skate journal: skating in hawaii with neil and jake day 1! amr and zones (feb 15, 2018)
And we’re off! #sunburntandstubborn / #stubbornwithaloha day 1. Jake, Neil and I showed up at this skatepark called AMR (I think) on an absolutely gorgeous day. We had the park to ourselves. We warmed up in our own ways. Some group attempts at treflips (only Jake got one), but mostly doing our thing. Jake ollied onto the table. Neil bonked a bench so easy. I had a crooks on the bench, slam on front 50. Neil had some sick lipslides on the lower ledge with long lines including nollie back neil’s, hip ollies, kickflip fakie. After awhile we all kind of settled into stuff. I was trying various lines into the kicklfip to fakie from high to low. Noseslides on the pyramid were fun, but I was doing them terribly. Neil got the kickflip to fakie from high to low first. Jake was trying the disaster 360 transfer and getting close and had some pain shoot through his calf. The pain was too much to keep skating. Seriously? First spot of the trip!?!?! No!!! Jake chilled as I struggled to get my line. Dropping in on the metal edge was scary at first, but ended up being the catalyst to get me hyped enough to commit to the kickflip fakie. What a fun line.
Then we went to this spot. Jake was still hurting. We weren’t sure if it was a really bad cramp or a torn muscle or something else. So he chilled. Neil and I played around a little. I knew this would be the only time I skated this spot so I settled on trying kickflip onto the barrier. I got really close, but never got it. I was a sweaty mess and my knees were killing me. There are cracks and rough sections all over that spot making it so hard to get to where you want to go.
Then we went to this spot. My legs were toast. Jake was hurting. But it was fun filming Neil and watching him shred it. Then we went swimming in the ocean as the sun set. Wow.
(setup 8.25″ clutch sample deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, 52mm spitfire F4 101a classic shape, 3 washers on the inside of each axle, white venture bushings, es swift 1.5 black/white size 11, custom orthotic insole)