skate journal: losing battles at square state (jan 30, 2025)
After an incredibly stressful day of work I ate food quickly and went to Square State for an open session. The parking looked full so I debated going in. Will told me it was chill so I went in and it ended up being pretty chill and fun. For some reason I started in the big kids section and did a couple basic slides and crooks. Will did back nosegrind all good like. I played in the little kid section and couldn’t seem to land anything. This would continue as we skated the ramp. Darin, Tom, Clayton, Justin and some others. I couldn’t get a back 50 to fakie or front disaster. Tom ripped it though looking like a mix of Allan and Gish. Darin rattled off his tricks like he’s still running version 3.2. Justin rips. After a while I just gave up and went back to the main section. Jameson was there shredding doing like 20 tricks up the euro. Will was going for kickflip back 5-0 and would get one. I had gotten kickflip and b/s flip up the euro then went in on treflip. Then kept trying treflips. Treflip treflip treflip. Never landed a darn treflip. Got close, committed, just didn’t ride away. Par for this week. Glad I went though.
(setup 3/10 null 8.3 keyhole, jessup ultra grip, slappy lights 8.5 indy 92 bushings, spitfire f4 99a classic orange/black, new balance numeric 574 vulc 11.5 grey/orange half insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 3/10)