skate journal: southern hills with carleigh then noseslides (dec 21, 2015 day 341)
Went to Southern Hills around 1 after a day of mostly slacking. It’s the shortest day of the year and my body mostly just wanted to hibernate. I got to Southern Hill first and didn’t have much motivation at all. Carleigh came after awhile and we mostly just did some stuff on the curb. I had tried to wax it, but it really didn’t grind much. I did a couple back 180 nose pivots that felt like they could grind, but didn’t. I filmed Carleigh to try and get all close and annoying like @drpurpleteeth. I guess you have to get even closer. Carleigh also had a couple good noseslides on the bench. Then she had to leave and I thought I might too, but I ended up staying for awhile trying noseslide shoves. I tried the frontside ones first and they took me awhile. Between tries I would either pose front or switch crooks on the curb. Technically I think I landed both, but not really. I was actually kind of motivated about skating though. After I got the f/s one the b/s one came much quicker. Then I left. It wasn’t cold, but it surely felt like winter. The wind would kick in at times and it was draining. The front nose shove is the first one I’ve done outside of my garage.
(setup 8.38 null venture wides bones medium bushings 52mm spitfire f4 99a nb# pj stratford 533 brown/gum)