skate journal: rocky mtn with friends and then a brief manual pad in the wind (aug 17, 2019)
On a hot Saturday I met up with Fuzz, Dave L, Dave F, Rob and Kevin to do some actual street skating at one of our favorite spots. Rocky Mtn. As soon as I got out of the car I felt terrible on my skateboard. The orthotics are killing me and my boardfeel. Sure the knee pain is going away, but man the foot pain is back. It’s always one or the other. Rob had started a warmup challenge of manual ollie over a grate back to manual. I didn’t participate. Kevin, Fuzz, Rob got it. Kevin and Fuzz may have added another grate to the mix. Dave L might have done it too. Dave F hadn’t shown yet. I just dorked around slowly. Actually the only thing I did worth even noting was a nollie shove manual on the speed bump. I did a few of these. Dave F showed up and got in the mix quick. Most people skated the bank/curb for awhile. I didn’t feel like ollieing up the curb so I didn’t. I saw Kevin do a kickflip up, ollie onto the bank, then switch manual the sidewalk. Doh, I knew I should have filmed that. I saw Rob do some hot curb manuevers. Crooks pop up, back shove front 50. I started filming Fuzz. He got a sick line twice. Ledge, manny on the bank. Then I started filming Kevin for awhile. He was bummed having to try a trick that came easy the first time. Dave got a sick feeble stall on the bank to curb. After awhile I asked Rob/Fuzz to film as they weren’t skating and Fuzz was kind enough to film. I started dorking around with an idea. Ollie up to rock stall to “nollie” shove onto the ledge then kickflip off. Kevin got his trick. Fuzz started filming me, gave up after awhile then Rob started filming me. I finally got it. I was very hyped. Thanks for filming it so well Rob. Dave L got a rad back tail / crail / manual combo. Then we left for a 2 stair manny pad. Pretty sick spot, but the wind was fierce from a nearby storm. It didn’t stop Kevin and Fuzz from manualling it. Maybe Kevin would have gotten a manual kickflip had the wind not been so bad. Rob no complied up and almost to manual. I couldn’t get the ollie up. It’s amazing how poorly I skated all day, but getting a clip felt absolutely great.
(setup 8.5 Null Lazer deck, venture trucks 5.8 cast baseplate titanium hanger , bones medium bushings, sml 53mm og wide wheels, 2 speed washers inside each axle, new balance numeric 212 gray size 12, spenco 3/4 orthotic under footprint 5mm insoles)
(pain level 4/10 pain in left ball of foot)