skate journal: parking garage laziness and research ledge in the wind at cupsoles (april 9, 2017)
My plantar fasciitis has gotten much better. The first steps of every day hurt still, but it’s much better. I give some credit to wearing vulcs with the wide and flexible to area. But man my knees have hurt lately so I figured I’d try cupsoles again. I went with the NB# 598s I’ve had for awhile. I also found some old Remind insoles that seemed like a great option. I’m not sure why I didn’t like them at the time, but that’s one of the great things about buying too much stuff and keeping it all, eventually I will use it! Ha. The wind was intense. I went to the main Valmont garage. I skated pretty poorly, but it didn’t hurt so much. I tried a couple lines like back 180 a parking block, halfcab flip on flat, manual the sidewalk. Also hucked some kick back 50s, nollie flips.
The wind seemed to die down so I went to the research ledge. The breeze was still strong and coming up the hill so it messed with my speed, but was a good excuse to skate slow. I actually had fun even though I skated slow and without any confidence. I got noseslide, noseslide to fakie, boardslide flop out, crooks, a terrible back 50, switch front nose to forward and halfcab noseslide. I was hyped. Then the wind kicked in and I left.
(setup 8.25 null logo board, venture 5.2 low awake trucks, 1/16″ risers, 3 washers inside each axle, venom 88a bushings, swiss bearings, 50mm spitfire classic formula 4 wheels, new balance numeric 598 black/white 12 remind cush chico insoles)