skate journal: amazing low granite ledge spot with rollerbladers and a couple brief other spots in queens new york (sept 20, 2025)
On a cooler day I biked over to what seemed like a dream skate spot from the photos. And it was. Until a carload or rollerbladers showed up. They were nice and all, but it was weird. I skated this spot about an hour. Did not get far into my bag. Wanted to do more but was on limited time, wanted to hit some other spots and had lost patience sharing the spot with a bunch of rollerbladers. The front 50 shove out felt cool even if it’s a little kid trick. Came close to 5-0 shove out.
Hit the bank to curb briefly and could only muster some terrible front slashes and a little sw noseslide. I went over the nearby asphalt hump hip a couple times.
(setup 2/10 null 20 years 8.5/14.25, jessup ultragrip, indy forged hollow 149 with ace bushings, spitfire f4 99a 52mm pink/green classic, new balance numeric 440v2 wide navy size 12 half insole and currex runpro insole)
Pain level 4/10