skate journal: louisville with the kooks (jan 20, 2015 day 20)

Posted in Skate Journal on January 21st, 2015 by corpo

Sick broh. #whyihateskateparks

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Went to Louisville park after dinner. I like the short drive there. I arrived to a few people skating and some annoying dude flying a remote control pod with no camera on it. I warmed up by pumping around the street area. Then I settled in to trying a line of b/s flip on the bank and no comply to tail on the bank to ledge. Got it. Then everyone else left the park so I tried to film it for my #theglenandjoshOLDFARTlongdistanceinstagramtricksuperchallenge game with Josh. I landed a really bad one and it was taking forever so I just started trying b/s flips over the hip. Then a car pulled up right at the ledge on the bank and sat there running with it’s lights on. Forever. I let stupid things annoy me way too much, but it seriously drove me nuts. Either get out and skate or get out of your car. Then they started driving around the parking lot very slowly. This irritated me even more. I worked up to a line with a front 50 on the lower part of the ledge (going fast for me), rolled into the qp then a boneless on the weird hipped bank. Was kind of hyped on that one. Then tried to front 50 the normal ledge, but couldn’t do it without just doing a 5-0 (ha). Going the other way I did a few crooks then tried kick back 50s. Again with the accidental 5-0s I did two kick back 5-0s in a row. I was almost moving on the second one! Then another truck came and sat there with it’s lights pointed into the park. WTF. Just sat there. Then the door opened and some dad gets out and puts down a little kid bike and a skateboard. He goes back into his truck. Nothing happens for awhile. Then a very young kid comes out and starts biking around. Ugh. I kept doing whatever for a bit. Tried a few nollie f/s flips/heels for the heck of it. The kid started skating instead. That was cool at least. With two carloads of people watching him. I had to leave, it was too much. That marks 20 days in a row. The best part being how motivated I was to skate.

(setup 8″ venture lows bones med bushing spitfire four 50mm wheels)