Now That Missy Has Mastered Kite Surfing

Of course, all really worthwhile extreme sports are born in Australia over a beer, and dirt surfing is no exception. But don't worry, Mom, when the highest point in the state is an overpass near Orlando, I don't think there will be much chance of it becoming big in Florida. It's good to know, though, that when your ability to kill yourself on a skateboard feels limiting, there is a path forward:

"I was riding a regular longboard down Ygnacio Valley Road in Concord, getting a tow from Joe at about 40 mph. It was during noontime traffic when all of the sudden I hear this loud noise," says the stocky Middlebrooks with a smirk. "It was the wind from this huge truck passing by. The force was so strong that I flipped. My hands scraped against the pavement and the crash took off all my fingernails."

Physically forced to take time off from riding his long skateboard, that night Middlebrooks did what seemed only natural. He mined the Internet for something faster.

I think the expansion of this sport is going to be pretty much self-limiting in the Darwinian sense.