skate journal: mosquito beach diy in long island city new york (sept 16, 2025)
Felt very out of it. Skated very bad and had no confidence. Had park mostly to myself until a dude Mark showed up (it’s funny because after I went back I watched the Asics video and he was in it). I had taken forever to do some basics like noseslide to fakie the bank to ledge. Couldn’t front 50 the bank to ledge. Eventually got a line of rock fakie, fakie flip on flat, sw front nose the ledge. Hated my Indy’s. Took too long to do a front slash the tiny vert qp then kickflip on the bank. Lastly took even longer to backside flip the hip. Like so long. 30+ minutes. Was losing my mind, wanted to quit skateboarding.
(setup 1/10 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 6/10