skate journal: am dog park before the snow (nov 20, 2019)
Out before work again on a cloudy day with snow supposedly coming later in the day. There was someone there when I arrived and for whatever reason it made the warm up go quicker. I got through the boardslides right away, but quickly noticed my legs were toast. The other dude left and I kind of posted up on the concrete bench to do a few tricks. I didn’t get too far before wanting to move on. I really wanted the front nosegrind. It took awhile to get into it and I got closer, but never got it. Argh. I had done a couple back 50s that were slow, but I finally was going fast enough to grind a little at least. My legs weren’t really feeling flip tricks. I did get a first try halfcab flip, but that was about it besides kickflip & fakie flip. Eric showed up looking like Miles Silvas on a cruiser board and quickly started ripping. My battery died so I stopped trying those tricks and cruised a bit, but quickly realized I was totally beat. I did get a halfcab noseslide to fakie. Eric had done front tails, 50’d the tall part of the black ledge, heelflips and ended on a wallie front 180 that was sick. Good seeing him.
(setup null 8.75 even horizon deck, venture 6.1 trucks, bones medium bushings, sml 53mm og wide wheels, new balance numeric 306 black/gum size 12, footprints gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 4/10)