skate journal: wilville tinkering on indys (june 20, 2024)
In between rain storms I managed to get out before dinner nearby to Wilville. Didn’t want to go far as it looked like it would rain any second. It would, but not enough to matter. Anyway, I had put some Indys on my 8.5 setup and thought in my head I would like it. I started out way down at the little round ledge. Would get a run a couple times of kickflip then back 50. I liked the setup for grinds, but it felt really hefty on flips even with the hollow trucks. I also did some nose and crook stalls on the taller rocks nearby and a few completely failed attempts at ollieing up the 3 stair. Then I went up to the main area, got my 8.25, hated it more, went back for the 8.5. I could have just left, but decided I’d huck the dream trick of switch noseslide kickflip out. I got really close a few tries in so setup the phone and much to my surprise I landed on a few tries later. You can tell by my reaction I was completely surprised when I was riding away. I know I need to learn it while sliding, but man it felt cool. I have done this trick once before, but it was much worse. I left after that feeling pretty happy.
(setup 3/10 8.5/14.25 null 20 year, null grip, indy forged hollow 149 bones medium bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a tablets, new balance numeric 600 black/gum size 12 currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 4/10)