looking drop.
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Source: theguardian.com