skate journal: downtown boulder alley suck (oct 19, 2016 day 293)

perfect 4

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Went downtown in search of a curb on a cold night and ended up in this newly remodeled alley. I thought ollieing the 4 stair would be a good start, but it turns out that I had completely forgotten how to skateboard. Well, mostly my mind was mush from taking care of Jason. I am not complaining about doing it, it’s just a lot to take on. Anyways, I had about 30 minutes before I needed to pick up India. I did some manuals, a frontside whirlybird, some noseslides on the ledge, slow ollie onto the ledge to front 180 off in a line with a halfcab flip. I was skating so terrible. I did get pretty close to a backside whirlybird, but slammed a couple of times and needed to go. I forced myself to get the little 4 stair ollie and I bounced. What a fun alley.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low custom hollow trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, 1/16″ riser, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 steele/gum shoes)