skate journal: actual street skating back to the basics (march 5, 2017)
I did so much to be able to skate this day. Yoga, PT exercises, Ming Chew exercises, foam roller, etc. I even changed my board to an 8.5. Ha. It was the board I started out 2017 on. With the bigger shoes again the wheelbase of the 8.25 feel small and I’ve kind of given up on tech tricks at this point. I just want to relearn the basics on a nice big board. I went to campus on a beautiful afternoon with very little expectations. I started with slappy crook. Got a few then rolled across campus to the stadium bank. Took awhile to get a kickflip that I was happy with, but it felt good. Did a few other tricks like fakie flip and boneless and then tried like a million treflips to fakie. I got close a few times, but eventually called it good. I ended up at the ledge spot. I took a long time to get a 50 even though I wasn’t having too much trouble popping in. Actually I was really liking the bigger board for that, but I kept sticking. The couple I landed felt rad though. I was gonna go try some frontside noseslides on a taller ledge, but decided I should not push it.
(setup 8.5 Null Ollie deck, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 52mm Spitfire F4 conical 99a pink/purple wheels, bronson bearings, NB# PJ 533 black/gum 11.5 superfeet insoles)