skate journal: lafayette meh (feb 8, 2017)
On another warm night I went to Lafayette park solo right after dinner. The park wasn’t too crowded and most people there were skaters. I had felt good and energetic on the way there, but as soon as I pulled in I lost all energy. Ugh. I also slammed rolling over a little hump right away. Ugh. I should also mention with the wind we’ve been having my arthritis was bad and I was extremely sore and stiff. I probably should not have been skating, but that is why I went to a park. It’s amazing how much pain I was in at times. I didn’t do anything special. I’ve been skating parks more because I with how much pain I’ve been in lately not having to ollie for everything helps. Is it because I switched to vulcanized shoes? Maybe. But I am sure liking the board feel. I skated through the pain. I didn’t land anything to be proud of, but got close to several things I would have been hyped on like halfcab flip on the bank, front 5-0 shove on the little ledge, back d on the noping qp by the mountains, feeble fakie on the tiny qp, bean plant on the bank. I did manual the black box second try though, that was kind of surprising. Also kickflip to fakie on the bank first try. Every ollie or flipper hurt so bad.
(setup 8.25 null logo board, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 50mm spitfire F4 99a classic wheels, bronson bearings, Lakai Manchesters black/white 11)