I’m going to try Soul grinds I’m going to commit to jumping on this time and if it sounds like I’m a little nervous about that it’s because I am so uh let’s get out there it’s not sliding at [Applause] all is [Applause] f well that sucked my shoulder hurts quite
A bit I awkwardly put my hand back when I fell I had absolutely zero confidence I don’t know what the deal is when it comes to doing Soul tricks I completely freeze up when I’m moving towards the ledge as you can see I could stall it
Almost every single time but but man as soon as I get moving I start like getting in my own head that it’s it’s not going to slide and that I’m going to stick to the ledge and just go flying forward and I think that might have been a legitimate fear considering that that
Ledge wasn’t sliding at all and it was all rusted up even after I waxed the hell out of it I don’t know the the whole park was wet so I thought that would probably help with the sliding but it didn’t seem to make a difference not
That I was even really getting into it I was able put to slide a few times stepping on but even then I noticed that it wasn’t quite like I wasn’t gliding on top of the ledge like when I was stepping on the other ledge that was
Behind me last time I tried souls and last time the park was completely dry this time that ledge was soaked it was like completely covered in water like pooling on top of the ledge cuz it’s all like bowed out I don’t know obviously that’s a BMX park so it’s kind of rough
For roller blades but I figured I’d be able to to handle that ledge but I just couldn’t I think I might have to learn Soul grinds on my rail even though everybody seems to consider rails scarier and more dangerous honestly to me they don’t feel that way I feel like
If I miss on the rail I can at least put my feet to either side and save myself a little bit or if I slam I’m likely not going to hit the rail because it’s you know small but when I’m thinking about the ledge I always feel like I’m just
Going to land awkwardly on the ledge and like break my arm or my shoulder or something it’s I’m I’m so in my head about these Soul grinds man I came into this with so much confidence and then as soon as I got to the skate park I lost it
All but I do need to focus more on just overall riding I’ve kind of been tunnel visioned with grinds when it comes to inline so I did get a pair of rollerblade RB 110s they’re coming in the mail I assume in the next couple days and I’m going to be spending a lot
More time outside just riding around Urban skating around my neighborhood just to get more comfortable cuz I right now really the only time I’m skating is on my way up to doing a grind and leaving the grind so I’m not really skating that much right now at least
When I first got the aons I spent a few days at the track skating but as soon as I tried my first front side grind I’ve been basically addicted to grinding and I think I might be getting a little bit ahead of myself it’s not
That I can’t get a so grind I probably could if I kept trying it just would be safer for me to be better overall skater before really committing to learning all these grinds it’s just I feel more comfortable jumping up on the rail and then Landing sideways like a skateboard
I’ve spent so much time skateboarding in my youth that balancing sideways is more comfortable than landing on something with my shoulders straight and sliding forward which is weird but that’s really how I feel right now and uh yeah that’s way too much talking I will see you guys next time
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