skate journal: dog park embarrassing myself trying hard flailing (march 31, 2026)
After work I stopped by dog park. It was a little cooler out, I guess seasonal instead of the heat wave we’ve had. The park was empty when I arrived, but would very quickly get heated with some rippers. I felt old af. Like I shouldn’t be there at all. I stuck with it though, really didn’t get beyond my basics. Front 50 the bench, halfcab noseslide, struggled with crooks, really struggled with flip tricks. Talked to Matt for a while. Skated more, the majority of the youth left. There was one dude left and he skated in such a cool way doing really good lines with planned flip tricks. Sw back heel was so cool, treflips. I tried a bunch of treflips and landed none of them. This entry is making me more bummed now that I’m writing it as I really didn’t do anything beyond ultra basic for me.
(setup 5/10 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)