skate journal: 8″ blah in niwot (oct 31, 2021)
Posted in Skate Journal on November 1st, 2021 by corpoOn a cool cloudy day with snow threatening I went to the Niwot area because I had to pick up some stuff from the office. I went to the little mellow bank for a warm up. I rode an 8″ board and it felt good/terrible/like a toy. Took a few tries to get some kickflips but man they felt good and popped when I did.
Then I went to the nearby ledge and went on to completely suck. Part of it might be that I had put some wide wheels on hated it, but it was still inexcusable. I was pretty stubborn and kept skating. Only got front 50, accidental 5-0, back 50, noseslide, noseslide fakie, switch noseslides, halfcab noseslide. Flip tricks I only got kickflip, fakie flip and halfcab flip, although incredibly close to switch flip. Near the end I tried noseslide back 270 out for awhile. A couple were close, most were not.
(setup 8″ null archway, jessup, venture 5.2 high cast plate v-hollow hanger, 51mm green spitfire radial 99a, bones medium bushings, es swift 1.5 white size 12 with naboso activation insoles)
(pain level 3/10)