skate journal: boulder park morning with fingerboarders (nov 19, 2025)

Posted in setup change, Skate Journal on November 19th, 2025 by corpo

On the way into work I stopped by Boulder park for a short one. Changed my setup again, same stuff, except Thunders. Infinitely better. Didn’t really get too caught up in much, first try front 50 on the bench made me happiest. Or a first try kickflip to fakie on the mound up top. Took a bit to get the bump to front 50. At one point a young teenager showed up and got his camera out and told me him and his friends were going to film a skit. It was pretty funny, they filmed him cruise around the park warming up and drinking coffee then into him fingerboarding when he got warmed up. Wish I would have gotten their channel because I bet it’s a funny clip.

(setup 6/10 null time warp 8.25, jessup ultra, thunder team hollow 148 t-ii bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a pink/green classic, strike mvmnt transit street trainer black/gum size 12 currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 6/10 sore from skating almost 3 hours the night before)

skate journal: long broomfield evening (nov 18, 2025)

Posted in setup change, Skate Journal on November 19th, 2025 by corpo

Was thinking of slacking, but Will wanted to hit Broomfield so we did it. I got there first. I had yet another setup change. 8.25 with indy titaniums. Initial feelings were that I would like it. At the park was leather jacket guy from paco the other day going 100mph trying to boardslide up the diy rail to 50 the parking block. He repeatedly slammed super hard and the parking block messed with the blurb approach. Oh well. I had some okay kickflip, fakie flip, halfcab flip I think all first try. But shortly after Will showed I went 0-20 on f/s halfcab heel. He on the other hand did a bunch of switch flip, maybe even 5 in a row at one point. I struggled on 50s on the black ledge, had one good feeling sw noseslide 270 shove. Will had the nosegrinds both way all good. Justin showed and was ripping so hard. Phoenix was there ripping nollie nose manuals or nosegrinds. I had some hurricanes on the bank to curb. Near the end Will did sw manual and sw nose manual on the blurb. Amazing. I tried a line of front 50, front slash the quartapotty, kickflip the parking block. Committed to the kf, but never got it. Then I spent like 30+ minutes trying a halfcab heel. I was not close for soooo long, but I did get a bad one eventually. I will say I waxed all my bushing, the pivot cup, everything and nothing would stop the Indys from squeeking incredibly loud. I really don’t like Indys, they just don’t work for me and feel so noodly.

(setup 2/10 8.25 indy titanium 144 52mm strike mvmnt size 12 currex runpro)
(pain level 5/10)