Haven’t done a “best of the week” in awhile, but PJ Ladd takes it. He always takes it even when it’s just one clip, but this is just wonderful.
Went to Redder Curbs around 8pm after a really busy day at work. I was somewhat sore and started by just kind of mini-ramping it with stalls going back and forth on the parking blocks. I had a bail on a feeble that shot some crazy pain through my knee. I almost stopped at that point, but instead I decided to skate it out. I was rewarded with a motivated session. I didn’t land a whole lot, but I did skate hard. A lot of the motivation came from this clip of PJ Ladd. His skating is the best. I got some slappy crooks going on the kinked red curb, started ollieing and trying flip tricks. There was one point where I tried a halfcab flip and didn’t think I would get it at all, but landed it. It made me happy about the smaller setup I’m on these days. Same thing happened on a couple of heelflips. I can’t say the same for trying to ollie over a cone though. I made myself do a back 50 on the median over a parking block. That took awhile, didn’t get over both of the blocks, but it’s scary. Tried a line for awhile of kickflip a parking block, treflip on flat, front 50 the downhill part of the kinked curb. I may have done it once, but basically none of the tricks were under 50 year old makes. Especially the two hands down treflip landing. I never got a clean treflip. Doh. I tried to heelflip the parking block for awhile which I’ve never done before, didn’t ever commit, but it felt doable. Ended in a flurry of trying kick back tails on a curb, treflips on flat or switch crooks on the curb. Got none of them, came the closest to kick back tail. Focused my board so it would force me to setup a new one that is in decent shape.
(setup null riley persing 8.125 deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow lows, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 51mm STF V1, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)