Kick Push Kick Push

I was all about skating during high school and college. My friends and I read CCS like a bible, had an ongoing feud with the small town police force, and found out that the local campus cop was actually pretty awesome. We would hit the stairs at the college, the curb at the post office, the gaps at the bank, the ledge at the grocery store, the ramp's at Jeff's house... The entire town would turn into our skatepark until the police showed up and told us to move on.

While I definitely have scars to prove I lived the kick-push lifestyle (I even have my 10-year-old board in the garage), I haven't skated in seven years. With all this recent free time I've thought about how great summers were as a high schooler living in a small town where everything was accessible via my deck, four wheels, and constant "ca-kunk, ca-kunk, ca-kunk, ca-kunk" soundtrack. So how does a 29-year-old (with no health insurance and terrible balance) go about getting back into skating? Should I just go down to a skatepark and begin eating shit in front of all the 12-year-olds? Should I practice my ollies in the garage for awhile? I am 100% without a skater group, but maybe if I just start kicking around my suburb I'll meet up with some other unemployed, uninsured, nostalgic skaters.

A big reason for this flood of nostalgia is Lupe Fiasco. I mean, aside from my lack of hip-hop skills, I'm pretty much just like him. We both wear glasses. We both like skateboards. We both fell and hit our face. We both got harassed by the cops. We both had girlfriends who skated (or attempted to). With all these similarities I think getting back on the board should be no problem. And once I'm back on the board I think starting a hip-hop career should be no problem.

So should I start skating again? Anyone out there want to start a posse with me?