skate journal: RiNo art park with Cass, Ladd, Gordon (march 29, 2026)
Met up with Cass, then Gordon and Ladd at the RiNo art park. We started near the ride on grind area. Cass got close to f/s grinds. I mostly dorked out a line of nose stall the middle ledge, switch front nose the lower one, switch 180, noseslide a bench. Ladd had some flippers into the handicap bank and was close to landing the ride on grind. Gordon some poppy nollies into the handicap ramp, close to the ride on grind and some cool manuals on the top bench. Cass had some solid front shoves off the low ledge and we suggested he take it to the nearby bit 3. So he did! What the heck. It was a tough battle, but he did it. After that Gordon’s back was too messed up to skate much. Ladd rattled off some tricks up/down the little stage. I think the highlight was kickflip up then nollie heel down. I did some slow crooks, sw noeslides and kickflips on the bank. I skated for a while trying to piece together something decent, but I never really did. Ladd took a cool photo of a crooks though which I’m hyped on. Thanks Ladd! Fun day. A little frustrated that another day went by without a treflip of any sort. Gotta work on that.
(setup 7/10 null 20 years 8.5/14.25, jessup ultra, thunder hollow lite 149, bones stf 52mm v1 103a, new balance numeric 440 wide highs black size 12 half insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 4/10)