skate journal: sunday garage flatground then some unihill obsession (oct 18, 2020)
On a cold morning with drizzle I was up early and feeling alright. I wanted to skate some flatground so I went into the garage. I listened to Psychic Flowers then Fluung on the old boombox. I took a bit before I would even consider a flip trick. And once I did it took like 10 tries to land a kickflip. Ugh. Although after that I did get my 5 in a row. Fakie flip first try. B/s flip took a bit. Heelflip even longer. Then I hucked back heel for and had a couple close one. Hucked switch heel and switch flip for awhile without being close. Nollie flips were the lat huck and they were close. I didn’t get my feet on one, but they were right there on a few.
Later on I went to the same school as the day before with and obsession of linking the new ledge to the flagstone bench. It took some effort and was a mental challenge to overcome the pain I was in to try the front 50. But I would eventually get a few of them, but my legs were shot and I would splat the 4 stair landing. Argh. I mixed in a few crooks here and there, but mostly did front 50s to start the line. The ledge is much harder to hit than it looks. The approach is uphill both sides and it’s a narrow sidewalk. I would eventually get the line though. I was gonna leave, but decided to document the pieces of it for my adoring journal fans. I would love to get more comfortable ollieing onto that bench and nose manual it. But for now just ollieing onto it was very scary to me. I have a fear of hanging up on ledges that aren’t long. Oh well, it was a fun day. I look forward to skating in less pain. Hopefully soon.
(setup 8.38 null plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 titanium with cast baseplate, stock bushings no big washer, 52mm bones stf 103a v1, new balance numeric 212 b/w size 12, nike sb zoom air insoles)
(pain level 6/10)