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Managed to convince myself to skate at 08:30 this morning. Totally worth it.
I took a different board today, the Mindless Octopuke complete with the 55mm/86a's on it. Last time the Gen-X old school deck was annoying being directional, and the park was just too small for the big gummy AWOL's. Too much grip, too awkard. Today I also brought the quad skates to try, but spent the entire time on the Octopuke.
Had the place to myself 30 mins until a couple of similarly-aged guys came along. Both very capable, taking it easy and doing their thing.
It's a very small park and a little difficult to just flow and roll. Big achievement today was getting my speed and confidence up to complete an entire run in a loop. That's a first. Then I managed to loop around a couple of times or more before stamina was lacking.
I'm not dropping in from the taller ramps, but I'm getting there. Today was about getting over the two woops and maintaining momentum, get it going around.
Started to feel more natural and less scary but I'm still going so slowly that my lack of speed is my greatest enemy. Felt great to grab the side of the board and try to lean around on the low part of the quarter pipes and ramps and just push through.
I stayed for a further hour or so and left on a high, with that niggly "just one more run" in my head. Ideal moment to avoid pushing further and hurting myself with only wristguards on.
Once home I straight away grabbed that Gen-X and skated into town for a coffee.
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