skate journal: campus struggles on that darn flagstone ledge (june 2, 2022)
Went to campus on a gorgeous evening after work. I started on the slappy curb and did a few crooks. Then I lined out nollie front lip a parking block, manual the little median, slappy crooks before going down to that evil flagstone ledge. Flip tricks were going somewhat alright. I had 3 halfcab flips in a row and landed on a nollie varial flip. But mostly I didn’t land anything. I had the goal of ollieing onto the ledge then dropping into cali grind on the edge of the sidewalk. I thought it would happen pretty quick, but instead I would never successfully ollie up the ledge. It was maddening and threw me directly into setup madness. I left before getting too upset. Took way too long to do one little accidental 5-0 on the ledge off the step. Then struggled to kickflip into the long mellow downhill across from the stadium. Then I went home bummed.
(setup 8.25 null burnout stumpy, jessup pj ultragrip, venture 5.6 v-hollow cast plate royal bushings, bones 52mm slims 99a stf, new balance numeric 272 green 11.5 half 272/425 insoles)
(pain level 4/10)