Writing the previous post about preparing for StupidFest got me thinking and remembering about getting ready for events when I was in my early 20s. Or more properly stated, “not getting ready.”

I’d go off to an event with my board and not much else. No water. No food. Maybe $5 in my pocket.

Once when I was in college in Waco, pretty sure it was 1987, this local dude name Danny showed up at my apartment door on Saturday morning and said “There’s a street contest down in Temple today. Want to go?” Of course I said yes. So I grabbed my board, got in Danny’s old shitty car, and drove about 45 minutes down the highway to Temple. No money in my pocket. No water with us. No food. I had not even eaten breakfast.

The contest was in the parking lot of a K-Mart store. There was no water or food being given away as you might find now. We skated all day. I got back to my apartment about 6pm that night and saw myself on one of the local news channels, as I had won the contest.

What kept us alive and functioning all day with no food or water is beyond me. I think I might have used the water fountain and bathroom inside K-mart.

Funny thing is I wasn’t a poor student. I just didn’t have an ATM card, and I didn’t bother to have Danny stop at the grocery store where I could cash a check. I just went. 🛹