skate journal: some random boulder spots mostly banks (april 25, 2026)
On my 28th anniversary I had a couple hours to skate and chose to hit some random street spots. Kind of had no idea, but just wanted to head out to Araphoe and find something different. And I got lucky finding a new spot. But wow it was weird. steeper concrete bank, mellow asphalt hump. I don’t know it was really hard to find a way to skate it. I did try a line for a while of a flatground fakie flip then the switch nose jib then varial flip after riding down the bank. Didn’t get the varial flip, but the fakie flip was a struggle so I moved on. The kickflip onto the upper level was way harder than I thought it would be. Took me quite a while. Then I went to the next spot. Did a couple basic stalls and the b/s flip. Did a few weird front 50s on a curb nearby that were not cool or fun. Then a nose slide at a nearby angle iron spot that could probably be waxed up and better than it is. My right foot was really hurting by the end. Fun day though, fun night with the Mighty LZA.
(setup 6/10 8.3 keyhole 2, cheap pepper grip, venture 5.8 v8 titanium hanger ace bushings, 53mm snot franky wheels 99a, strike mvmnt transit street trainer black/gum size 12)
(pain level 7/10)