User blog:Imrlybord7/I almost died about an hour ago.

So, I was bombing Liberty Ave. (MASSIVE, MASSIVE hill with super smooth pavement and no traffic) on my Never Summer Heist longboard. This is something I've done before, but normally I start from just below the top and carve for the first hundred feet or so. But this time, I took it from the tippy top and straight bombed the whole thing. I was at the bottom of the decline when I hit a small bump, which shifted my back foot slightly. Suddenly the board starts resonating. Now, picture this. You are standing on a thin, flexy piece of wood that is 41.5" long and 10" wide, and the only thing keeping your feet on is grip tape and some pretty noticeable concave. You are then going over 40 MPH on this board. Then it begins to oscillate back and forth about 3 feet. Somehow I managed to stay on the board. I was expecting to either fall right off or have it slide out from under me. I can honestly say that if it wasn't for the concave, I would be either in a hospital or dead at this very moment. I will be investing in a stiffer board for any further downhilling. Cheers.