skate journal: flatground friday with dave at a wet dog park (sept 29, 2017)
After a chill day at work I went to Dog Park to meet Dave and maybe Jake. The spot had a lot of puddles. Man that place never dries. Warming up gets tougher the further into a work week. Something about being so stagnant. So warming up was tough to say the least. Dave tried to get all 8 shoves in one line, an old person modification of the straight 8 maybe? After awhile we got into the zone and were trying tricks. Dave was doing better with front shoves and kickflips. I was having troubles committing to tricks. Even halfcab flips. It was weird. Dave hucked treflips and a few tries in he landed on one. Both feet. He came off right away, but it was definitely his closest yet. So sick! He setup his phone to maybe capture a make, but never put one down. He was close though. I struggled with heelflip, 360 flip, b/s flip, fakie flip, fakie varial flip. All tricks I should be able to land. It was frustrating. I did get a first try fakie bigflip that felt good. We tried the backside flip/spin combo for awhile. I was fully committing, but not landing on the board. Dave landed a bunch of bigspins. I tried treflips for awhile and landed on a few, but never rode away. Frustrating day for me. Stoked Dave got closer to the 360 flip.
(setup null monico 8.38″ deck, venture 5.8, bones medium bushings no washers, 3 speed washers on the outside of each axle, 52mm spitfire f4 radial slim green/black, new balance numeric 344 white size 11.5, spenco 3/4 thinsoles, footprints 5mm insole)