skate journal: post work dog park and valmont with dave and paul (april 7, 2025)
Had a garbage day of work. Dave hit me saying he was going to Valmont on a fine day. I beat him there. Valmont was a wash of toddlers so I started at dog park. Mostly chatted for a bit, then did some warm ups. Didn’t get far into anything. Paul showed. Dave found a cool new line grinding the end of the barrier. We tried to line out to it, but I never really landed anything. Dave had a cool front slash up the end of the barrier. Paul had accidentally worn his chill shoes (Janoski’s) and basically hated them and didn’t skate much. Somehow Valmont cleared out so we went over there. I spent a while getting kickflips on the hip with the barrier. Got two to make it true. Had only done it once before. Dave did the best over-50-make in history on a b/s flip over the hip. He had some cool lines. Then we watched Satellite Jack shred it and him and Dave learned halfcab plants (I have no idea what to call them). I did a few bad noseslides then got a leg cramp. Filmed Dave get a cool line of a gnarly lipslide then bluntslide bonus on the weird sharp qp/lump.
(setup 7/10 null keyhole 2 8.3, jessup ultragrip, indy forged hollow knox 149 royal bushings, 51mm spitfire f4 99a classic, new balance numeric 440v2 wide navy size 12 half insoles)
(pain level 7/10)