skate journal: flatground friday with rob and then dave (july 29, 2016 day 211)
Got out of work kind of early on a warm afternoon. I had been given a 10×10 list by Nate, but it became clear quickly that my body was not up for skating. Of course I just kept skating though. I did a few basics, but even struggled with regular kickflips. I started hucking some no comply tricks. I tried no comply front 360 bigspin for awhile, but never got to close. Rob arrived. We both tried no comply front 360 shove for awhile. I managed to get one. We did some other skating too. I still feel like switch flips are obtainable. Rob was cruising his shifty ollies, back 180s, cabs and getting back into his groove. It was a mellow session. I skated a long time, but didn’t land much. Then Dave showed as I was hoping to leave and Rob bounced. I decided to film a no comply 3 shove which didn’t take all that long and I landed it way better then the one before. Dave was warmed up so we played a game of SKATE. I got a letter on front shove. Ugh. And something else, but I ended up beating Dave with a combination of flippers, no complys and one foots (he can’t do them!) and ended it with heelflip. I felt bad at first, but he was hyped on getting close to the heelfip and kept trying it. Even on another board that some kid left. Oh yeah, I had started wearing my old spenco orthotics again and it really seemed to help with my heel pain/plantar fasciitis. Although it also took away quite a bit of board feel. I guess I’ll live with that since it was the first time in awhile I felt like I was actually not making my pain worse by skating.
(setup 8.1 Null Riley deck, venture low v-hollows, stock thunder bushings, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, 52mm Reed wheels, New Balance Numeric Quincy denim/gum spenco thinsole orthotics)