skate journal: campus surprise fun then frustration (april 26, 2018)
Went to campus on another beautiful night. I did a few slappy crooks at the spot then pushed a different way looking for something different. Didn’t really find anything and I ended up at the super fun tiny metal ledge. I love that there are no cars parked in that lot anymore. The frontside run up is still short though. I went through a few basics, got 50s first try. Took a bit to get front 5-0 since it’s so quick, couldn’t get a back 5-0. Got a slow fakie nosegrind which I hadn’t done there before. Remembered to try halfcab crook and got one second try. And it was a good one that grinded even. I kind of fell out of it, but that’s the first one I’ve ever actually grinded and it felt awesome and put me in a good mood. However after that I really couldn’t land much of anything. Front nosegrind nope, switch crook nope. Came close to kickflip noseslide. Eventually got a line of front 50, heelflip on flat, ollie the 3 stair and pushed on to another spot. Ended up at the tall engineering ledge and did a couple noseslide jibs before moving on. I had wanted to at least try front 50, but there were so many students walking by it weirded me out.
I went to the ol’ bank to curb that I hadn’t been to in forever and oh man was it frustrating. At first I couldn’t ollie up the first curb. It was so frustrating. I don’t know why bigger setups make ollies harder for me. I just had to lean forward a bit more. So then I couldn’t back 50 the upper curb to save my life. I had a couple failed board focuses. Guess I wasn’t fully committed to breaking the board. I tried some switch flips with my wheels in a crack as Nate suggested. Got a sketchy back axle stall and felt relieved. Then did a front 180 fakie 50 in a couple tries and called it a night.
(setup 8.38 null monico deck, venture black icon 5.8 trucks, bones medium bushings, 51mm bones stf v1 wheels, 3 washers outside each axle, new balance numeric 212 size 11 with footprints gamechanger orthotic insoles)