skate journal: pre-null dog park skating terribly (jan 17, 2021)
Met up with Kevin and Rob somewhat early on a nice Sunday morning. At no point did I do a single trick that felt good other than maybe one halfcab flip. I couldn’t get a treflip or 50 the cinder block shuffle. Everything I did was garbage. Rob and Kevin did some back 180 fakie 50s to fakie. Kevin took awhile to get nollie nosegrind again. We tried some treflips, I couldn’t get one. My board felt too small for my feet. Rob had halfcab noseslide on the taller ledge, front noses, most of his moves. Kevin ripped it. Sean, Bo, Hayden and Jack arrived. Hayden’s nose manual was very Maxish. I liked it. That’s why I filmed it. Ha. Jack did a lot of no comply flips. I didn’t do a very good job of paying attention to everyone since I was in such a bad place. We eventually left for a rail spot for Jack, but it didn’t go so well. Ended up at the nearby manny pad. Hayden got some good ones. Donnie rolled in off a van which was so crazy. Then we ended up at the nearby tall double ledge. I posed for a while then just filmed. Joe, Sean, Bo ripped it. Sean with manual and nose manual. Joe noseslide. Bo lipslide. It had gotten really cold at the end. So sick of winter and my skating.
(setup 303 8.25 deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 (cast baseplate v-hollow hanger), bones medium bushings, spitfire 52mm 99a tablets, new balance numeric 212 mustard size 11.5, footprint mid elite insoles)
(pain level 4/10)