skate journal: slappy fun with saul (april 24, 2019)
On a very nice night I went over to the slappy curb feeling lazy and to meet Saul. I couldn’t decide which size board to setup, but luckily I found an old 8.3 with a slightly cracked tail to mount up for now. I also put some old Spitfires on because pushing on that rough asphalt is hard on Bones. Slappies were working. Backside is so fun. Saul showed shortly after me. He was getting almost two sections. So amazing. We each had some okay frontside ones, but definitely not as locked in as backside. The slightly smaller board didn’t seem to flip any better. Maybe it’s the wider wheels. Maybe it just really doesn’t matter. I tried a few other slappies like switch crook, front crook, hurricane, but nothing really worked out. Saul had a nice slappy into the steeper curb cut. Also almost around the corner below. Fun mellow session.
(setup 8.38″ null lazer deck, venture ftc 5.8s, doh dohs bushings (blue 88a barrel boardside one, yellow 92a roadside) no boardside washer, spitfire f4 radials 52mm blue/yellow swirl wheels with all washers on the inside, new balance numeric 379 brown/gum size 12, rubbery lakai insoles)
(pain level 4/10)