skate journal: platt elem skating hard somehow (nov 3, 2019)
On a nice and lazy day I set out to mostly just spot lurk for a bit. I found an old bank to curb that used to have u-haul trailers on it. I tried a couple boardslides, but it would have required some serious sweeping to be fun. I drove around some more and ended up at Platt Elem. What got me out of the car is they now have two manual pads in a row and the little kicker before the 3 stair is skatable now (it used to have a door stop above it that you could hit your hands on). I cruised the parking lot, there is some good flatground there. I started with a couple warm up lines. I initially had dreams of linking the whole spot, but that would mean landing way too many flatground tricks. First line was ollie the kicker, ollie the 3 stair, kickflip on flat. Second was ollie the kicker, front 180 the 3 stair, fakie flip on flat. The kicker is fun because it’s a mellow take off, but a quick landing. Anyway, rather than keep lining it out I started the tricks. As you can see the ollie up, back 180 and kickflip down took way too long. I thought it would be funny to show every attempt. I was skating hard, in between tries I would pose flip tricks and miss. After finally getting the kickflip I went over to the manual pad and tried some more lines to torture myself even more. I was so tired and sore I’m not sure how I kept at it. Anyway the line was, nose manual, treflip on flat, ollie onto the other manual pad and wallie nollie off, then back 50 the last one. While technically I got the line, the treflips were super slow, the wallie nollie barely a scrape. I tried some kick back tails and got kinda close. Fun spot.
(setup 8.25 null nolan deck, mob grip, venture 5.2 v-hollow highs, 51mm bones stf v2 wheels, 3 speed washers inside each axle, venom 88a bushings (no boardside washer), new balance numeric 306 b/w size 12, footprints gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 5/10 sore from skating so much)