Mobile

From The Extended Group

The Mobile is a land vehicle constructed by combining Jeremy's sled with Owen's beat-up skateboards held together with copious amounts of duct-tape. The term itself was coined by Jeremy, and is pronounced the way you wouldn't think to pronounce it. It was ridden down hills and braking was accomplished by putting feet down to slow the vehicle.

Inaugural Run

The first attempt to ride the mobile took place shortly after midnight on a cold winter night in 2003. A hill was selected, the dip in 178th street right by Jeremys house. The mobile made a loud grinding sound similar to a skateboard driving over a thin layer of gravel and ended up making more noise than expected, which awoke Jeremy's neighbors after several runs as well as much shouting and laughter. Rather than chastise the group or call the police, the neighbors timidly asked how much longer we would be. Sufficiently guilted, the group postponed further runs to a later date.

Blind Run

Perhaps overconfident by past successes with the mobile, the group later attempted to ride it blindfolded. Because Jeremy was already blindfolded from earlier events of the evening (see How we are all so gay), it was determined that he would pilot the test run. After walking up to that one Park by Terrys, Jeremy climbed aboard the mobile and began descending the hill on the east edge of the park. Because of his blindfolded state, and the fact that steering was accomplished by leaning to either side, Jeremy went straight for approximately 100 feet before veering sharply to the left. In a fortunate turn of events, Jeremy would narrowly avoid a parked car and instead crash into a stop-sign, ejecting him from the vehicle and spilling him into the wet gravel by the side of the road.

Other Notable Runs

• Rama rode down the hill that runs past Terrys house down closer to the beach. Although members of the group were assigned to catch him on the way down, they agreed prior that they would let him go and witness the consequences. He was described as whizzing past with a questioning scowl, not unlike one finds on a bald eagle and then was seen to pass into a shadowed area and grind to a halt among an area of gravel. A shout of "You Jackasses!" was heard.
• Perhaps after viewing the fate of Jeremy on the big hill, Gavin thought it prudent to ride only in the confines of the Richmond Beach Library parking lot.
• Kevin noted Lukas looking down at the construction of the mobile smiling and then looking up at the stars while still smiling and filed this away as "Lukas loving his life"