skate journal: wilville fun with dave and carleigh (may 8, 2020)
After work on a nice Friday I rolled down to Wilville to meet Dave F and Carleigh. I arrived first and was warming up in the main area feeling really out of it. I had taken out the big washer to loosen up my trucks, but it made them way too loose. Another dude was in the area working on ollies and 180s. I don’t remember doing much of anything and even kickflips were a struggle. Carleigh and Dave showed at basically the same time. As did like 20 other dudes. We left them to the manny pad and hit the ledge and skinny bank area. We started by trying a flip trick then ride into the bank. Dave had kickflip easy. I tried to be cool with varial flip, but gave up and did kickflip. Carleigh worked her way up and dropped in. She had some nice kickflips. Then we lined the ledges. Carleigh had a rad front noseslide. Dave was looking like Chico starting lines with solid front shoves, boardslides, then was riding down the first skinny banks and trying to slide to fakie then ride down the second one fakie. So crazy. I did a tiny front board jib then ollied onto a ledge I’ve wanted to ollie onto for awhile. It did not come easy, but still felt cool. I came somewhat close to a line of fakie flip, halfcab flip, crooks, 360 flip. Dave almost front 50’d the narrow side. Then we went down to the rock area. I figured these guys would like it and they did. Both killed it. We started with drop in, worked up to the stairs and eventually all did some cool feeling lines. Carleigh ollied up the 2, ollied the 3s easy and even committed to a couple kickflips down the first 3. Dave did the a quick footed rollin, wallie, then ollied the 3s. I had ollie up the 2, heelflip, ollie the first 3, front 180 the second. It felt really neat, I was sketched by the first 3 so the 180 was a total huck and I was hyped to get lucky and roll away. Carleigh also did lines with the drop in then firecracker both sets of 3. Dave got a clean ollie up the first 3 and motivated me to get up it with the help of a little safety axle touch. I was still hyped though. Then we went to the round lurb. I was beat. Tried a couple 50s, but sat down. Carleigh got a 50 or two as well. Dave was charging and ollied on and rode around it. That was it for skating. Fun times keeping a distance with good friends.
(setup 8.25 null curby deck, venture 5.2 awake low trucks custom hollow cast baseplate, doh dohs 88a boardside bushing minilogo 94a roadside with flat washer, 51mm bones stf v1 wheels with 3 speed washers on the inside, new balance numeric 288s white/gum size 11.5, thin adidas insoles)
(pain level 4/10)