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Repossessed to skate – Session 22
Repossessed to skate is the name I’ve given my activity of learning and practising how to skate (again), specifically in the context of ongoing sessions at local skateparks. I’m relearning how to skate so I can show my kids how to skate. Repossessed to skate is about having fun, learning new-old tricks that interest me and persevering. Session description Returned to mini-ramp in hope to repeat and improve on previous sessions – still dreaming about grinding the coping. Ramp wet with moisture from night’s cold weather. Took it easy. Session a little underwhelming. Fakies and kickturns without real power and with much restraint. Spent a bit of time waxing the grind…
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Grind rail wax – Usage
Putting the grind rail wax I produced yesterday to good use, by waxing the concrete slab located on the lip of the bowl at Lewis Road skatepark.
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Grind rail wax – Production
For some weekend, fun I decided to create my own skate wax to apply to concrete curbs for super-smooth grinds, slappies, nose slides and board-slides. I melted down some partially used candles and combined it with cooking oil at 1:2.5 and let it cool.
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Repossessed to skate – Session 21 – WASHOUT
Repossessed to skate is the name I’ve given my activity of learning and practising how to skate (again), specifically in the context of ongoing sessions at local skateparks. I’m relearning how to skate so I can show my kids how to skate. Repossessed to skate is about having fun, learning new-old tricks that interest me and persevering. Session description Too much rain made it impossible to skate today. A washout.
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Repossessed to skate – Session 20
Repossessed to skate is the name I’ve given my activity of learning and practising how to skate (again), specifically in the context of ongoing sessions at local skateparks. I’m relearning how to skate so I can show my kids how to skate. Repossessed to skate is about having fun, learning new-old tricks that interest me and persevering. Session description Returned to mini-ramp in hope to repeat and improve on previous session. Still sore from slam. Session a little underwhelming. Fakies and kickturns without real power and confidence.
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Repossessed to skate – Session 19
Repossessed to skate is the name I’ve given my activity of learning and practising how to skate (again), specifically in the context of ongoing sessions at local skateparks. I’m relearning how to skate so I can show my kids how to skate. Repossessed to skate is about having fun, learning new-old tricks that interest me and persevering. Session description Strong session on the mini-ramp. Built some great momentum with combination of fakies and kickturns (approach in the transition on an angle) just below the coping. I thought I was almost going to make a backside grind on the spine. Unfortunately, my rear truck hung up on coping during fakie and slammed…
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Skate Status 5
@TwelveBoards Reporting in. Ramp dry. Feeling good. My goal this morning is to grind the coping. #RepossessedToSkate pic.twitter.com/V3aXwiHZwG — Rowan Peter 📡🛠🛹❤🤘 (@rowan_peter) March 20, 2015
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Repossessed to skate – Session 18
Repossessed to skate is the name I’ve given my activity of learning and practising how to skate (again), specifically in the context of ongoing sessions at local skateparks. I’m relearning how to skate so I can show my kids how to skate. Repossessed to skate is about having fun, learning new-old tricks that interest me and persevering. Session description Rained out by last night’s showers. No skating today. @TwelveBoards No skating the mini-ramp this morning after last night's rain. Damn. #RepossessedToSkate pic.twitter.com/H2R5Yjmxhk — Rowan Peter 📡🛠🛹❤🤘 (@rowan_peter) March 14, 2015 @rowan_peter drop in to ours, it's always dry — Twelve Board Store (@TwelveBoards) March 14, 2015 @TwelveBoards Thanks. If only I…
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Skate Status 3 and 4
@TwelveBoards Mini-ramp is still beating me, for now. #RepossessedToSkateSkate pic.twitter.com/XBhQ3HACjk — Rowan Peter 📡🛠🛹❤🤘 (@rowan_peter) March 13, 2015 @TwelveBoards No skating the mini-ramp this morning after last night's rain. Damn. #RepossessedToSkate pic.twitter.com/H2R5Yjmxhk — Rowan Peter 📡🛠🛹❤🤘 (@rowan_peter) March 14, 2015 @TwelveBoards Thanks. If only I could. I've seen, but have never skated that plywood masterpiece at your shop! One day I will. — Rowan Peter 📡🛠🛹❤🤘 (@rowan_peter) March 15, 2015
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Repossessed to skate – Session 17
Repossessed to skate is the name I’ve given my activity of learning and practising how to skate (again), specifically in the context of ongoing sessions at local skateparks. I’m relearning how to skate so I can show my kids how to skate. Repossessed to skate is about having fun, learning new-old tricks that interest me and persevering. Session description I skated the mini-ramp and pumped strongly for fakies and backside kickturns just below the coping. The front and rear trucks are just about to clip the coping on my fakies. Holding back after last week’s heavy slam and week of walking in discomfort. I really need to blast the transition and…
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Repossessed to skate – Session 16
Repossessed to skate is the name I’ve given my activity of learning and practising how to skate (again), specifically in the context of ongoing sessions at local skateparks. I’m relearning how to skate so I can show my kids how to skate. Repossessed to skate is about having fun, learning new-old tricks that interest me and persevering. Session description Once the sun had risen, I skated the mini-ramp and pumped strongly for fakies and backside kickturns just below the coping. The front and rear trucks are just about to clip the coping on my fakies. Slammed pretty hard a number of times, injuring my knee with a sideways slam on the…
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Repossessed to skate – Session 15
Repossessed to skate is the name I’ve given my activity of learning and practising how to skate (again), specifically in the context of ongoing sessions at local skateparks. I’m relearning how to skate so I can show my kids how to skate. Repossessed to skate is about having fun, learning new-old tricks that interest me and persevering. Session description Returned to the flatland and skated the car park of the local light-industrial estate, building endurance by pushing long and hard, practising ollie exercises over the lines of car positions and slash-grinding the exposed concrete edges. Also practised the shoves for the shove-it and managed to shove them all cleanly 180°, but…
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