skate journal: Rampy with Ollie, then Table Mesa solo radness (Feb 10)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 10th, 2009 by corpo

Ollie and I hit the ramp while India did her homework after dinner.  Ollie was ripping.  It’s crazy he’s starting to link more tricks together and look like he actually knows what he’s doing.  It was a really fun session.  I did most of my tricks and didn’t really try any new ones.  I attempted some heelflips on flat bottom and somehow landed almost everyone of them.  That hasn’t happened in months.After what turned into a pretty intense evening with India freaking out I had to get out of the house.  Luckily the wind had died down and it wasn’t too cold.  I went over to Table Mesa shopping center and just pushed for awhile as fast as I could with my mp3 player cranked up on shuffle.  My trucks were super loose for some reason so I was swerving all over the place.  I ended up trying a tiny little gap and ran by a window with the light on with some dude working in an office.  I’m pretty sure I scared the living crap out of him.  Oops.  Anyways, I ollied a tiny median a couple times and pretty much decided that I hate tiny wheels.  I had setup some 50mm only because I’m running low on 52mms and wanted to concerve.  And yes I can tell the difference between 50mm and 52mm wheels.  Maybe next time I’ll try 54s instead.  Anyways, on to skating.  I just kept cruising around and trying to not get frustrated as parenting had done that enough to me already.  I did one of my all time favorite lines behind King Soopers.  Kickflip into the downhill sidewalk then ollie the gap into the street.  It’s not gnarly or anything, but I’ve only done it once before and it feels fun.  I ended up spending some time at a bump spot and tried a bunch of 360 flips before just giving up and going home happy that I got to get outside and skate.