skate journal: blue skies with dave and akie (april 24, 2015 day 111)
On a cloudy day I went to Blue Skies during lunch. Akie was there and we chatted for a bit as Dave had seen him the day before. I felt pretty good warming up. Did kickflip fakie first try, noseslides on the flat bar, slow front 50s on the low ledge. Dave showed. Akie was trying crooks on the flat bar. Dave was doing shove variations on the bank. I was kind of all over. Tried a lot of flip tricks (got a really bad tre and a good feeling nollie tre), tried front 50 kickflip out and couldn’t get it. Man, we just skated like two hours ago and I can’t remember much from this. I know Dave and I were tired. I struggled to ollie the flat bar, Akie didn’t. Dave tried boardslide shove, had a good front 50 that went up the escalator. At the end Dave was trying sex changes on the bank and I was trying fakie tres. Both of us got close, but neither rolled away. It had started raining and I was gone a really long time from work. Dave also tries front board 270 out. The highlight was Dave landing 5 kickflips in a row on flat!
(setup 8.38 null venture wides bones med bushings spitfire f4 52mm 99 NB+ stratford 479)