skate journal: flatground suck then some fun at saul’s (july 3, 2018)
I would really like to skate flatground 1 hour a day. I got out of work pretty early and went to the dog park. I hate skating right after work as my legs get sore, but sometimes that’s just what works. I was doing the warm up process and the wind kicked in fierce. Ugh. That kind of killed my motivation. So I just tried non flip tricks like cab for awhile. I think I may have gotten the closest to a legit cab for me. It definitely felt like I made some progress. So I guess I can thank the wind for reminding me to try cabs. It calmed down and I tried more flippers. For some reason nollie heels felt possible and I tried a bunch. I never got close, but a few did flip right. Got a sketchy line of halfcab flip, heelflip, b/s flip. Wanted to try a line of 360 flip, no comply 180, fakie 360 flip. But then a bunch of bikers came and there was some class on learning bunny hops and so I just stuck to the painted area and tried fakie tres until I got one. I had gotten a sketchy 360 flip earlier to try the line, but bailed the no comply (argh). The fakie tre took away a lot of the frustrations I had earlier, although they didn’t erase the big chip on the tail I got from throwing my board (what a crybaby).
Then I went to Saul’s for a bit. It was a rad crew. Ed makes rock ‘n rolls look amazing, heck even his back 50s look stylee. Saul had some back 5-0s, back 50s, front slashes. He keeps getting a little better every time and it’s awesome to see. Chris only took a few runs that I saw, but dang he put a licking on the coping. His first few walls were all frontside. Whoa. I didn’t skate it too well, but that’s okay. The little setup isn’t so good in there, but carve grinds are still fun.
(setup 8.25 null dream machine deck, venture 5.2 awake lows, 1/16 riser, old 51mm bones stf v1, 3 washers inside each axle, white venture bushings, vans kyle walker black/gold size 11.5, custom orthotic insoles)