skate journal: breezy dog park lunch (jan 22, 2020)
On a breezy day I went to dog park a little earlier than normal. Dave L was there, but not for long. Gonna have to start calling him Switch Dave though. His leg was hurting so he only skated switch, but man, he can skate switch good! Ollies over barrier, little metal ledge, switch manual, switch ollie onto the lower black step. All in one run. Then some high school kids showed up that were super gung ho, but pretty annoying never paying attention. I was sore, skating okay, not great. I had some front 50s quicker than I have in awhile, finally got over the crack near the north bench. Eric showed up after a minute and quickly did 50s, front tails. I was taking a few tries to get a fakie nosegrind. I tried a run for awhile of wallie the barrier, ollie the little kinked flatbar, nosegrind the lower step. Got kinda close. Had some funny ollies over the flat bar that were basically manuals somehow. Struggled with halfcab flips, back 50s. Posed some nollie bigflips and came somewhat close. I ended trying the Joe Hamilton on a cinder block bench. Never done it there before, but I got one and it felt pretty cool. Then it was back to work.
(setup 8.25 null abstract 6 deck, venture 5.6 cast baseplate/v-hollow axles, stock bushings, old 53mm bones v1 pj stf, jessup ultragrip, new balance numeric 306 foy white/gum size 12, nike sb zoom air insoles)
(Pain level 5/10)
After work I was feeling alright and then I noticed this new PJ remix. I pretty much flipped out and went right across the street to skate some flat. I attempted to warm up with some slappies. I was more sore than I wanted to be. But I had kind of a fun slappy line. Cali 5-0 down the curb, ollie off the curb cut, backside slappy. Going the other way I had a few front slappies and posed some nollie cabs off the curb cut. Then I went behind the school line out some flippers. But the pain was too much. I realized I’ve hit that vulc wall where my body hurts too much to commit to tricks. So I rolled home and put on some Westgates I had and went back to the flatground. They felt way less grippy, but the pain level was way down. Tried a line of fakie flip then fakie tre, never got close to fakie tre. Tried a bunch of switch heels and flips. Never committed to the heel, but it felt close. Definitely committed to switch flip and was thinking I’d get one. Nope. I hucked a few other tricks, but mostly went in on heelflips as it’s been so long since I’ve landed one. It took forever, but I got one and pushed right on home and put smaller trucks (8″ high) to make it easier on me next time I try flippers.