Starting Ramp Blastoff

Leaving that wire basket behind, I spotted a wooden equipment ramp propped against the open door of the maintenance shed! Resting right at the top incline was an empty, yellow tennis ball can lid sitting flat like a miniature sliding saucer. No time to second-guess: I leaped onto the slick plastic, shifted my weight forward, and went flying straight down the angled wood! The plastic base skidded fast, shooting off the lip of the ramp and launching me into a clean skid across the smooth asphalt.