skate journal: busy dog park after work (sept 7, 2023)
After work on a warm afternoon went to dog park and it was chill when we got there, but quickly filled up with the youth. Our crew was Paul, Rob, Jesse, Alton. Seemed like we started pretty mellow and didn’t really get into a groove. I don’t really remember anything really. Rob and I played a game of SKATE which featured lots of knee pain, one kickflip, lots of no comply variations. It was pretty fun other than the knee pain. After that Alton learned his first nollie f/s flip, Jesse rattled off several flippers, I came incredibly close to switch f/s flip and Paul seemed close too. I was fully committing and watching it flip under me and there were a couple that felt like they could be makes. Gotta keep trying that one! Alton had a boss front nosegrind on the back of the tall ledge. I used his board and got a first try crooks on it and the madness was real again. I had a different setup because I didn’t want to put together a new one really. I didn’t like it.
(setup 2/10 null abstract33 8.3, jessup ultragrip, thunder hollow 149, 52mm spitfire f4 classic 99a, new balance numeric 288 sport white size 12)
(pain level 5/10)