skate journal: struggles and filming at a weird spot (feb 26, 2019)
On a decent Sunday Kevin came over then we met Sean and Dave at this weird new spot I saw while driving around after skating yesterday. I felt like I had never skated before when I first got there and couldn’t do anything. I landed one flatground kickflip and one ollie to nose stall to fakie before turning into Filmer Glen. Dave got a cool line with a rock to fakie on a pallet then a boardslide transfer on the downhill curb. He had also done some nice fakie bigspins, kickflips, gap front noses. Sean had done some super solid flatground, tailslide to back 50, ollied onto the narrow ledge and 180’d onto the bank, etc. Kevin started out ripping. He had some easy back 180s, 50-50 transfers, blunt transfers, lipslide transfer I think. I started filming him do a quick footed line of halfcab down the curb to quick front blunt shove transfer. Two hours later his board was focused. He did get it without the shove at least. Then I took awhile to do the no comply 270 to tail and we bounced. At least that trick felt cool.
(setup 8.38 null atomic cowboy deck, venture ftc 5.8s, venom 91a bushings with no bottom washer, bones stf v1 pj 53mm wheels with all washers on the outside, new balance numeric 379 tan size 12, stock insoles)
(pain level 4/10 i felt terrible on my board)