The Trick

"This is it?"
"Got a problem with it?"
"Not exactly…"
They drove up to a run down spot near a waterfront. The place looked like it would fall into the sea any minute.
"Um, Sagara I really don't see how…"
"Look kid you're used to barns and concrete. You want to win this competition? You got a lot to do first. Freestyle is just the beginning."
"I like the beginning."
"But you're gonna love the end." Yahiko started to giggle.
"What?"
"You said the end…." he was at a full laugh now. Sagara rolled his eyes.
"Why the fuck he chose you I'll never understand.Kenshin usually isn't wrong but dude…. seriously. Now look. How could you take this place and rip it up?"
"Jackhammer"
"I will hurt you."
"Ok, fine... do that stair set over there?"
"Good when I get back I want you to be able to do SOMETHING on that spot."
"Wait when you get back? Where you going?
"Leaving your ass." Sagara started for the car.
"Hey you can't leave me here. You said we were gonna thrash the spot TOGETHER."
"I say a lot of things. And watch me go."
Yahiko stood up and watched Sagara drive off.

This is pointless. Yahiko sat on the only "clean" spot he could find. He looked around him. The stairs that led to nowhere were blanketed with leaves that had fallen from trees years before. The ground look like the Hulk had gotten really angry and decided to "Hulk Smash". A metal barrel that once was used as a trashcan was laying on it side. It was badly beaten up with a huge curve mark. The Hulk must have sat on it. Pointless

He started thinking about Sagara's conversation with him earlier.
"Just nailing a trick gets you excited and pumped for a week. Makes you feel more alive then anything else."
So what I have to do is feel it. I can get this.

"You really are trying too hard."
He looked about a to see Sagara sitting on the hood of his car.
"Really isn't that difficult."
"You try it."
He must have spent hours trying this one thing he thought would impress Chase. 360 ollie kickflip down the steps and aim for the flat part of the ground.
"Alright." Getting off his car he went to the spot. Yahiko handed him his board. He stepped back as Sagara walked to the opposite end of where he was going to trick. Running, then pouncing on his board going at full speed, he pushed with his back foot and pulled up with the front kicking the board to the side and letting it spin 360 degrees.
He landed perfect.
He handed the board back to Yahiko. "Wasn't that hard." He started smiling to himself. Never in a million years could he land that trick in one shot again. Course Yahiko needn't know that.
Tight lipped and exasperated Yahiko started muttering lucky under his breath.
"Come on lets get something to eat."
"No I'm gonna make this…come back later."
"You have a couple hours."
"Plenty of time."

Two hours passed and Sagara pulled up to the same run down spot. Yahiko was tricking over and over...failing very attempt. He never quit. No matter how many times or how hard he slammed.
"Kid you push hard."
"I got it now. Watching you helped. I got it."
"One more time then lets go." Yahiko nodded and head for the started spot. Doing exactly as Sagara, running, then pouncing on the board, he pushed with is back foot and pulled up with the front and kicking the board to the side and letting it spin 360. This was the part where he always got lost. The pressure going down and getting the board back under his feet in a same fluid motion. There were about 7 steps, but to anyone's first time it felt like 500.

He landed it perfect.

"Nice job kid!" Sagara clapped his hands and walked toward him and slapped him on the back. "Hungry?"
"Starving."
"Well, get in the car."
"Can we come back tomorrow?"
"Why?"
"I like it here."
"Really now?"
"It kinda grows on you. This place has a charm to it. I want to try the barrel-can thing next."

Sagara chuckled. The kid was starting to get it.

"Come on lets go to McDonalds."
"Yay, grease."