Out for an hour and a half tonight. Had the park to myself for the last 30 minutes after one of the young lads I see about wrecked himself on a 270 lip and went home.
Nothing new although did see about getting into back tails and that was a quick ‘nope’. Decided to work on a consistent back 5-0 first as a confidence builder. Need a dry curb really. And my front tails just arent happening so wtf am I actually thinking anyway 
Don’t scoop your ollie. Ollie and once you’re higher than the curb or ledge, rotate. This will make locking in easier and more efficient. Oh and keep your shoulders parallel to the ledge, it’s all in the hips. Have all your weight on your back foot and over the ledge too.
Really tried to get out for a roll yesterday but no dice because of weather, so went spot hunting instead
It’s the backside rotation I can’t get into my head despite now having a solid back 180. Hard trick nonetheless, and likely I really need to put back 5050’s waaay more into my sessions than I do for the parallel shoulder thing. Main thing is I made the effort and tried a couple 
And no matter what I do, it’ll never look good as a Carroll one 
Doing a backtail is not like doing a back 180 at all. See it as doing a backside 5-0 with your upper body but twist your hips for the backtail, if that makes sense. Work on them, they feel reeeeeeally good.
Pretend you’re a He-Man toy and swivel those hips while keeping the torso the same. ollie, swivel and jab that tail onto the ledge. This technique will give you short slides to start with.
How people do them at speed with insane amounts of wax is crazy scary.
Yeah I just can’t control my slide if the ledge is too slick.
Also approach super close to the ledge. Like really close. And get loosey goosey. You want to be popping over the ledge and placing yourself on it, not popping your back leg directly on the fucker IMO. If you do that you’ll leave your board behind. Much easier with loose AF trucks as well.
Just over an hour. Did some ok stuff. Happy days.
Went for a backside Ollie over the hip which I don’t normally do, flopped my bail and landed on my tail running the rail up my shin. Happy days.
Had a quick roll around this morning before work. Got a fakie ollie to switch front crook. Bit slow and sketchy but I’ll take it. Not done one of them in about 20 years.
Love that trick
New park in Barnsley - gonna hit that on Sunday. Third weekend in a row (not filmed anything yet though 
This looks ace definatly on my summer hit list. Any idea who built it ben?
I think it might be bendcrete
Wow, they’ve upped their game. Imagine that’d be a lot of fun when it’s quiet.
Had two hours at the little Holyhead park today, first proper outdoor session of the year too. Real picturesque views of Holy Island from here!
Whilst its dry been skating the local curb spot after work me and my mate first good session, then a few more people came out the next day then finished early at work so did a quick 40 minutes this evening…that’s my last 3 days.
That looks like a DIY in a good way.
Went skating eat shit doing a fast f/s powerslide when warming up. Now got bruised arse and a ruined jumper
Right? Lots of little hand-finished bits, so it does feel quite DIY. The quarter at the end is surprisingly whippy, and the little ledge almost cropped out on the left hand edge is a lot of fun!
