Wheel of Doom

A real monster was hibernating belly-up on the sunlit driveway: a full-sized skateboard, its metal axles bared like an armored beast! I scaled the scuffed wooden deck and dropped low beside one of the chunky red urethane wheels. Did it think it could rest on my watch? Not a chance! I raised my gloved fist and gave the tread a vicious downward swipe. WHOOSH! The wheel spun into a screaming blur, bearings whining like a jet engine revving for takeoff. I threw my head back, howling with laughter as the draft whipped across my face. Spin the wheel, claim the prize—and every prize is mine!