I know how that cat feels. I (a full grown adult) did basically that exact thing on my bike peddling to class once. I was going pretty fast, thought I could just hop the curb. I popped my front tire up early though so instead of clearing the curb and impressing all the fly honeys waiting for the crosswalk signal, my front tire slammed into the curb and dead stopped. My body, however, didn't stop moving for quite some time after my bike did.
I weep for your loss of face in front of the fly honeys.