skate journal: red curbs solo awesomeness in the cold (march 12, 2013)

Posted in Favorite, New Deck, Skate Journal on March 13th, 2013 by corpo

before / after

Had a rough day at work and all kinds of stuff going on. It was cold, but I wanted skate more then Rampy. I went outside and 30 degrees didn’t seem so bad so I hit Red Curbs after dropping off a box of boards to FedEx. There was a lot of puddles so mostly just the two main curbs and the 2 stair ledge were skateable. I warmed up with lots of slappy tails and stuff. I had all tracks from Dinosaur Jr on shuffle which was hyping me up. I got some lines early on like noseslide the ledge, boardslide the curb then quick little kick back tail the next curb. Slappy front trail coming the other way then front tailslide the next curb. Crooks the ledge, boardslide the curb, kick back 50 the little curb. Halfcab noseslide the ledge, kickflip a puddle, almost another kick back tail. Front 50 slappy the curb, front lip the taller curb (took awhile), bailed a b/s flip over a puddle. I tried a lot of flippers which always makes me feel like I’m actually skating. Got a rare f/s flip. Also hucked some ledge tricks like front board pop out on the ledge, fakie nosegrind a curb. A few 360 flips with 6 point landings (4 wheels, 2 hands). A fun little dork trick of manual to a little grind on the far side of the manny pad to rock ‘n roll tap out (whatever that’s called). I ended up having way more fun then I thought I would. Can’t wait for the warmer weather coming!