skate journal: square state went quickly (april 14, 2026)

On a cool night with rain threatening I went to Square State. Kyle, Nick and Brian were there skating. Justin and Will would arrive after a while. I did my warm up wallie nollie over the kicker. Got a kickflip up the euro which felt really fun. Then pretty much spent the rest of the session trying that silly line which I did get, but not on wax. I’m not sure why the kickflip was so hard to pop up 6″. I was happy to get a front slash on the tall qp though which I have never done before. Justin ripped the park. Was good to see he was human and took a few tries to do a 5-0 to fakie on the tall qp. The nosegrind was so perfect. Will had a nice back 50 then went in on switch flips up the euro. He got close a couple times, but that is not an easy approach switch.

(setup 5/10 8.25 null kaleidoscape, pepper cheap not so good grip, venture 5.6 v.8 hollow hangers ace bushings, 50mm spitfire f4 101a tablets, converse fastbreaks grey size 12 with half insole and currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 5/10 right foot is still bad)