About
Fruitbooting is one of the derogatory terms for inline skating used by woodpushers (skateboarders).
I fruitboot every day. I average 8-12 miles per day. 345 days a year. Almost 18 years.
I’ve had a lot of run-ins with drivers, pedestrians, hobos, cops, dogs, bicyclists, drunks, old men, and bikers. I’ve been hit by a car and knocked cold for 10 minutes. I got five stitches in my lip from being cold-cocked by a hobo. I left a dent in the side of a truck that almost killed me, and the guy sicced the cops on me for vandalism.
I’ve brought home money (almost $100 over the years), a bathtub, a truckload of furniture (you try carrying a patio chaise lounge on your head on skates for 15 blocks), tools, gardening equipment, 2 bicycles, a window and sash, picture frames, a couple of barrels, an old railroad cart, tons of bike parts, boxes of hardware, board games (remember Thunderball Island?), and a million other things I can’t remember right now.
Now I have a groovy GoPro Hero helmet cam. I don’t have to remember what happened. There’s no he said/he said. With the camera perched on my helmet, I’ve noticed a definite improvement in people’s driving, especially at intersections. I’d say the incidence of people actually stopping for me is up at least 20%.