skate journal: more campus exploring (dec 9, 2020)
Feeling a bit tired after some early morning callouts for work I went to campus on a slightly warmer night. I had thought of some lines I wanted to try, but ended exploring more. I started on the tiniest hip on campus and did a couple little tricks like front slash to fakie, nollie 270 and front 270 followed by a switch ollie up a tiny curb. Then I ended up in the parking lot by the rec center in what would be some really impressive sucking trying to back 180 or ollie up a weird curb from a rough brick section. Whatever though. I would get the ollie up onto the angled flagstone walkway then try to “gap” back 50 the base of a little fountain and gap back out. It was surprisingly fun. I tried to start by rolling off a little rock. But then settled on a line. Front shove on flat, back 50, kickflip on flat, ollie a little 4’ish flat gap. I got the line. It was fun even though the back 50 game to a halt and the gap out wasn’t very pretty. The first try ollie the flat gap felt good. Then I wandered around somehow finding new paths I’ve never seen before then ended up back at the rec center. I got a line there that made me happy. Ollie up the 2, ollie a little snow pile, turn around then heelflip, ollie the 3. I was hyped on how easily I was getting up the 2 and happy with the larger setup for that. The snow pile ollie right after the two stair was hard and felt almost like exercise trying to pop again so quickly. I got two heelflips. The first one was followed by a legit slam down the 3 stair. It’s one of those sets with the crack in front which shouldn’t matter for a 3 stair, but it made it hard for me. When I did get the ollie down the 3 my legs wanted to give out, I was so tired and squated low and held on for dear life. It was fun. I added a little nose stall shove jib on the step after. Last thing I made myself do 5 flip tricks at the art building. Since I had already done kickflip, bs flip and heelflip they were out. I would get fakie flip, varial flip, halfcab flip, fs halfcab flip and fakie bigflip. I got denied on halfcab heels, treflip, front heel, switch flip. I was also randomly close to a couple nollie bs flip. But when I got the sketchy fakie bigflip I called it and left for the night. Not quite as hyped on how I skated as the other night, but still happy to be motivated and trying to skate street more again.
(setup null 8.5 plant life, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8, venom 88a bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic shape, new balance numeric 212 blue/gum size 11.5, footprints elite mid kingfoam insoles)
(pain level 4/10)