skate journal: curb fun! (may 2, 2017)
Fighting a cold, but wanting to skate I went over to the school across from my house and started playing on the parking block. I had put the stock Venture bushings in to experiment with tighter trucks and see if they help flippers. I started slow, but eventually started feeling good so I set up my phone and ended up rattling off a few of my favorites. The nosepick shove was pretty random, I don’t know the last time I even tried that. I’ve been having troubles with kick back 50 on anything so it felt good to get that again. The kick back tail was incredible feeling. All day I had obsessed about that trick and how I want to shove out. I didn’t try shove out, but I was still hyped to get it. The last tricks was the front pivot kickflip out. That one is so hard. I tap the front trucks and lunch break it, but I was still hyped on it. Maybe my favorite day in awhile just because of the tricks I actually landed. I couldn’t do a 360 flip after that to seal the deal though.
(setup 8.25 null fortune deck, venture 5.2 low awake trucks, 1/16″ risers, stock venture red bushings, swiss bearings, 50mm spitfire classic formula 4 wheels, new balance numeric pj 533 black/white 12 stock insoles)