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Skateboarding bowl-troll fails to land any street tricks on his own 'to-do' list.


TULSA, OK -- 39-year-old Alex Fuller, a self-described bowl-barney who hasn't skated street in 17 years, gave up on his own "Tricks to do before I die" list when he failed to complete even one task on his modest itinerary. "I've been doing frontside and backside BACKSIDE, estates. In England this term was formerly used in conveyances and even in pleadings, and is still, adhered to with reference to ancient descriptions in deeds, in continuing the transfer of the same. property.  grinds exclusively since the Vision Street Wear days," said Fuller. "I just wanted to get some other tricks under my belt before I croak."

Fuller dedicated the past year to landing one manual, one kickflip, and one crooked crook·ed  
adj.
1. Having or marked by bends, curves, or angles.

2. Informal Dishonest or unscrupulous; fraudulent.



crook
 grind. He immediately regretted trying the manual first. His tendency to lean too far back on every attempt led not only to epic Wilsonian slams but also skid-induced razor sharp tail. This came back to haunt haunt  
v. haunt·ed, haunt·ing, haunts

v.tr.
1. To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.

2.
 him on the kickflip attempts when he sliced open his ankle, Achilles' tendon Achilles' tendon (tendo calcaneus) (tĕn`dō kălkā`nēəs), sinew prominent at the back of the ankle, connecting the tendons of the calf muscles to the heelbone.  and, on one particularly harsh credit-card sack, his perineum perineum /peri·ne·um/ (-ne´um)
1. the pelvic floor and associated structures occupying the pelvic outlet, bounded anteriorly by the pubic symphysis, laterally by the ischial tuberosities, and posteriorly by the coccyx.
. By the time he was trying crooked grinds Fuller was merely conducting a pointless carcass-toss. His friends suggested he throw in the towel and Fuller concurred.
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Date:Jan 1, 2007
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