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i have heard some murmurings that stix may have been showing off in the skate park on his mountain bike...? anybody have any gossip?

I will come clean. was out on my bike on sun just messin about glasgae, through a disused shoppin centre at pollock then the park to start off with. I was on a bit of a mission as i really wanted to go back to innerleithen near peebles (a XX downhill). Anyway was doin quite well at Pollock rattling and jumping aboot here and there. After that I was going to the Arlington and cycled up to the West end, Via Phil's in fact. I then made me way through Kelvingrove and thought that i would 'drop' into the skate and bike park for some 'fun'. 'Fun' became an ambulance call 5 minutes later, I had crashed and burned, badly enough. I had done my first drop in and felt quite good. I was going up the berms and getting into it and some baby jumps and that. I then went for a second run and i dropped off a rather steep drop into the bowl. No probs with that, you just hold your nerve and usually ends up fine. Anyway a 10 year old skater cretin came from the other side and to avoid him i turned mid flow. My front wheel washed out on me not helped by the the nobbly sidewalls of the mtb tyre not holding out under the mega force of turning under accelaration. Blast, my feet are clipped into the pedals and bhummmmmphhhhh. Yep landed with 80% force on my hip. Ouch. I tried to stand up and managed to drag my sorry ass off tae somewhere else. There was a small audience at first and then that died away, thankfully. A few young guys tried to be kind by helping me to the side but I wondered at the fact that one of them said 'my faither wouldnae dae anythun like that'. Well i thought what does he mean, is that good or bad ? Anyway phoned Sandra and because I was laughing so much with the pain she said phone back later. Mmmmmm, she wasn't taking me seriously. Then one fo the young uns said lets phone him an ambulance. I said are many ambulances called from accidents here. They went 'naw, they usuallly all leave lickin' their wounds but nae ambulances. Shock horror, I thought that I was a real wimp. Anyway wimp or not I called an ambulance as advised by the 13 year old. Well the ambulance arrived and the paramedics looked at me, made a few wise cracks and wheeled me away. Sandra arrived to pick up the bike and made another one and tootled off. Anyway, back on the mend after a hairline fracture on the pubic remis, bugger. I had to get carried from the car up one flight of steps when i was brought back and handed crutches and painkillers. You asked for the story, you got it and platinum balls are still intact, thankfully X

Never turn to avoid a 10 year old cretin skater, they will just walk away & you won't. Infact don't go near skateparks @ 40. Lesson learned, I think