skate journal: finally got the tail 270 shove on the rock! (july 17, 2016 day 199)

Posted in Favorite, Skate Journal on July 18th, 2016 by corpo

Finally! #thestubborns

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I met Dave on campus at 7am with a lot less heel pain then I had the day before. It was still messing with me though. We skated our little median that we warm up on. It starts with little nose stalls, to nose stall 270s, to axle stalls, manuals, etc. We moved into campus about 50 feet and I noticed a boardslide to manual option for Dave. He did it, then with feeble too. It was the hotness. After that I went to battle with the rock again. Front tail stall 270 shove into the narrow pathway. I got it and it only took 175 tries! Ha ha. I would go through waves of getting close, not being close, etc. The one I landed had a good toe drag, but I have to accept it. The board did a perfect 270. I was hyped. So hyped I asked someone to take a photo of Dave and I. Dave ollied the rock while I sat around on instagram then we went to the flagstone manny pad where he did a nice lipslide 270 or 2. Lastly we dorked around on some long stairs doing 180’s or manuals down them. Dave had a couple epic assists from the rail.

(setup 8.1 Krooked Manderson deck, venture low lights, standard thunder bushings, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm STF V1, eS Swift black/white)

skate journal: axle stalls at broomfield with extreme heel pain (july 16, 2016 day 198)

Posted in New Shoes, Skate Journal on July 18th, 2016 by corpo

Met Riley, Garrett and Bernie at Broomfield park on a warm afternoon. I was dealing with some serious heel pain and was too scared to really skate. I had increasing pain while wearing the PJ shoes the previous week and then wearing vulcanized shoes for one day sent it over the edge. So I wore my last pair of Es Swifts I had waiting. I didn’t do much other then some axle stalls and slappy noseslides. Riley was destroying. Bernie beat Garrett in SKATE. Then we went off to the DIA rail where Riley ended up getting a pretty unique and crazy trick. Rad.

(setup 8.1 Krooked Manderson deck, venture low lights, standard thunder bushings, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm STF V1, eS Swift black/white)