skate journal: flatground friday disappointment then ok with a smaller setup (sept 9, 2016 day 253)

Posted in Skate Journal on September 10th, 2016 by corpo

Went to the Dog Park after work and checking on Ollie. I was feeling really run down, it was cool out and a bit breezy at times. Warming up turned into the full session. I could not land a b/s flip and I just started to hate how much work the wider board takes to flip. I struggled with fakie bigspins (wtf), halfcab flip as well, got a couple floppy heelflips, 0-10 on treflips. Was going to give up, but decided to huck switch f/s flips for awhile. I got close to a couple of them, but them madness to pull my smaller quiver out and skate it got to me. I went home ..

(setup null riley persing 8.38 deck, venture 5.2 hi, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 52mm spitfire f4 101a, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

.. and pulled the 8.1 setup out of the garage and skated in front of my house. My kickflips felt better, everything felt better. I did a fakie bigspin that took no effort and made me a believer in the smaller setup. Halfcab flips worked again, heelflips every try (felt so good). It wasn’t magic though. I still struggled with treflips although they did flip around quicker and I technically finally landed one. Nollie tres were close every try. I’m not sure why I’m so drawn to small/low setups, but something about it really appeals to me. It makes me happy to look at and motivated to skate.

(setup null riley persing 8.125 deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow lows, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 51mm STF V1, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

skate journal: powerslide minimum in front of the house (sept 8, 2016 day 252)

Posted in Skate Journal on September 10th, 2016 by corpo

Went in front of the house feeling tired and just pushed, slid some 180s around then did a couple of longer powerslides.