Skate journal: flatground Wednesday at blue skies with dave (March 21, 2018)
Skipped out for an early lunch to meet Dave at Blue Skies. I was crazing some tricks on the flat bank, but when I arrived Dave was in the rink. So we started on flat. It was pretty crisp and cool, but that would change quickly into absolutely perfect weather. It’s amazing how impossible skating feels at first. I was sore and the warm up had me thinking kickflips might be out of the question. But a few minutes in I had to beat Dave to kickflip and ended up getting 5 in a row. That was a good omen. Also a switch no comply 180. Dave struggled with shoves for awhile which is rare to see. But he would get them in all directions. The switch ones were so good. I got a bs halfcab heelflip pretty quick. That’s a rare one so I was hyped. Shortly after a nollie varial flip. I was trying the Ironman line the downhill direction. Kickflips and heelflips were feeling good. I kind of got the treflip once. Still felt cool to do the line. Dave was hucking like crazy. Fakie flips, fs halfcab flips, varial flips and I saw him stomp a heelflip and back it with a back bigspin. I added a sketchy fs halfcab heel to my list of rare tricks for the day. Hucked a lot more that I hope to someday land. It was so beautiful out it was hard to go back to work. Fun day. Today was the first time where it felt like all the flatground skating lately is paying off. So many more tricks to learn…
(setup 8.125″ null maze deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, 52mm bones stf v3, bones medium bushings, new balance numeric 255 blue size 12, pinnacle powerstep orthotic insole)