skate journal: research ledge for an hour (oct 12, 2015 day 274)
Posted in Skate Journal on October 13th, 2015 by corpoStill feeling pretty tired from the rough weekend I headed out to research ledge not feeling overly motivated to skate. Luckily it turned into one of those fun nights where skateboarding mostly worked out and felt good. I started with the typical noseslide warmups, but quickly took it to the hill. I wasn’t really doing many flippers, but I was trying lots of lines. The first trick I was hyped on was a noseslide 270 out. Then of course crooks was a good feeling. After awhile I kept thinking that one of the building janitors would come out and sit on the ledge for their smoke break so I kind of stuck to the ledge. Got some sloppy back 50s, almost a back 180 out. Bad halfcab noseslide. Front 50, front noseslide 270, front board pop out, manualled the long pad. Hucked kickflip noseslides for awhile. Tried a line of front tail, kickflip off the curb, then the little quick up manhole gap across the street. Never got that, but was hyped to be trying front tails on a tallish ledge. Only one slid and of course I bailed it. Kickflips felt weird in the new shoes. They are spongy and even though they are super flexible they seem to absorb board feel. I only got to the ollie a couple times. I hucked halfcab flip noseslides in between and didn’t get very close. I need to try that trick more though, I would LOVE to land one. I got tired and called it a night. I didn’t want to overdue it as Ollie is sick with the flu and I hope I don’t get it.
(setup 8.1 null venture lows 1/16 riser 50mm ojs emerica westgates grey)