I used to skate religiously about 3 years ago. I recently started again, like Kit, and I'm ALSO god awful now, like Kit. I really only do one thing in my skating, which is slaughter manual pads (pallets, etc) rather than break multiple bones jumping down stairsets, I do fun and/or tricky stuff. :3
I actually made a 180 gap in my driveway with 3 pallets and a few bits of ply. It has to be a 180 gap cos there's a big ole strip of grass in my driveway. It sucks.
I'll be attacking my new pallets I got from the dump when I finish my cruise, which is in 3 days.