I will definitely agree with whoever made the statement about personal edits – I gets ya pumped up and its really nice to look back at them. I gotta finish my 2021 edit, it almost done. More of the same!
I had made that comment a few pages back about tripods and skaing alone – It was misunderstood – just meant to say that I go to the skate spot solo – not much of a crew to skate with, but yes, linking up with random kids at the spot is lots of fun. Without skateboarding, there is no reason why some 20 year old (or whatever age kid) would talk to me, but when Im on a board, we can kinda bro down and just talk about anything, a nice change! I have limited time to skate, and like certain spots over others so I just do my thing – don’t get me wrong, would love to skate with others, but its very hard to piece together at times so I end up solo skating – Ive gotten used to it…
Tripod filming is kinda neat as I don’t have to bother someone to film me – kinda of embarrassing to ask at times, but we’re all guilty of it at one point or another. I always have a hard time getting good angles with the ol tripod – scared of getting it to close to the ledge – don’t wanna break my Iphone. I have an old go Pro, use that quite a bit, its hella tuff and can take the abuse. I should prob try to figure out which is the best angle for frontside vs backside tricks, one day.
Thinking of a skate trip this year. Hit the big ol 45 and never really travelled much for skating so I’d says its kinda now or never. Ive been on a few solo snowboard trips and its been a blast. Skating’s a little different though… Anyone here ever go on solo skate trips? Im not sure where to go, most prob somewhere in the US, maybe SF, kinda cliché and all but looks pretty neat. I imagine the vibe situation there could be kinda high but what are you goona do. Id love to skate those ledges at the pier – just to be there for a day would be really something. Pulaski plaza would be neat too. Those ledges look like tons of fun. Any suggestions?
Saw a quote online the other day, really resonated with my skating…”The triumph cannot be had with the struggle”. And man do I struggle at times!!! I think I honestly prob tried at least 200 b/s 180 fakie nosegrinds last summer – managed to snag 2, and holy cow did they feel good!!