Monday, January 23, 2012

Bolts of Thunder: The ever-bending ankles of Jeffrey Delbert Smith




Jeffrey Delbert Smith has ankles that can bend 360 degrees. You know like when you try to put on a 3 year old's shoe on their foot, and all of a sudden their ankle turns into rubber which they refuse to control as you struggle to keep their ankle still for long enough to force their shoe onto their foot. Then they look at you with those menacing eyes, asking you, "What's wrong with you, you moron? My mom can do this in 3 seconds." So most 3 year olds eventually grow up and their ankles fuse together, then you get old man ankles that don't give an inch. Turns out that Jeffrey Delbert Smith's ankles never fused together. During puberty, his shins hid the tendons and stuff in his ankle from all the testosterone police that were enforcing the area, and his ankles maintained their elasticity. Harsh, however, was the pay off as Jeffrey Delbert Smith has suffered from shinners ever since... So this flexing ankles allow J-Deb to launch/propel/climb/destroy obstacles that would otherwise appear to be awesome to skate but are just too difficult for the layman. So these little planters look cute and friendly, but inside they've got a raging hostility towards wood, and they'll chew up your board to a soggy pulp before you land a decent trick on them. J-Deb doesn't care about that, and he just charged these spots until there was nothing left to skate on them. So here he is catching a booster air over the planters while they lay helplessly on the ground, unable to stop our ankle-flexing friend...

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