Ace, my neck of the woods.
How was Arena? I went last weekend to find the travellers in the car park had covered the whole park in gravel. Steered clear this weekend and went to Paignton instead.
The Building Crew at Bournbrook (shout out Tom!) were doing repairs to the other end of the park in preparation for the Skate Jam in a couple of weeks.
You could only get to these quarters yesterday - which are much tighter and scary than they look!
Did a couple of personal nbd moved on them that I was stoked about including this back d.
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Ahh shit should’ve hit you up for a skate! Been staying at my mates in Totnes, driving back shortly
Arena was sound, car park was rammed but for an athletics event not full of travellers, park was fairly tidy as well
Down again start of July but staying in Ilfracombe, going to try get to Bideford park at some point
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How close are you to Brixham?
About an hour, I’m in Plymouth.
If your in Brixham your 20 mins from parkfield in Paignton or Kingsbridge’s new park both are worth hitting up
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Ah good to know, I drove through Totnes yesterday to skate park field
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Broke the seal and got in a quick 40 mins at the local indoor and then spent 90 minutes talking about skating to Si who runs it along with Jess.
Nice to get back onto my board even though nothing special was ever going to happen ha.
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And again fuckos. Hour down the local. Self filmed some bits just to try and push a little….ewwww, not good. Not skated much since Feb and flying towards 47. That’s my fucking excuse 
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Quick hour and a half down the local. Good session after a shaky start. My legs are so weak. Gonna try and get an early morning solo session at Stoke Plaza on Friday.
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How early is early? I’ve got to go to Kidsgrove on Friday. I could call in on the way.
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Probably 9am ish after the kids have gone to school, done by 10 I reckon as I’m away for the weekend in the caravan.
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Went for a skate last night for an hour at Millhouses skatepark in Sheffield. Felt like Penny doing frontside flips in my hiking boots 
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Got a cold or something, feel like shit, didn’t go skating today but drove to Lausanne anyway and dropped a massive box full of boards, trucks and wheels my mates are gonna take to Senegal this weekend. Hyped.
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Beautiful moment tonight.
We were skating in a lovely street in Cardiff that has a little granite ledge/curb. It’s got perfect surface, the ledge is really fun to skate, the street is tree lined and the evening was warm.
The street has a fair amount of pedestrian traffic, but most people enjoy the skateboarding, film it, smile, the student girls giggle coquettishly at the handsome 40+ warriors slappy nosesliding with style.
Into this scene arrives a 50 something Karen with her doting partner. She’s not moving, she’s holding her ground of course. A strong serious lady like this won’t bend course for skateboarders, she’s a pedestrian and she knows her rights. Scowling and dismissive she steers a course through the skateboarders, and passing me, thinking she’s out of earshot, she says to her husband ‘Middle aged men! Skateboarding!!’.
It was so perfect. I wish it had been caught on camera it would have been the ultimate intro to a rad-dad video. I can honestly say it made my night.
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Went for a little push after work today… first time in a month or so. There were some little rippers there today all young and really good.
My usual near empty bag of tricks was nowhere to be seen and I felt old and rusty - almost like Gtr in that clip of him trying to skate street (but without the tantrums and dark bit that followed).
Perked up a bit eventually, but still a bit put out by it all.
Need some static kerb action asap to cleanse.
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Surely that’s mission accomplished?
Last minute skate this afternoon at Ramp 1, good to get out on an unexpected session especially as now kids are off school so who knows when I will be out again. Made ( I wouldn’t say learned ) a new trick on the flat bank, admittedly with a toe drag which I just couldn’t get clean but will take it. Trying to actually learn more new stuff recently, feels good.
Was going to try and get a better crook on a ledge, but I ended up in a trick battle for an hour and a half or so, everything seems to take so long at 48.
Now putting the kids to bed whilst trying to ignore my ankle where my board kept hitting the exact same place. Then it’s time for beer and the Brain Drain show.
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Ahh nice. Didn’t think you were 48! It’s hard work isn’t it? 
Did an hour and a half last night, spent a bit of time getting into but not out of crooks. If I get one tomorrow I’ll have definitely earnt it!
Not been to R1 for a few years, good park. Shame they ditched the bowl really.
Ha, yeah I get that a lot but yeah 48 I am, good genes.
You can get the crooks, the hardest part for me was getting right on top of it so it properly locks in, although mine slops out, but pressure nollie it out like a crack nollie makes sense.
You’ve got this.
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Haha, yeah, its the pop out from the ledge which is getting me. Oh well - trying again later so fingers crossed.
