skate journal: garage flatground success with a new trick – cancel flip (feb 15, 2021)
After a nap and a tough day at work I went to the garage before dinner. I had seen this video and wanted to try some cancel flips. I hadn’t sone many exercises throughout the day so warming up wasn’t easy. I slammed pretty hard on a pop shove and got discouraged. So I went for kickflip and after a few of those I started hucking cancel flips. I could tell I wasn’t doing them quite right so I setup my phone to record in slow motion to get an idea of what I was doing. Then I landed it that try. I don’t know if it’s technically a cancel flip, but it starts to flip and I cancel it with the back foot so I think so? Anyway, it felt really cool and it was only like 10 tries. That never happens. I didn’t really feel like trying any more. I did fakie flip, b/s flip. I hucked halfcab heel for awhile, but didn’t land one. Then I went in on treflips. I was determined to not take as long to get my 3 treflip minimum. I got the first on in 9 tries which is longer than I wanted, but not terrible for me. Second one at 14 tries, 3rd at 23 tries. 3/23 is my best in a long time. I was left with more time and almost didn’t know what to do. So I hucked. I was very close to switch flips, not close to nollie heel, kinda close to nollie bigflip. Then I went in for dinner. Fun session. Landing a new trick in only a few tries felt incredible. As did getting a few treflips without losing my mind.
(setup 8.25 303 deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 cast baseplate v-hollow hanger, bones medium bushings, bones 52mm v1 stf 103a wheels, new balance numeric 212 b/w size 11.5/12, nike sb zoom air insoles)
(pain level 3/10)