skate journal: FIRST DAY IN SF! (march 6)
Alright, so remember last time I skated I hurt my foot. I rested it hoping it would be ok in time for SF. After a night of sleeping on freezing cold concrete floor due to my air mattress being eaten by Gordon’s dog (It was really funny) we all skated to the new SF park. I had set up some new ACE trucks at Gordon’s shop which is also where we were staying. Stepping on my board to see how the trucks turned hurt. UGH! Trying to do some warm up ollies over manholes hurt even more. UGH! It was rad though, we all cruised down some streets and Fuzz and Neil were ripping. Lots of fun/clean ollies off everything in site. Oh, so the crew at this point was Fuzz, Neil, Brian, Gabe, Gordon, Jake, Lazer and me. As we waited in line for breakfast Jake and I did some flippers. Kickflips started to feel kind of ok. Oh, I should mention that I got some bulkier shoes just for the trip so my foot would feel protected. They are some Vox – Jt Aultz. 
I think these shoes helped make it possible for me to attempt to skate. Anyways, kickflips started to not hurt, but at the same time I couldn’t feel a catch or land really. UGH. After a short wait we got some super good food (good call Gordon and Sandy!) then headed to the park. Showing up at the park the SF legend Danger was there as well as new Antihero ripper Peabody. You know your in SF when those are the locals. Anyways, I felt pretty intimidated by the ripping and my hurt foot. I started to enjoy the bowl that Jake was ripping, but Nick showed up without his board and we went to get his board.Everyone else had left the park by the time we got back into the area so we (Nick, Gabe and I) went to 3rd & Army while we figured out where to meet them. That place rules. The 10 minutes we skated there was awesome. Then we went to the Flower Shop which is this crazy kind of indoor gnarly tranny spot. I couldn’t really skate as Danger and Drehoble were there watching. It just spooked me since I was sucking too bad. That didn’t stop Gordon, Neil, Lazer and Fuzz from ripping though. Brian’s knee was really hurting him at this point, but it didn’t stop him from ripping too and slamming like a sack of potatoes. In all the time we were there I did one crappy carve around a pocket about 5 feet under everyone else. I suck.In front of the flower shop is some famous ledges. Right before leaving Fuzz, Nick and I skated them. I was struggling, but managed a front 50 on a ledge that Ethan Fowler ended some amazing line on in Art Bars. It’s pretty fun skating famous spots. Too bad my foot sucks so bad. The first day was fun for me even tough I skated like a turd.