skate journal: Manny pad/bums/rainbow ledge
Met Jason and Nate at the Mikes Camera manny pad. I was there first and it literally took me 10 tries to land a regular manual. I wanted to quit, but since those guys were coming I waited. Took a lot of tries for a nose manual too. Then out of the blue I got a first try kickflip manual. I got a manual front 180 out which is a trick for me, came super close to a fakie bigspin manual (tiny tiny scrape) and came somewhat close to a heelflip manual which I’ve never tried before. I tried it because I felt I had to try something new after what Nate was doing. He landed on nollie flip nose manual. WTF! He was trying sw flip manny one way, nollie flip nose man the other way. So sick. Jason did a text book halfcab manual to slam. A bum came over and was super annoying. Getting way to close, demanding money, using my work phone, wanting to try our boards, etc. He sucked so we went to the ledge. I was pretty tired and slammed more than normal, but didn’t totally suck. I got back board pop out first try, back noseslide first t, a few back crooks, front 50s and a slow back 50. Jason killed it with the back 50s and front board pop out. Nate did Jason and I’s tricks as warmups then tried back bigspin to front board unsuccesfully. My body can use a rest.