skate journal: solo brief campus mission (Feb 19, 2011)
Family day. We had some fun having a little picnic and hanging by a creek. We got home and I had a little over an hour to get some skating in so I bolted over to campus. I wasn’t super hyped up, but I ended up having a blast. I started out at the steep bank spot and did a few rock ‘n rolls and axle stalls before moving on. I ended up at the 5 stair with the sideways gap I broke a board on awhile ago. I didn’t feel like going straight for the gap and started investigating the top a little better. I found what looked like a fun manual. It starts off about curb high and drops off ledge high. Unfortunately there is a light pole where you get on making it super narrow and there are tables bolted in on the other side. It took me basically forever to get the manual. I had a few close ones and a few close calls where I would hang up on the edge of the light pole and almost dive into the tables. Ugh. Sometimes if I just rode off it I would try the gap. I put a couple down but slammed. I started trying back 180s off the ledge instead, but it was just dumb. I wanted to manny it! After like 50 tries I finally manualled it clean then went for the gap and landed it clean. I was so hyped. I sat for awhile and debated going home right away, but I knew I should skate more. I cruised around a bit, did some spot searching, ollied a narrow tall 4 stair first try, posed some front blunts on a waxed curb then pretty much ended it with an ollie up a long two stair and an ollie up the side of the two then front 180 the long two gap. Fun session. It started raining as I left. Hopefully it doesn’t turn to snow.