skate journal: early morning pop training fizzle out (nov 10, 2019)
Posted in Skate Journal on November 11th, 2019 by corpoUp early on a Sunday I had limited time to skate so I went to dog park. After skating with so many rippers the day before and being blown away by their pop I wanted to push myself a little. I had hoped for a solo session, but there were a couple of people there when I arrived at 8am. Oh well. I started on the tiny box doing a couple manuals and a few ledge tricks. Even a slow front disaster which I haven’t tried in forever. Then I tried some stuff on the low step ledge. I couldn’t get over the top back 50s, but I did get a couple slow back 50s using my 90 degree angle I always use. I had done a couple flippers. Halfcab flip felt good. I had tried some lines like front 50 the narrow low ledge then ollie the wallie barrier. I got over it a bunch of times, but never without a slight back wheel bonk. Argh. I tried it for awhile and it tired me out. I also tried a few weak attempts at front 50 the middle top step. Not even close. I did have one of the best crooks I’ve done on the regular side. Well, at least I think it was a crooks. But seeing clips lately I seem to do more of a weird pinched willy grind. I stopped skating sooner than I needed to because I was exhausted and lost all drive. Not hyped on how I skated.
(setup 8.3 null collage deck, jessup grip, venture 5.6 trucks, old 53mm bones stf PJ v1 wheels, venom 88a bushings (no boardside washer), new balance numeric 306 black/gum size 12, footprints gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 5/10)