skate journal: short flatground friday and curb at the steel yards (feb 23, 2018)

After work I went to the Steel Yards since it was snowing out. I had some motivation to skate flat, but man it ended up being a battle. My new bushings felt wayyy too stiff to skate. I had them so loose by the end the bolts were almost off. But I tried. Started with a few 3 trick lines of basic tricks. Can’t believe how hard I struggled with front shoves. Even halfcab flips weren’t working. But the curb was grinding and fun. I was hyped to get a few intentional back 5-0s. Also tried switch crooks and didn’t really get any. Also back 5-0 front 180 out but didn’t get very close to that.

(setup 8.25″ null monico deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, 52mm spitfire F4 101a classic shape, 3 washers on the inside of each axle, doh dohs 92a bushings, adidas busenitz vulc white/blue size 11.5, custom orthotic insole)