skate journal: steamboat park in the morning (july 2, 2020)
Woke up early and the kids were still sleeping so I went skating. I arrived at a park I’ve never skated before on a crisp morning that would warm quickly. My bushings seemed frozen from being in the car overnight and never really loosened up. There were two people skating. One quiet girl mostly chilling in the bowl. And this younger dude fully charging like it was his last day to skate on earth. It was kinda awesome and inspiring. He was piling up cones, popping over 4 at a time from flat, ollieing out to manual on the bump to ledge (a typical feature by Team Pain that is way bigger than it should be). The park felt way smaller than I thought it would. Especially with hyper young guy in effect. He was pretty nice and left after about 30 minutes. I had the park to myself for awhile and kinda stuck in a rut of axle stall the parking block then flyout treflip fail. I tried so many times, I couldn’t do it. I did a few front tails on the short elevator ledge that felt cool even if I didn’t slide to start the line. I eventually gave up, tried several on flat, still couldn’t do one, couldn’t nollie tre either. I guess the bigger wheels were taking their toll, but I could not do one to save my life. I started to get really mad. I was able to ollie onto the tall ledge from flat as the one saving grace of the session. I couldn’t even do a front tail on the parking block. The little 3 foot qp would normally be pretty fun I suppose, but in the early sun it had a nasty shadow/glare that messed with me. After awhile a kid and has dad showed up. They were chill. The kid really liked how the park was basically just a flyout park. I continued to try treflip after treflip not really enjoying myself until I finally landed one. It was a relief, but not fun. Oh well, only another week of ‘a tre a day’.
(setup 8.3 null spanbauer pro deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 cast baseplate titanium hanger, bones medium bushings, bones stf 83b 54mm v5, new balance numeric 288s navy, no insoles)
(pain level 3/10)