skate journal: early morning dog park struggles then fun (may 7, 2020)
Woke up early and felt like a morning dog park run so I went for it. I had done my first slappy shortly before 7am and someone else was already there. The two dudes with long hair showed up after. I need to learn their names because they rule. I had put the low trucks back on, but left the larger wheels. They felt so slow compared to STFs. I really struggled to get it going. I did nothing hard for me for the longest time. Then I kinda forced myself to skate flatground a little and it started to work out better. Even though I really only landed kickflip, fakie flip and b/s flip. I was not close to halfcab crook. I went in on the nosegrind 180 for awhile. Took about 10 minutes and it felt fun to really try it. After that I ended with a front 50 up/down the new a-frame ledge followed by kickflip over the parking block. I added a no comply 180 then halfcab noseslide and ended it with some happiness.
(setup 8.25 null curby deck, venture 5.2 awake low trucks custom hollow cast baseplate, doh dohs 88a boardside bushing minilogo 94a roadside with flat washer, 53mm purple swirl blank wheels with 3 speed washers on the inside, new balance numeric 288s white/gum size 11.5, thin adidas insoles)
(pain level 2/10)