skate journal: mellow northside with andy, hayden bo then some fossil creek (march 22, 2021)
After hitting LOCO and MRKT I met with Hayden, Bo and Andy at Northside. I had changed back to cast baseplates and but washers back in my trucks to make them stiffer. It felt weird. The park was pretty wet and limiting making it not as fun as normal. We mostly hit the little metal manual pad. Andy and I took a few tries to get nose manual. Bo manualled to drop down manual up to a pallet. Hayden all kinds of 180 manual combos. I had some kickflips on the bank, but didn’t commit to kickflip fakie. Hayden and Bo played a game of SKATE so Andy and I did too. But mid game I got a call from Liz saying there was an active shooter at the King Soopers near our house. She said her and the kids were safe so at that point it seemed like I could keep skating. Andy and I finished our game getting tricks like halfcab flip and heelflip that didn’t come easy. Then Bo, Hayden and I went to Fossil. Warming up again went alright. I had some crooks, Hayden back smiths and back tails and all the frontside tricks. Bo brought the energy. Then reports started coming in that the shooting was really bad and I understandably lost my desire to skate and headed home.
(setup 8.25 null spanbauer deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 cast baseplate v-hollow hanger, bones medium little bushing ace big bushing, spitfire f4 52mm classic shape 99a, new balance numeric 212 cake size 12 with footprint mid elite insoles)
(pain level 4/10)