Chapter 56: Stunt Wheels


A few days later...

This is the Duckburg Skate Park. A place where kids and teens can hang out with wheels and physical fitness. Meaning, some came here to do stunts and tricks on their skateboards, rollerblades, scooters and bikes. Others often practice parkour by running around doing flips, backflips, and many stunts that involve running, jumping and rolling about acrobatically. (I guess?)

Now this place is open to public but also, it's also a hangout for a school clique known as the Skaters. Familiar clique eh? Yup, they use this place on the weekends and holidays to chill. "Oh yes. One of my favourite places to hang out often. Right guys?" Gosalyn began for she often hangs out there too. And she has her skateboard.

"Heh. You kept your for it. Now I'm the disciple, you're the master." Louie spoke back and he has his skateboard. The same one Bucky gave him as a reward for saving him from trouble.

"Oh yeah! Let's dew some stunts and shred some killer halfpipes!" Dewey cheered and he brought his skateboard with him

"And I want to watch how fun it is!" Webby cheered as Dewey got on his skate and skated around. He can be seen jumping up with his skateboard making it flip over and back to it's original position. Gosalyn can be seen teaching Louie the basics. "Balance yourself when you skate and stabilize your centre of gravity!"

"This is suppose to be a skating lesson not physics Gos!" Louie exclaimed as he started skating but fell to the left. "KSH!" That didn't hurt much at least. "Ow..." Louie groaned as Gosalyn helped him up. Good thing they'r wearing protective gear to prevent injuries.

For Webby, she sat on a bench and watched Dewey do his stunts. "Wow...I wish I can also skate like him!" She thought dreamily when, "Hey!" She looked to her right and saw a cat and a beagle approaching. The cat wore a yellow singlet with a number 20 on it and maroon basketball shorts. The beagle wore a turquoise T-shirt, light brown pants and a white headband around his forehead. "This skate park is for skaters only! We don't know who you are but get your ass out of here! We don't take wanderers like you lightly." The cat skater spoke first. "Uh...excuse me?" Webby was confused when the beagle grabbed her wrist. "My bro says, get out of the skate park! You're not allowed here!"

"Hey! Let go!" Webby ended up delivering an uppercut to the beagle. The cat was pissed and charged but Webby knuckle brawl his face. This drew all the skaters' attention as they all went to the scene. "Webby!" Dewey skated to her as, "You alright?" He asked as a yellow rabbit showed up. He wore a green T-shirt with a picture of a burger on the front, purple pants, socks and shoe and blue wrist bands. "What just happened mates?"

"Ollie! That girl beat the shit out of us!" The cat ranted out. "Oh?" Ollie looked at Webby and, "They were trying to kick me out of the park forcefully!" She replied. "Blimey. Clyde! Alonzo! I told you blokes a thousands time to stop being dicks to people outside our outpost! Whether they're not part of us or not and whether they know how to skate or not!"

"But Ollie! We have to! We must preserve our clique!" Alonzo who's the beagle protested. "That's in the past mate! Now..." He looked at Webby for a moment. "I like your moves. Really tough I can see mate. But as clique leader of the Skaters, I have to implement a few terms for you because these 2 really don't tolerate non-skaters like you."

"What are you gonna do to her?" Dewey asked while defending her. "Well mate. I can make this fair. You can skate but she doesn't know how. I'll have you 2 put on a show in the wild wheels and action! Impress me, I'll make sure your time here is smooth." Ollie suggested as he looked at Clyde and Alonzo. "These blokes will be your opposition. Beat them in our game and everything will be even. I'll give you 3 days to practice. All the best mates." Ollie has finished his announcement as all went back to skating leaving Dewey, Webby, Louie and Gosalyn. "I can't believe those dicks tried to cause trouble on you Webby! Why I'm gonna-"

"Heel Gos. I also caused trouble physically." Webby stated. "Heh. The school cliques are suppose to be even in terms of peace and yet some of them still acted all territorial and shit." Louie noticed. Dewey then talked to Webby. "So...looks like you have to try skating I guess..."

"I guess...but how will I master it in 3 days?" Webby asked. "Relax! We'll help you!" They turned to see a trio of woodpeckers approaching them. 2 boys and a girl.

The first male woodpecker leading his trio has brown, spiky hair which is combed and swiped up. He wore a peanut brown jacket with the words, HIGH and LOW printed in the middle as when unzipped, the words split apart. He wore black pants and black fingerless gloves. The other male woodpecker also has brown hair but spikier than his friend. He wore a white, plaid polo shirt with a shirt pocket and blue shorts. And the female woodpecker had pink hair tied into long, pigtails. She wore a neon green long sleeved shirt with jeans and 2 white bangles on her wrist.

"Well, well, well if it isn't Angelo Garcia and his crew." Gosalyn recognized as she hi-5 Angelo. "You know him?" Louie asked. "Yup! I often meet this dude at this place and we had some fun doing stunts." Gosalyn revealed to him. "Oh and his crewmates, Lola Wingchester and Sherwin Forestbeak." The trio greeted them as Angelo approached Webby. "I saw you do that uppercut. You amazed me."

"Why? Keen in martial arts?" Webby asked. "I guess." Angelo replied spinning his skateboard. "But that's not the case now. You see, you ticked off Clyde Ronson and Alonzo Snazzer, 2 third year but soon-to-be graduating students in the next school year and they're one of our top skaters. Sure, they always act hostile to anyone who's not a skater but don't underestimate their skills."

"Yeah. To master skating, you need to feel the flow. In other words, feel the speed, the wind, the balance and the experience." Lola stated. "But how can I do that? We have only 3 days till the showdown!" Webby exclaimed. "Don't worry. 3 days is all you need." Sherwin assured to her. "You see, I'm the brains of the trio, Lola's the street smart and Angelo's our ringleader."

"Totally! You got this!" Angelo assured. "Anyway, names?"

"Dewey."

"Hi! I'm Webby!"

"OMG!" Lola was first to get excited. "It's them! The ones that won Homecoming!" She cheered excitedly as, "Well that gets even interesting." Angelo thought.

And so...

"We'll get started right away! Lola will let you use her board." Angelo began as Lola handed it to Webby. It's a green and pink striped design. "Nice." Webby described as she placed it on the ground. "Alright Webby. Step on the board." Angelo told her as Webby placed her webbed foot on it as she felt the board move back and forth once she did it. "It's a way of getting a good start on skateboarding." Sherwin explained as Dewey stood beside him. "Try to feel the board Webby. When you feel it you can feel the flow in skateboarding."

"Okay..." Webby closed her eyes. After a few seconds, she used her other webbed foot to step on the skateboard only to, "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

"Yikes!" Sherwin exclaimed as Webby panicked while let loose and, "OW!" She fell to her left and the board was fortunately stopped by Gosalyn as she and Louie were at the opposite side. "Okay...one, we forgot to get her some protective gear. Two, she lost control easily so we may need to emphasise on helping her control her stability and movement when she begins the skateboarding part." Sherwin calculated as, "Dewey, can you and Lola go and buy the gear? There's a store nearby that will give you the gear. We'll stay and monitor her movement." Angelo suggested. "Sure! I'll also get you guys some soda!" Dewey replied. "Oh yeah! Just what I need!" Gosalyn cheered as she and Dewey fist bump as he and Lola left the skate park.

Now back to Webby, "You alright Webs?" Louie asked as she got up. "I'm fine. Good thing I parkour a bit to break my fall." She replied as Angelo and Sherwin approached her. "We're gonna do something basic so that you can slowly feel the flow. Bear with us for that." Angelo stated.

It now cuts to Webby on the skateboard in which a long rope is tied on the board and Angelo and Sherwin are seen pulling both ends of the ropes slowly. "Just balance your body while we pull the board with you on. Try not to fall down too much." Angelo called out as he and Sherwin continued the pulling as Dewey and Lola returned with plastic bags containing cans of soda. "Oh look. The chariot."

"Chariot?" Dewey asked Lola. "Yeah. A technique to improve one's centre of gravity when skating on the skateboard." Lola explained. "When I first tried it, I wobbled left and right and fell off. My friends tied some rope around my skateboard and they pulled it while I stood there trying to stabilize myself."

"Interesting." Dewey replied as they met up with Louie and Gosalyn as they just finished training. "You got Pep!?"

"Yeah bro. Here, Lemon and Lime flavour." Dewey tossed him 3 cans while and he and Lola had a toast with their cans of Canyon Cola. Gosalyn just drank Apple Soda.

Back there, "You're doing great Webby! 5 more minutes and we can take a break!" Sherwin called out for he and Angelo spent 10 minutes pulling the skateboard. "So far, so good..." Webby thought when, "Whoa! Whoa!"

"KSH!"

"Oh great Sherwin. She fell off. Distraction I bet." Angelo noticed. "Agreed." Sherwin replied. "But she's able to steady herself at least for a while." As for Webby, she got up as Dewey ran to her. "Here." He handed her a can of Canyon Cola and she opened it. The group sat on the ramps as they drank and chat. "So tell me Angelo, how good is your skating?" Louie asked. "I'm on a whole new level in that! I've been learning this activity at a young age in Brazil before moving to Duckburg." Angelo replied. "And there, he met us when he moved in." said Lola. "We all stay in the same turf." said Sherwin. "Neat." Gosalyn exclaimed.

While they're chatting, Dewey and Webby are sitting together as, "I'm...worried." Webby began. "Worried about what?" Dewey asked. "Worried that I can't learn. I don't think I can do it. I mean, all the stunts and tricks the skaters pulled off is something."

"The way you say it. it's like you're being less Webbyish." Dewey replied. "Hey!" A surprised Webby exclaimed as she teasingly elbowed Dewey. "But yeah, I was worried too back then. When F.O.W.L is making their move, I was worried that I can't defend myself and was unprepared when you struck me down. Beakly was even there to see me embarrass myself."

"Oh yeah! I remember that night. I eve disguised myself and impersonated as you which caused panic attacks on Huey so easily." Webby recalled as they laughed. "But in the end, I wasn't worried." Dewey continued on. "Because Granny and I taught you. Even though you messed up, stumbled down a lot. We have the patience at least to guide you in the training." said Webby.

"And that's what we're doing to you now. Helping you gain the experience and feel the flow." Dewey assured to her. "Does it make you feel better?" He got his answer as Webby finished her drink and kicked the can out of the skate park as it cuts to a recycling bin not far from here as the can landed straight inside it's section. Now back there, "I'm ready for another round!"

"Yeah Webby!" Dewey cheered hugging his girl as the others met up with them. "Hey Angelo. Let's continue!"

"I like that determination Webby. C'mon Sherwin. We got pulling to do." Angelo stated as Lola held her tied skateboard before Webby for some training.

10 minutes later, "Another 5 more minutes! Hang on!" Sherwin called out as he and Angelo pulled the skateboard. Webby maintained her balance so far and, "I wonder if there's a style in doing so?"

Back to the others, "Hey...what's Webby doing?" Gosalyn asked. All watched as Webby repositioned her slowly and carefully and then, "She's standing with her body facing the sides!" Louie exclaimed. "That's the real and actual way to improve on your centre of gravity." Lola stated as 15 minutes is up.

"It seems you pulled it off nicely." Angelo began. "And I think your stance needs a bit more adjustment but that'll do for now. Break time and we'll do the same thing again except you may have to endure for half an hour but after that, we're done for the day."

An hour and a half later...

"What's that?" Dewey asked Sherwin. "A chart. I created it to update your girlfriend's progress in learning and so far, she's starting to get the hang of it." Sherwin replied. "I see. So far, she mastered the balance on the board right?" Dewey asked. "Indeed but she still has to work on it as the first 2 attempts were too short." Sherwin explained.

Nearby, "How are you feeling?" Lola asked. "Okay...I'm a bit scared nervous when you guys started teaching me but I feel like it's a thrill to learn." Webby replied. "Skateboarding is one of the activities that brings your confidence level high. Take the leap of faith, skate around and feel the flow and the board." Lola stated. "And not to mention guts and instincts."

At the same time, "I trust you that you know what you're doing." Louie chatted with Angelo. "Relax bro. I know what I'm doing." He replied. "I hope so. Their opponents are third year students and they're only freshmen!" Louie added. "In some cases, people bested their opponents despite being on the lower grade level." Angelo stated and assured to Louie as, "Gotta go. See you tomorrow afternoon."

"Yeah. See you Angelo." Louie greeted back as both groups left the skate park.

The next day...

"Okay Webby. Today you get to skate around the park! For that, I got something for you." Angelo took out a new skateboard meant for her. It's pink with white capital letters, W all over the board. "Cool!" Webby took her skateboard, got on it and started skating when, "Wait! You're not ready to-"

"KSH!"

That's the sound of Webby falling off her skateboard once she started skating. Lola laughed as she helped Webby up. "Oh man! I was like you when I first tried skateboarding!" She laughed as Angelo and Sherwin walked to her. "Don't get so cocky just because you can balance yourself." Angelo began. "We need to work on your manoeuvres. First, you need to skate straight to get the hang of skating around first. After that, we'll aid you in skating left and right and if there's time, we'll teach you some basic tricks in skateboarding." Sherwin explained. Webby sighed. "A long day for me..." She thought.

So Webby continued learning while Dewey watched her and Gosalyn continued to teach Louie. Then, "Tell me, has Webby ever done extreme sports such as this?" Angelo asked him as he sat down beside him. "Well...we once tried to teach a moonlander how to roller skate. She can do that but not the stunts type you skaters do." Dewey explained. "I see...but she's quite a fast learner somehow." Angelo added as Dewey looked straight to see Webby skating straight and in her stance as she skated to the left and then, reversed herself and the board to skate right. "Dewey!" She called out as she skated on. "Yeah...she sure learns well and...gets even more experience outside of the manor..." He thought as, "Hey Dewey, wanna accompany me to go to Canary's Jr and grab lunch for the group in the form of takeaway?"

"Sure Angelo." Dewey replied as they skated out for some takeaways.

It now cuts to the group eating burgers and sharing fries and criss-cut fries. "What kind of tricks you'll teach me later on?" Webby asked as she ate her burger. "We'll start with basics." Angelo began. "The most common trick all skaters can execute are flips in various styles widely used by all." Sherwin ended as he sipped his soda. "Angelo will demonstrate the tricks first and then, me and Sherwin will get you straight with understanding on how to execute the tricks." Lola assured to her as she ate a criss-cut fry.

After lunch and a little rest, Angelo demonstrated the tricks. "This is the kickflip." He did the trick by flipping his board 360 degrees by flicking the corner of the board towards him. "2 variations. The frontside and backside 180 kickflips." He then demonstrated them as Webby observed.

After that, Lola and Sherwin got to work teaching Webby the trick step by step.

"Heh. Skateboarding sure has plenty of stunts revolving around the tricks invented historically." Louie brought. "More than 50 tricks invented over the years." said Gosalyn as Louie did a kickflip and then, kickflipped onto a railing grinding through. "Nice one!" She exclaimed as she spun with her skateboard, skated straight and jumped up while grabbing her board making it go up with her as she flipped herself backwards and landed the board on the ground with her feet on it. Skating to Louie who was left stunned, "Advanced stunts." She told him.

While this was going on, Clyde and Alonzo are watching the group. "Pathetic. The girl may be learning fast but she ain't on our level!" Clyde complained. "Ah whatever. It'll be easy on that day itself. It'll be like taking candy from a baby!" Alonzo stated. "More like an amateur who's still a non-skater!" Clyde added as they laughed and skated off.

On that day...

The 7 skaters are seen skating their way to another skate park. "More like another outpost for that school clique." Louie added as they arrived. "Whoa...like an obstacle course!" Dewey described. "That's where Ollie does the initiation of the skaters." Lola explained. "And right now, Rocket and Huo Long along with their peers are in the middle of the race." Sheriwn added as they can see a squirrel and a sparrow skating by as they slid down the rails and skated up a quarter-pipe doing flip tricks in the air until they landed on the table of the quarter-pipe meeting up with their peers.

"Is it just me or this clique is split up into trios?" Webby asked. "A mixture of trios and duos." Lola corrected her as Angelo and Dewey talked to her. "You ready Webby?" Dewey asked her. "Yeah! The last 2 days were stuntastic!" Webby replied. "Indeed. We taught her all the skateboard tricks we know. She'll be fine." Angelo assured to Dewey.

"Is that so?" They looked to see Clyde and Alonzo showing up. "Lay off guys!" Sherwin called out. "Yeah! Back off! We know you want to give them trouble." Lola added as the duo glared at Webby. "You may have learnt fast which we can give you that." Clyde began. "But you're still going down! We're on a different level just to let you know." Alonzo warned her as they left.

Then, Ollie showed up. "You matess ready?" Dewey and Webby imminently wore their gear. "Awesome mates! Go to that half-pipe! It's your starting line!"

Now the park is full of skaters all watching the race. "What a crowd." said Angelo. "Yeah bro! I can all the skaters gathered together! Rocket, his older sister Reina, Maurice, Sammy, Huo Long, Arthur, Trixie, Jackie, Kate, Erika, Sameer, Nikki, Raquel, Chang, Tyke, Rusty, Parseus, Chase, Kori, Kingston, Polly and Cole." Sherwin noted down the names of all the skaters here today.

Now it cuts to the half-pipe as Dewey and Webby are ready and waiting. "Hey Webby."

"Yeah Dewey?"

"Whatever happens out there, don't think of anything, don't think of those 2 assholes. Just feel the flow and then, you can feel the board. Do your best."

"Thanks Dewey." They fist bump each other as Clyde and Alonzo showed up. "Alright mates! Let's begin the competition! A duet battle between 2 duos!" Ollie announced via a microphone he brought. "Yeah! A dewt we are!" Dewey thought with a smile as, "How does it go? Just skate through and win! Earn points by displaying your wildest stunts and tricks you got in skateboarding!" Ollie explained. "I got 3 judges to do the rating. Jackie, Erika and Raquel. Alright mates, let's skate!"

All cheered as the bluejay skater, Maurice got a flag ready. "We're going first so that this amateur can see that she's can't keep up with us." Clyde told Dewey and Webby as Alonzo got ready. Now the obstacle course they're using starts with a half-pipe, handrails downslope, quarter-pipe, stairset with handrails, funbox and quarter-pipe.

Once ready, Maurice brought the flag down as Alonzo skated down and up twisting his body and board while grabbing it 360 degrees and landed on the table. He skated down and jumped up onto the handrails and did a few kickflips. He then skated down while jumping with his board and twisting himself until he skated up the quarter-pipe and in the air, he flipped himself upside down and landed his hands on the board as it touched ground. He then flipped himself forward and got back to his original position as he skated to the handrails and down he goes grinding through, did an ollie on the funbox and finally, he skated to the quarter-pipe landing on the table and is done. The judges gave him his score. 8, 7, 7. In total, 22

Up next is Clyde as the flag is lowered. He skated down and up and in the air, he flipped forward and landed safety as he ollie onto the handrails nosegrinding through. He went down the slope posing a bit and then, went up the quarter-pipe flipping backwards. He landed back and went up again and went down the handrails sliding and then, skated straight while doing a nollie on the funbox and up and finish as he landed on the table on his feet, raised his hand up and caught his skateboard without looking up. Score is 9, 8, 8. "And in total, their combined score is 47." Ollie calculated with his mind as he took a glance at Dewey and Webby.

Now it cuts to the half-pipe as, "Time to shred the killer half-pipe!" Dewey began as the flag is lowered. "Dewey's dewing the stunts!" He cheered skating down backwards and up adjusting to the front while twisting his body and board 360 degrees. He landed on the table and did an Ollie on the railings as he slid through doing a few kickflips. He then skated down while dancing around at the same time doing some stunts. When near the quarter-pipe, he got serious and skated up leaving his board on the table and in the air, he took a selfie and posed as he landed back on his board in time as he got to the railings grinding through with more stunts all the way down and then, skated straight and did a flare up breakdance move when skating through the funbox. Then up the quarter-pipe, in the air doing another selfie and landed on the table by doing a handstand with his board with one hand. This mesmerized the judges as the score is 9, 8, 10. "Blimey. I also wanna do those stunts!" Ollie thought.

Now Webby is the last as all eyes are on her. "Okay...I can do this! I learnt from the best! And I must feel the flow! Only then, I can not only feel the board but be one with it." She thought as she got ready and closed her eyes. All noticed it even Maurice who has not lowered the flag down yet. "What the bloody hell is she doing?" Alonzo asked angrily while Clyde just glared at her.

Then, Webby opened her eyes as the rap song, "Run this Town" was being played. The next thing it happened, "COWABUNGA!" She skated down fast and up fast leaving her skateboard on the table but jumped in the air, did a backflip spinning all the way down! Once near, she opened up landing on the board with her feet and skated to the handrails. She ollie onto it and jumped forward while grabbing the skateboard while skating and landed at the end of the handrail as she skated down. She twisted and jumped doing the tricks that Angelo and his crew taught even doing a helipop as she skated up the quarter-pipe and in the air, she posed in doing a flying kick as she got her feet back on the board landing safety as she ollie onto the handrail and slid down without wobbling an inch! She skated straight doing a handstand on her board when she passed the funbox and remained balance until near the quarter-pipe, she picked up speed and skated up in the air with her board, There, she threw her board onto the table with the wheels touching ground and she dived head on to her board. Once near, she flipped her and landed on her feet onto the board safe.

All were speechless by her performance. Then, the scores appeared. 10, 10, 10! "We have the winners! Give it up for the 'dewt' that made outstanding stunts! Especially this newbie!" Ollie grabbed Webby on the wrist and raised it up high as the skaters cheered while Clyde and Alonzo felt embarrassed.

"Those stunts are something!" Kori exclaimed. "Bros, they're on a different level and it's radical!" Parseus described as the skaters cheered and complimented the duo but mostly to Webby as she smiled and started mingling with the skaters. "Who wants to go for more joyrides down the pipes, railings and slopes?" She asked. All cheered louder as skating took place with plenty of stunts.

After that...

Yup, it's over. "And I'm glad Clyde and Alonzo humbly gave you a respectable apology. See ya!" Lola chatted with Webby as she skated home first. "Same. You really mastered skateboarding at long last. See ya!" Sherwin then skated off as, "Well, that leaves me only." Angelo got ready when, "Hey Angelo. Thanks for teaching me." Webby thanked him. "No problem. Maybe one day you can teach me some close combat? I would like to combine it with skateboarding if possible." Angelo replied. "We'll see." Webby and Angelo fist bump each other as, "Heh. Hope you guys are done, I gotta go home and check the status of my clique peers." said Louie when, "Hold on. Clique? You run a school clique?" Angelo asked Louie as he raised in eyebrow.

"I've heard of one where many from different cliques joined it an they became bonded and inseparable!" Angelo spoke about it. "And guess what? I run this clique. The Besties Clique." Louie revealed and guess what?

"AWESOME!" Angelo shouted in excitement. Then, he went down on his knees before Louie. "I've wanted and longed for this desire to join this school clique! Please Louie, make me one of your members and more like, I wanna hang out with more peers besides my crew."

Louie looked surprised. "Are you a freshman Angelo?"

"Yeah. Like you guys, we'll enter second year right?" He replied. "Heh. I'll arrange a gathering one day and you'll get to meet the others." Louie made his decision. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

"Whoa relax Angelo. I know you find my clique a great interest. The time will come my friend." Louie assured to the skater as he stretched his arm straight for a fist bump. Angelo smiled as he gave him one. "I look forward to the day I meet the other besties. We'll meet again."

"You will bro. You will." Louie assured to him as Angelo skated off. "Well, let's go home guys." He told Dewey and Webby. "I also gotta go. Check on my dad knowing that he took a couple of hits during his crime fighting. See ya!"

"Yeah see ya!" Dewey called out as she skated off. Well, time to go home then as the trio skated off.

I can't believe I spent hours looking at Wikipedia on skateboarding and their stunts and tricks! Too many to count and learn. Lol. And I never expected the website to have a glitch that caused new stories and updated ones to be unseen even though they're released and updated. But don't worry, it's finally fixed after nearly a week of that glitch problem.

Anyway, I got a Tumblr account. Same username but all the letters are small. In my account, it's where I will post the updates of my story and you guys can ask me questions about it. Anything!

Run this Town is some rap song from Japan. Pretty catchy and it's the theme song of a parkour gang called the Rude Boys from the franchise, High and Low.

Alright, new chapter time. Woo-hoo!