skate journal: research ledge solo without much energy (may 13, 2018)
Posted in setup change, Skate Journal on May 14th, 2018 by corpoI don’t know why driving down from Buena Vista wears me out so much, but it does. Rain was threatening and I was tired, but I went to research with no real intentions. I had assembled my smaller setup with Thunders again because I was sick of the extra effort the longer wheelbase takes to flip. I started out with a few hill rides not really doing tricks then started to noseslide the ledge. I ended up ATV’ing it more than normal there and was trying the manny pads around the area. It was awhile before I tried flip tricks, but they came quicker than they have lately when I did. I got a first try tic tac back 50 and decided I wouldn’t try again. Even though I did and couldn’t do it. The slightly narrower trucks felt weird on crooks, but I got a couple. Got into a bunch of front 50s, halfcab noseslides, tried fakie front 50. Had a nice feeling backside flip and a second try halfcab heel that convinced me on the smaller setup. I was hucking back 360 kickflips too. Not even close, but they seem doable. After awhile I set the phone up to film. I was already pretty tired at this point, but having a video to go along with the journal is kind of nice. Oh yeah, I had a bearing blow out so that was a little annoying to deal with as the back heel wheel (lock into front 50 with) would move around. I was happy when it fell off. I could have put the nut back on and tightened it, but I went home instead.
(setup 8.25 null monico deck, thunder 148s with super old forged baseplate, 50mm bones stf v1, 3 washers on the inside of each axle, 91a venom bushings, es swift 1.5 grey size 11.5, footprints gamechanger lite insoles)