Three phrases that mean something different to mountainboarders
If you read the Guardian or watch the BBC, then getting racialised has something to do with adopting increasingly extreme political, social, or religious ideals, but of course we all know that it’s really about adopting an increasingly extreme approach to your riding so everyone thinks you’re gnarly/awesome/cool.
In the world of office chairs and box files confidential shredding is all about destroying documents you don’t want anyone else to read, but we all know that confidential shredding really means sneaking into places you aren’t supposed to be to ride awesome/unique/unridden lines. Golf courses and certain mountain bike centres are perfect for a bit of confidential shredding.
If your into American sitcoms about young doctors then Scrubs will keep you entertained, and if you’re a nineties chick then you’ll remember TLC and that No Scrubs is a good thing. But what JD and Left Eye never realised was that if you’re riding through the woods at high speed on your mountainboard, then scrubbing is not only a good/useful/practical skill, it also makes you feel awesome.
Three phrases that mean something different to mountainboarders was originally published on Roger Swannell