skate journal: campus after the rain (may 31, 2021)
Posted in New Shoes, Skate Journal on June 2nd, 2021 by corpoWith rain drops still sputtering I went to campus hoping it would stay dry. It did. Barely. I started at the little yellow lurb to warm up. What a fun little spot. Pretty quickly I settled in on trying nollie bsts shove and front nosegrind 180. I would get neither, but was at least close to the nosegrind 180. I started to get really frustrated trying them so decided I’d roll out instead. Ended up at the stadium bank. Did a few shoves to warm up. Then 5 kickflips to fakie to help break in the new 212s. A few b/s flips. Then tried big flip for too long. Fakie flip took a bit. Halfcab flips came easy. Then I tried a GleNBD for awhile. Fakie bigflip. Never done it on a bank before. Didn’t get it although was kinda close. It would be easier on a steeper bank with a better runway. Next I went to the fitness center area determined to do a 360 flip then ollie one of the little rocks. And by 360 flip I mean 270 flip. Ha. I got a few cruddy ones, but then a CU truck pulled up and prevented the ollie. Oh well. I did one slappy on a highly waxed curb by the hill after this then went home tired and sore. I had kinda rolled my ankle on one of the 360 flips. At the time I knew it hurt, but didn’t think it would be much. As I write this it’s worse than I thought, but should only be a couple days.
(setup 8.38 null jack night skate, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 cast plate titanium hanger no big washer, bones 52mm stf v1, new balance numeric b/w/blue 212 size 12 with nike sb zoom air insoles)
(pain level 3/10)