skate journal: awesome solo downtown session (March 25, 2010)
The snow has kinda melted. I felt like street skating and didn’t have a chance to get to skate until after it got dark. Long past when anyone else I know seems to skate. Ugh. But it ended up ruling. I put my mp3 player on Murder City Devils and cuised around downtown. I came upon a little curb high manny pad right away that I’ve never skated before and hit it up for awhile. Took me awhile to do a manual, but I’m used to taking awhile to warm up. I noticed a really tall ledge around the corner that was only about 2 feet long and had a fun run of a nose manny followed by a noseslide. So hyped. I turned around and almost got a kickflip manny to back it up. Sick! I moved on since I had been there too long already.After some rolling around and walking around puddles I ended up at the low and narrow ledge that I was just happy to ollie onto and ride around once before. Got it first try again today. It’s about 15 feet long with a curve, about 10″ wide and it’s beveled weird. I decided to dream and try a manual. A few tries later I locked into a perfect one and rode away completely amazed. I don’t land tricks like that. So hyped. I sat and giggled for a bit before moving on to the two stair then over to the nearby bank where I failed at some frontside slappies. Then some dude came up and asked me if I had any “medicinal”. I responded saying I had some Ibuprofen at home. He was so confused. I love messing with people like that. I left because that dude was hanging out singing and being annoying. I kinda cruised around downtown seeing what was dry and ended up near the white ledge which was wet. Spotted a pile of snow to ollie off the sidewalk into the street. I had to time it with the light and pedestrians, but after a few tries I got it. It felt great because I was actually going fast and only took 2 tries. I ollied a couple more various piles of snow and called it a night. So hyped on the manny on the curved ledge and the spontaneity of street skating in a downtown area. I need spontaneity to keep skating every day.