skate journal: dog park flatground with jake (oct 13, 2016 day 287)

Posted in Skate Journal on October 14th, 2016 by corpo

@iamnotacreepyjake #treflip 🍂

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Went to the dog park after work on an absolutely gorgeous day. Seriously incredibly beautiful. Temperature, no breeze, etc. I started off terrible. Actually started to think maybe I should go to the doctor because I felt so disoriented and weird. I’m going to blame insomnia. It took me about 20 minutes to feel comfortable with kickflips. Jake showed up around then and went into a game of SKATE. I wasn’t expecting much, but ended up getting quite a few tricks. He got me on treflip and switch front shove. Also a couple of other tricks I forget. But I had landed a couple rare ones like halfcab heel and fakie heel. I ended up winning on a f/s no comply 360. I had no idea Jake doesn’t have that trick, but I certainly will remember that. Ha. Second game was no repeats. I took a long time to get a backside flip, we both failed at fakie tres, I forget what else went down, but I won it. Then I wanted to do a treflip before I left. Well, 30 minutes later I landed a crappy one. Ugh. Total damper on my first ok feeling session in awhile.

(setup null message 8.1, venture 5.2 v-hollow lows, 1/16″ riser, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 50mm STF V1, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum 12)

skate journal: slightly able to skate at louisville (oct 12, 2016 day 286)

Posted in Skate Journal on October 14th, 2016 by corpo

louisville skatepark colorado

Went to Louisville park on a cool evening. I am still dealing with insomnia and trying not to nap in the afternoon. When I arrived there was one skater being filmed by his girlfriend and 3 bikers just talking to each other. It took awhile before I felt comfortable enough to do anything. Ugh. I would eventually get a line of slow front 50 the lower part of the long ledge, boardslide the low part of the flat bar, then kickflip on the bank. I tried to do another line starting with front 50 180 or front 50 shove, but it never happened. I got a couple of crooks on the ledge. Came close to nollie f/s flip in the corner. Posed hardflips over the hip. Basically still feel out of it and exhuasted. Ugh.

(setup null message 8.1, venture 5.2 v-hollow lows, 1/16″ riser, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 50mm STF V1, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum 12)

skate journal: short garage minimum (oct 11, 2016 day 285)

Posted in Skate Journal on October 14th, 2016 by corpo

Went out to the garage, did a few “manuals” and a couple kickflips.