skate journal: St Julien blah and a fun kickflip (Oct 7, 2011)

It was super nice out. I had a half day as I was leaving for my Mom’s house after work and didn’t want to drive later on when it’s supposed to be snowing in the mountains. I went to St Julien where I was supposed to meet Carleigh. I wasn’t feeling that spot, but I kept “skating” it since I was waiting for Carleigh. People kept standing near the ledge on their phones on work breaks so I felt weird skating by them. I tried a bunch of kick back tails and never got close uphill, manuals downhill and never did that either. Carleigh showed up, but wasn’t able to skate as she had some stuff to deal with. When she took off so did I. I was feeling burnt and tired. I rolled through a couple alleys and saw nothing. I was walking back to the car and saw a sick curb cut to downhill parking lot bomb and had to do it. It wasn’t too fast, but by the end I had to cut left to avoid a parked car making it fun. I was struggling with kickflips, but managed a couple into it that made the skate day worth it for me.