skate journal: wilville flatground sucking with a new phone (march 17, 2021)
On a nice day I had taken care of one of my biggest chores of the week which was to buy a new phone. I went to Wilville armed in cupsoles and found some dry concrete. I had some old 288S shoes. I don’t like them and they reminded me quickly why. Somehow they don’t flip boards well. I warmed up with some basics. At first I was on a slight hill and some wavy concrete. I struggled for everything and yes I literally hit my phone with the board on the second halfcab flip attempt which was the first thing I filmed. I had gotten a first try backside flip which made me happy, but it was too ugly to post. I struggled with treflip and fakie bigflips too. I would land both, but they were also too ugly to post. Then I got annoyed with all the cars rolling through so I went closer to the building. I was trying nollie tres when some skater looking dude walked up. It was Jack! Ha ha. I seriously didn’t recognize him walking up with flowers in hand to deliver. Cracked us up. I would get the nollie tre before he finished the delivery. That was the one highlight, getting that in around 10 tries. Then I took 25 minutes to get the sketchy halfcab heel. Not my finest day and I hate the 288s, but I must admit I was in less pain than the day before.
(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 288S maroon size 11.5 no insoles)
(pain level 4/10)