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Message 9738 (30. Jun. 2009 02:03) (All next previous)

Sender:	claudine (videos by claudine) (pictures by claudine)
Subject:	Area 702 (Stop 4) Videos from today...or a
Content:	Well, didnt even get to skate today. Might have gotten fired today, not that this job matters at $7/hr. Its not fun for me now anyways and I leave work drained and stressed and miss out on all the good skate hours since I work in evenings when skateparks are open. But after that I drove to the skatepark for a stress release and it was closed for a skate camp. :`( Probably best as I was very angry and might have hurt myself seriously. I tried yesterday to drop in but the coping on the deep end you cannot lock onto. Its very, VERY low. (I really shouldnt be driving there but it rained here yesterday and was dry there and had to skate! And today I needed a stress release.) The platform though is at a slant so I would have to immediately lightly step onto the coping barely and jump in, wasnt ready for that as I like to clasp on for the first few times at a steeper distance. I like to feel balanced at first til I know the curve. I put a milk cate in my car today so for the first times I could lean a hand on it so I wouldnt slip in if I couldnt lock on. That seemed like a good solution. Sorry thats how I start out dropping in til I have lots of confidence. But the park was closed for the camp and I drove home. I was charged $51 today by work for bike labor (fuck, used to be free) so that takes my gas money and food money for a bit now. I tried. I have my kiddie park at least and making progress on stalls. But the weather/work/stress here, I havent been able to skate much more then twice a week. I didnt mention it but my bf left me too and this has been very hard on me. But if I'm fired I should have much more skate time. Wish there were at least a few inliners here to watch/learn since I'm frontstance. I have yet to see even one of those this sumer to learn from. I have yet to see a single vert skater live. I've never seen one my entire life. So I really appreciate your videos as this is my only means to learn. I was VERY angry today. I thought about it on the way home and think I could have risked some serious damage to myself being that angry so hopefully the worst is if I just got fired today. Thanks for asking, SOON. Tomorrow, I'll go when the park opens and hopefully before it rains as its supposed to rain ALL week this week. there is nothing much but the mini ramp so back to lip tricks for a bit. : Hey Claudine. : Sorry about the lack of decent bowls. That's one thing Vegas DOES have is decent parks. : I'm glad you liked the vids. I thought it was hilarious that I'm talking to you on camera to show you how it feels to sk8 vert, than after poating I see your thread about dropping vert for 1st time next day. : So??? Did you drop vert? Did you pump up to top 1st? : Inquiring minds wanna know!!! : Keep Rollin. PEACE....Jay : : : Hey again All, : : : I hope everybody's having a Great Weekend! I certainly am!It's only a month til RollerCon skatepark tour! And I'm STOKED about this year! 1st year for Biff! : : : For those of you who don't know, I'll be getting more Stoked as the weeks pass, so expect threads from jay about that. Hope I don't bore you guys to Tears! : : : My AWESOME wife (who actually replied to her 1st thread on the Forum today!) let me indulge myself at the skatepark for a couple hours. : : : Since, she had to stay home with our son, I had to get creative with some self-filming since I forgot my tripod. Some of the footage is wobbly, some I go out of frame occasionally, but the idea I had was to give you guys a real feel of Area 702 aka RollerCon 2009's Stop 4! : : : Let me preface this by saying sorry for my appearance. I recently had a medical issue that required a lot of stitches in my face. So.....you've been warned! LOL! : : : Alright, here we go.... : : : These 1st couple clips I'm just basically trying to show the park. I do narrate(babble) during all these (even the ones where I'm doing Skate-Cam) so you may want to have your volume up. : : : 1st a view of the Bowl & The Vert Ramp. I cross vert @ end of this clip: : : : : : : : : : : : : 2nd a look @ the Mini-Vert: : : : : : : : : : : : : 3rd a view of the more Eclectic parts of Area 702: : : : : : : : : : : : : Again, I just want everybody to see what this park's all about. It's not necessarily my favorite park in town, although some days it is! It's just that this is the park I've rented for our exclusive use on Saturday August 1. It's nice because it's indoors (in the 100's here) & they actually have cool air blowing in some spots! Also it's a really cool park with alot of cool elements. : : : OK. So now for some of the self-filming. : : : : : : Here I am in the Bowl. Again forgive the out of frame moments. What can I do?! The Bowl: : : : : : : : : : : : : Here I am on the Vert Ramp: : : : : : : : : : : : : And here I am on the Mini-Vert. Oh, all the clips here are from today EXCEPT this one. This mini-vert is so weird I wasn't able to set camera ANYWHERE to Self-Film, so this clip is from last month. Filmed by my boarder-buddy Ian, this was actually only my 2nd run on this ramp: : : : : : : : : : : : : OK. Now for the last bit of my session today. After viewing the self-filmed clips I decided I didn't LOVE the angles. So, as I was filming the Street-Course for you guys I decided I'd take a run on it Skate-Cam style. So, here's that clip: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : I liked that clip so I decided to take a Skate-Cam run on everything except the mini-vert. That ramp still scares me enough to NOT take my camera in for a run! Anyway, here's me doing Skate-Cam in The Bowl: : : : : : : : : : : : : And, lastly, here's Skate-Cam Vert-Style. And, Claudine, this one, as so many before, is for you, Honey. Don't know if you can learn from it, but you can definitely see what it's like to drop-in & catch a couple walls on a vert ramp. This one actually made my eyes hurt a bit watching it. Weird since I didn't have that reaction a couple hours ago when I was actually skating it! : : : : : : : : : : : : Anyway, everybody, thanks for bearing with me as usual. I hope you've found this entertaining, if not actually educational! LOL! : : : Seriously, I'm SO looking forward to RC. Seeing all my Old Friends, seeing my New Friends & hopefully MAKING even more new friends. : : : And, Vert is NOT Dead!!!!!!!!! : : : PEACE & LOVE from Sin City........... Jay : : : : : : : : : : : :
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