skate journal: flatground in front of the house then dog park with dave (march 18, 2021)
Went out in front of the house with nothing else to do to skate some flatground. I had some new shoes. New Balance 22. I thought I liked vulc, but not so sure about these. Anyway, I skated somewhat okay except when it came to treflips. I had gotten most of my normal tricks. Kickflip, fakie flip, halfcab flip, f/s halfcab flip, heelflip, b/s flip, varial flip, fakie varial flip, fakie bigflip, f/s halfcab heel. I got stuck on treflip and halfcab heel. I was so close on so many treflips, but never landed one. Argh.
Then Dave called and said he’d be off work and to meet him at dog park. There was a lot more puddles than it looks. Dave’s initial challenge was a 4 trick line using the features at hand. I don’t think he actually got one. But I did. Ha. Crooks, noseslide, boardslide, back 180 the parking block. Dave started doing really good front 50s on the new bench. Then front 180 out and body varial out. So good. He also had some front 5-0s on the end of the long bar. A kid came and was super hyped on skating and kept going right behind us. Dave and I were annoyed. Normally I don’t speak up , but this kid was too much. We hashed it out. I think I bummed him out, but at the same time I think he chilled out and was more fun to skate with. He was ripping. He did front crooks on the new bench, then the big bench and then to shove out on the new bench. I did some of the better feeling crooks on the tall bench I’ve done, some accidental 5-0s on the cinder block ledge. Hit my nuts really bad on halfcab heel noseslide poses on the cinder block. It hurt enough that I thought I might puke. That would be the first of my real pain. I wanted to be as cool as Dave (never gonna happen) and learn front 50 body varial out. I started trying them on the little ledge. Dave was trying front smith. He would win of course and go on to doing back 50 body varial. I had two more solid slams than what’s seen above. My phone had turned off. I would never get the front 50 body varial. It was so frustrating and I slammed so hard multiple times trying. Dave would get the front smith and the back 50 body varial. I eventually gave up and then watched Dave trying slappy crook to front crook transfer. It’s seriously amazing. He kind of got it, but you know Dave, he’s a perfectionist. I look forward to seeing a totally perfect one. I went home so incredibly sore.
(setup 8.25 null spanbauer deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 cast baseplate v-hollow hanger, bones medium little bushing ace big bushing, spitfire f4 52mm tablet 99a, new balance numeric 22 red/yellow size 12, nike sb zoom air insoles)
(pain level 5/10)