Its completely irrational really, I ‘know’ most of the locals and have been skating there a couple of years now. Just always the fear of it being a scoot and blade fest and even if it is busy like that they’re really all sound. As it turned out a couple of the Telford lads were up tonight - they’re always a good laugh and great to skate with.
Nothing notable but got my first front 5-0 sort-of popped out on the ledge and I’d held it for a bit too, which made my night. A few months back I completely had the fear of them after a couple of nasty slip out slams a few years back, so its taken a lot to get myself over that.
I remember you writing about that. Glad you got it, overcoming your fears is one of skateboarding’s biggest rewards. Very good for the soul. Nice one mate!
Out tonight, busy, eat shit slipping out, then slipped out again within 5 mins Really knocked me sideways so I just chilled out a little. Next out Saturday then a nice week break as the park is shut.
Got broke off within 10 minutes again, 3 slams within 3 days. Axle stall on a 4ft and fuck knows what went wrong, just went straight into the floor
Great skate despite new shoes, and a good laugh. Struggling to move now. Looking forward to this week off, might try some of the exercises that Dan Spinks (anti fragile guy) puts on Instagram/his app. Now off to the freezer to grab an ice pack, my knee is swole.
Yes indeed. I always do that now. But for years I did it the other way, with my back wheel locked against the coping on the toe side, and I pushed against the coping on the way in rather than slipping down off of it. No idea why - I just learned it that way, I think.
Even now I still lock right up against the coping now for frontside axle stalls.
backside i will lock my back foot’s heel against the coping. if i miss that lock i’ll shuffle the truck forward to lock the heel before dropping in
frontside its the same thing but backwards. lock the heel against the coping as a pivot point. i’ve tried going in frontside off of the toe before and it feels like you’re asking to hangup
Really knocked me sideways so I just chilled out a little. Next out Saturday then a nice week break as the park is shut.
