skate journal: more dog park after work this time with dan (july 1, 2026)

Posted in setup change, Skate Journal on July 3rd, 2026 by corpo

After a day of working on site and lots of sitting I went to dog park and got there the same time as Dan. We played a warm up game of no comply SKATE that was pretty fun. He won, but we both got quite a few tricks and it was fun. Then we kinda just focused on the lurb. He was trying 180 switch crooks and I was trying switch crooks. We both got some, but not great. I had put Ventures on my setup and meh, realize I just cannot flip an 8.5 anymore to save my life.

(setup 8.5/14.25 null purple archway, pepper g5, venture 5.8 v-cast bones medium bushings, 52mm bones x99 v1, new balance numeric 306 cup grey size 12 half 440 insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 5/10)

skate journal: dog park after work with paul and cupsoles (june 30, 2026)

Posted in New Deck, New Wheels, Skate Journal on July 3rd, 2026 by corpo

After working from home I went to dog park, Paul showed up around when I did. I had a new deck, new wheels and wore the Foy cupsoles. And boy did I suck and couldn’t feel my board at all. Did it help knee pain? Maybe a little. We skated the new miniramp for a while. Paul ripped it. I flailed like crazy, didn’t really land anything. Other than crooks on the ledges and one bad fakie bigflip there was nothing for me to be hyped on. Paul shredded the ledges like he does. Oh yeah, this dude showed up and skated pretty well, but had a dog chasing him the whole time barking. It was so distracting and annoying.

(setup 8.5/14.25 null purple archway, pepper g5, ace 55 af1 hollow, 52mm bones x99 v1, new balance numeric 306 cup grey size 12 half 440 insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 5/10)