skate journal: failing at halfcab 50s then some fun on the mellow bank spot (oct 20, 2018)

Posted in Skate Journal on October 21st, 2018 by corpo

On a beautiful day I was feeling completely burnt out from the work week. I didn’t feel like being around anyone. I went to the school for awhile since India was gonna come hang out. I failed at halfcab 50s for awhile. Had a few switch crook attempts that stuck, but felt good and posted up. There was one that grinded, but it dropped into willy. Had a couple sketchy front 5-0 180s out. Did a bunch of Cali grinds on a rough part of the curb to feed some stoke.

Then India decided to hang out with friends for awhile so I went to the mellow Valmont bank. It ended up being pretty fun. I started with shoves, bigspins, that kind of stuff. Kickflip fakie, b/s and f/s kickflip, fakie flip, halfcab flip, then started hucking cab flip. To my surprise I ‘got’ a few of them similar to above. Not to my surprise, they don’t really count. There was one however that worked out. A slower rotation and a lot more pivot, but the front wheels never went down and I’m saving it for Stubborns. Stoked! It was a fun feeling trick. I tried to clean it up even more, but gave up and started trying fakie tres instead. Never got my feet on that one and left tired. Guess I’m out of shape from working too much.

(setup 8.5 null perception deck, 5.8 venture black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, bones 51mm stf pj v1 wheels, new balance numeric 345 black/white size 12, adidas thin rubbery insoles)
(pain level 5/10 knee pain)

skate journal: short curb fest across the street before dark with ollie (oct 19, 2018)

Posted in Skate Journal on October 21st, 2018 by corpo

In the midst of an ~18 hour work day I broke out shortly before dark with Ollie to the school. We messed around for awhile doing our stuff. I felt extremely out of it and it took awhile before I could pop. Ollie had some solid ollies up the curb, 180s both ways off. He did some shoves, manuals, etc. After doing some 50s and stuff I went in on halfcab 50 which are my current challenge from Dave. As you can see I got incredibly close, but never quite landed it. Then it was back to work.

(setup 8.5 null perception deck, 5.8 venture black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, bones 51mm stf pj v1 wheels, new balance numeric 345 black/white size 12, footprints 5mm insoles)
(pain level 4/10 leg pain from sitting around so much)