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Mediocre skateboarding | Incidental birdwatching.
I intended to skateboard at JSP on Saturday. Weather was warm so I skated the driveway instead. It was fun until a thunderstorm hit. I did some frontside 50-50s, railslides, 43s, tailslides, a noseslide, and a jump ramp ollie. It's possible a robin or a red-winged blackbird was around the yard.
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I intended to skateboard at JSP on Saturday. Weather was warm so I skated the driveway instead. It was fun until a thunderstorm hit. I did some frontside 50-50s, railslides, 43s, tailslides, a noseslide, and a jump ramp ollie. It's possible a robin or a red-winged blackbird was around the yard.
The rain and wind finally let up so I got skateboarding at the park after work on Friday. The lights are on, but I didn't have time to stay due to dinner. I cruised around and got a few boardslides, frontside sliders, fakie ollies, tailslides, and a 43. I saw a couple of crows at lunch.
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The rain and wind finally let up so I got skateboarding at the park after work on Friday. The lights are on, but I didn't have time to stay due to dinner. I cruised around and got a few boardslides, frontside sliders, fakie ollies, tailslides, and a 43. I saw a couple of crows at lunch.
Saturday was rainy. I went skateboarding at Jamestown Skateboard Products. They are decorating the park to look like a combo of the Great Northern and the Black Lodge. I skated like somebody who hadn't skated in a week. It was cool to see the regulars rip it up. I saw a red-tailed hawk on the drive.
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Saturday was rainy. I went skateboarding at Jamestown Skateboard Products. They are decorating the park to look like a combo of the Great Northern and the Black Lodge. I skated like somebody who hadn't skated in a week. It was cool to see the regulars rip it up. I saw a red-tailed hawk on the drive.
It’s been rainy and very windy the last few days so I haven’t gotten to skateboard at all. There’s also the needlessly early sunsets to contend with as well. I haven’t seen much in the way of birds either. I think a couple days off are fine, but I'm also bored with being stuck inside.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It’s been rainy and very windy the last few days so I haven’t gotten to skateboard at all. There’s also the needlessly early sunsets to contend with as well. I haven’t seen much in the way of birds either. I think a couple days off are fine, but I'm also bored with being stuck inside.
I skateboarded at the park in the afternoon on Sunday. I rolled for a bit, but wasn’t into it. I also skated the driveway. I did some frontside sliders, fakie ollies, tailslides, ride-on grinds, and frontside 50-50s. I saw a few snow buntings on the lake. A red-tailed hawk drifted over the yard.
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I skateboarded at the park in the afternoon on Sunday. I rolled for a bit, but wasn’t into it. I also skated the driveway. I did some frontside sliders, fakie ollies, tailslides, ride-on grinds, and frontside 50-50s. I saw a few snow buntings on the lake. A red-tailed hawk drifted over the yard.
For Saturday, I skateboarded at the park in the morning and in the driveway in the late afternoon. I guess I did some frontside sliders, fakie ollies, board slides, ride-on grinds, noseslides, and tailslides for the day. I saw five American coots on the lake and a red-breasted nuthatch in the yard.
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
For Saturday, I skateboarded at the park in the morning and in the driveway in the late afternoon. I guess I did some frontside sliders, fakie ollies, board slides, ride-on grinds, noseslides, and tailslides for the day. I saw five American coots on the lake and a red-breasted nuthatch in the yard.
Friday was Halloween. Somehow it didn't rain so I skateboarded in the driveway after work. The wind was too strong. I got a few boardslides, tailslides, and jump ramp ollies. My folks had 4 trick or treaters. They average 12 most years. I only saw a windblown turkey vulture and a few house finches.
November 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Friday was Halloween. Somehow it didn't rain so I skateboarded in the driveway after work. The wind was too strong. I got a few boardslides, tailslides, and jump ramp ollies. My folks had 4 trick or treaters. They average 12 most years. I only saw a windblown turkey vulture and a few house finches.
Skate Jawn has an article on the parallels between skateboarding and bird watching. skatejawn.com/skating-is-l...
Skating is like... Birding - Skate Jawn
"Both skating and birdwatching make you look at the world differently—really look at it—scan it, assess it, prize its overlooked potential."
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October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Skate Jawn has an article on the parallels between skateboarding and bird watching. skatejawn.com/skating-is-l...
I skateboarded in the driveway after work on Wednesday. It might have been one of the last warmer days. It was breezy or else I’d have hit the park. Nothing was clicking. I mostly tried to go fast to do a bunch of noseslides and ride-on grinds. I saw five or maybe six red-winged blackbirds.
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I skateboarded in the driveway after work on Wednesday. It might have been one of the last warmer days. It was breezy or else I’d have hit the park. Nothing was clicking. I mostly tried to go fast to do a bunch of noseslides and ride-on grinds. I saw five or maybe six red-winged blackbirds.
Tuesday was warm, but windy. I did some driveway skateboarding after work. It was decent. I landed some boardslides, ride-on grinds, noseslides, a frontside 50-50, and tailslides. I saw the three red-winged blackbirds again and a downy woodpecker.
October 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Tuesday was warm, but windy. I did some driveway skateboarding after work. It was decent. I landed some boardslides, ride-on grinds, noseslides, a frontside 50-50, and tailslides. I saw the three red-winged blackbirds again and a downy woodpecker.
Work wiped me out and I had a headache for Monday. It was also windy. I gave driveway skateboarding a try. It wasn't great. I did some boardslides, tailslides, a noseslide, a frontside 50-50, and a couple jump ramp ollies. I saw three red-winged blackbirds fly by.
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Work wiped me out and I had a headache for Monday. It was also windy. I gave driveway skateboarding a try. It wasn't great. I did some boardslides, tailslides, a noseslide, a frontside 50-50, and a couple jump ramp ollies. I saw three red-winged blackbirds fly by.
I went skateboarding at the park after lunch on Sunday. I wasn’t into it and should’ve waited until later in the day. Whatever was clicking for Saturday wasn’t there for today. I saw the flock of robins again in my yard in the morning and a few juncos in the backyard this evening.
October 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I went skateboarding at the park after lunch on Sunday. I wasn’t into it and should’ve waited until later in the day. Whatever was clicking for Saturday wasn’t there for today. I saw the flock of robins again in my yard in the morning and a few juncos in the backyard this evening.
I skateboarded at the park on Saturday. It had been raining since Tuesday. Park was empty. Weather was mild. I cruised around doing some frontside railslides, pop shove-its, fakie ollies, and tailslides. I saw 3 double-crested cormorants on the drive. There were 8-10 robins in my yard this morning.
October 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I skateboarded at the park on Saturday. It had been raining since Tuesday. Park was empty. Weather was mild. I cruised around doing some frontside railslides, pop shove-its, fakie ollies, and tailslides. I saw 3 double-crested cormorants on the drive. There were 8-10 robins in my yard this morning.
Tuesday was nice and mild. I got in some driveway skateboarding after work. I did some boardslides, ride-on grinds, 43s, an ollie off the jump ramp, and tailslides. I've been skating like crap the last couple months and this felt better somehow. I think the only bird I saw was a cardinal.
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tuesday was nice and mild. I got in some driveway skateboarding after work. I did some boardslides, ride-on grinds, 43s, an ollie off the jump ramp, and tailslides. I've been skating like crap the last couple months and this felt better somehow. I think the only bird I saw was a cardinal.
I'm doing a week long lazy recap of the recent New Balance demo at Food Court Skatepark on my blog. vertisdead.blogspot.com
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October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'm doing a week long lazy recap of the recent New Balance demo at Food Court Skatepark on my blog. vertisdead.blogspot.com
I had a headache and it was windy on Monday. I reluctantly gave driveway skateboarding a go. I landed a few noseslides, boardslides, and tailslides. It wasn't too bad, all things considered. There was a downy woodpecker, a mourning dove, and a cardinal in the backyard.
October 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I had a headache and it was windy on Monday. I reluctantly gave driveway skateboarding a go. I landed a few noseslides, boardslides, and tailslides. It wasn't too bad, all things considered. There was a downy woodpecker, a mourning dove, and a cardinal in the backyard.
I went to the New Balance demo at Food Court Skatepark on Saturday. It was nice and mellow with a lot of great skateboarding. I eked out a few decent pictures that I'm posting on the blog for the week. I saw some turkey vultures and a big flock of starlings on the drive. vertisdead.blogspot.com
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October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I went to the New Balance demo at Food Court Skatepark on Saturday. It was nice and mellow with a lot of great skateboarding. I eked out a few decent pictures that I'm posting on the blog for the week. I saw some turkey vultures and a big flock of starlings on the drive. vertisdead.blogspot.com
On Friday, I did a little driveway skateboarding after work. It was not happening at all. I guess I landed a few boardslides and tailslides. There was a white-breasted nuthatch, a chickadee, a cardinal, and a song sparrow in the yard.
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
On Friday, I did a little driveway skateboarding after work. It was not happening at all. I guess I landed a few boardslides and tailslides. There was a white-breasted nuthatch, a chickadee, a cardinal, and a song sparrow in the yard.
I skateboarded in the driveway for Thursday after work. I started out OK, but fizzled out by dinner time. I can never get any sort of rhythm going any more. I got a few noseslides, boardslides, tailslides, and jump ramp ollies. The yard was lean on birds. Two crows and a turkey vulture drifted over.
October 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I skateboarded in the driveway for Thursday after work. I started out OK, but fizzled out by dinner time. I can never get any sort of rhythm going any more. I got a few noseslides, boardslides, tailslides, and jump ramp ollies. The yard was lean on birds. Two crows and a turkey vulture drifted over.
For Wednesday, I did some driveway skateboarding after work. I was not firing on any cylinders and I couldn't land much. I miss when I could have fun rolling instead of battling for basic tricks. I saw a red-winged blackbird in the neighbor's tree. It was probably migrating south from up north.
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
For Wednesday, I did some driveway skateboarding after work. I was not firing on any cylinders and I couldn't land much. I miss when I could have fun rolling instead of battling for basic tricks. I saw a red-winged blackbird in the neighbor's tree. It was probably migrating south from up north.
I skateboarded in the driveway after work on Monday and Tuesday. Nothing was clicking for Monday and yesterday was slightly better. I got a few 50-50s, noseslides, and boardslides. There have been a ton of blue jays around lately.
October 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I skateboarded in the driveway after work on Monday and Tuesday. Nothing was clicking for Monday and yesterday was slightly better. I got a few 50-50s, noseslides, and boardslides. There have been a ton of blue jays around lately.
Sunday started rainy. I was moving in slow motion. It turned into a sunny day so I skateboarded in the driveway in the late afternoon. I tried to have fun and did each trick once without much struggle so I guess that’s cool. There was a white-breasted nuthatch and many house finches in the yard.
October 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Sunday started rainy. I was moving in slow motion. It turned into a sunny day so I skateboarded in the driveway in the late afternoon. I tried to have fun and did each trick once without much struggle so I guess that’s cool. There was a white-breasted nuthatch and many house finches in the yard.
I was up late watching baseball on Friday & was out of gas for Saturday. I ran errands & swung by the skatepark in the morning. I cruised around & did a few tricks on the curb. It rained later so that was all for skateboarding. I maybe saw an osprey dive into the lake, but that's an educated guess.
October 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I was up late watching baseball on Friday & was out of gas for Saturday. I ran errands & swung by the skatepark in the morning. I cruised around & did a few tricks on the curb. It rained later so that was all for skateboarding. I maybe saw an osprey dive into the lake, but that's an educated guess.
I skateboarded in the driveway on Friday after work. I skipped Thursday. I set up a new board with a different type of grip tape. It seems OK. I haven't been skating good the last few months so every time rolling turns into a slog. I saw a chickadee, a downy woodpecker, and three mourning doves.
October 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I skateboarded in the driveway on Friday after work. I skipped Thursday. I set up a new board with a different type of grip tape. It seems OK. I haven't been skating good the last few months so every time rolling turns into a slog. I saw a chickadee, a downy woodpecker, and three mourning doves.
Skateboarding was rained out on Tuesday. I set up a new board so I spent Wednesday in the driveway after work getting used to the new ride. I did some frontside 50-50s, boardslides, tailslides, and 43s. I tried a different type of griptape. It seemed better. There were two song sparrows in the yard.
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Skateboarding was rained out on Tuesday. I set up a new board so I spent Wednesday in the driveway after work getting used to the new ride. I did some frontside 50-50s, boardslides, tailslides, and 43s. I tried a different type of griptape. It seemed better. There were two song sparrows in the yard.