skate journal: absolutely terrible campus flatground session (july 29, 2021)
On a hot night I went to campus around 7. I started at the slappy meetup curb. Did a few slappy crooks and slappy front crooks. I had put a new 8.25 together with 5.6 v-hollow and old 51mm bones v2s. It felt great for slappies. Then I went to the flagstone ledge. I was in a funk and didn’t want to be around people so I was really annoyed when a couple people sat on a nearby ledge and watched me. I was skating so incredibly terrible. I couldn’t even kickflip, literally took like 10 tries to get one. I did however do okay with backside crooks and noseslides. Hadn’t gotten to the point of trying front 50s when it started to rain. So I skated the covered flatground area where a different couple came and sat and watched me not land anything. I think it took 30 tries to get a halfcab flip. Eventually the rain died down and I left considering leaving my skateboard behind for good.
(setup null 8.25 nullosaur, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 v-hollow, venom 88a bushings, 51mm bones stf 103a v2, es swift 1.5 size 11.5 no insoles)
(pain level 3/10 not much pain but had zero energy or pop)