skate journal: foothills bank to curb fun with dave f (may 28, 2020)
Got out of work early and don’t have to work for 10 more days! Too bad I’m not getting paid for it. Anyway after working like 50 hours already this week it felt amazing to logoff early. Dave was in Boulder and I suggested the Table Mesa & Foothills bank to curb spot and Dave was into it. It was cool and cloudy when we started, but sunny and hot before long. Warming up was of course a battle. I had pulled out my Westgates from the closet as the next shoe I’d finish before being able to move on to new shoes. They felt great. We started with some slow boardslides and nose stalls to fakie and stuff. Normally we never touch the two stair, but this time around it was kind of the main attraction. I kind of got a manual on it. Also a boardslide onto it, but didn’t really ride out. Dave did some cool switch nose to front nose stalls. He also did front 50 transfer into the bank. So gnarly. I took forever to get a lipslide across the two stair, but when I did it was incredibly fun. I am not a lipslider so it felt extra cool. I messed around with some other lines and tricks, but nothing really happened. Dave was lining out a bunch of kickflips and shove and did a quick up onto the two stair to back 180 off. So sick. He would also get a quick up to back 50 which was the trick of the day. Fun session.
(setup 8.5 nolan null deck, ultra grip, venture 5.8 custom hollow cast baseplate titanium hangers, stock purple bushing bones top washer, 52mm spitfire green/yellow swirl classic 99a F4, new balance numeric 913 westgates b/w size 12, no insoles)
(pain level 2/10)