Christian Spanring

Park

No comply tailslide

So there's this small feature, a set of 3 long but low steps, between a hubba and ledge. You can do roll-on grinds on that ledge. On and off I'm trying no comply tailsildes there. It's such a cool trick. When done well, it

Surf

Tween night

Another Friday Tween night with the girls at Good Harbor. They made great progress, even started paddling into small waves, and had some seriously long rides to the beach, really impressive! I didn't have much luck on that beach. Cannot figure it out, wherever I am, it feels

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Glorious

What a glorious morning it was! I had planned of using my work-close-to-the-beach strategy, stay at the coffee shop for the array of morning meetings, and then over lunch sneak out to the beach, but the forecaset changed in favor of the early morning hour. So I went out to

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4ft

It was a warm early fall day. I had planned to get out to the beach first thing in the morning, but the forecast changed slightly overnight, and was updated with winds dying down towards the end of the day. I peeked through the surf-cam in the morning, and it

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Brisk morning

It was cooler than I wanted it to be, just like 8ºC. Still being September, I thought I can do it without boots. Which was true, the really cold part was walking over the cold beach sand into the water, and then back. Once the toes dipped into the water,

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Tween night

A local surf shop is host Teen/Tween nights to get kids on boards. It was a great opportunity to get our daughter and a friend of hers introduced to surfing. She likes being in the ocean, or water in general, and enjoys playing with a boogie board in the

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Meeting break

I was on the fence of applying my coffee shop/beach routine today again, but instead, went straight to beach after a meeting, and got back in time for the next one. It's kind of amazing, and encouraging, how many people were out there. It made me happy

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Surf-Work balance

I have put a new trick up my sleeves: there's a coffee shop in the town next to the beach. I can squeeze in a drive there between meetings, then setup in the coffee shop, take a few calls or work check-ins there. Getting over to the beach

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Glassy morning

I guess this is what they call "glassy conditions", what a fun morning! First time I did "dawn patrol", got out right at sunrise on a random weekday. There was practically no wind, and clean 3ft sets were rolling through one after another. I was able

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Labor beach day

I did it. It was labor day weekend and we had the perfect beach day. Not boiling and humid, just nice and hot, with a little breeze going. Perfect conditons to bust out the new spring suit, that's what we're here for! The beach was packed,

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Small morning

There was not much on the forecast, but I had to go. Just get into the water and get used to the new board. It was OK, got a few 2ft rollies, it's always fun being out there!

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Afternoon surf

I re-scheduled my afternoon today, packed as much as I can into the moring, so that I can head out to the beach. The water was much colder that I anticipated, and I actually put my boots on. In August! Waves were good to me, a little bit choppy, but

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Loggerhead

After 4 seasons on my Torq 9'6 Pinline I thought I'm ready for a change. I had my eyes on this one at the end of last year. Mostly because it's one of the few single fin longboards they have in stock at the

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Surf Summer Start

Don, a tropical system, brought some swell to the east coast and made it all the way up here. It was a great quick morning session. I didn't have much time, maybe an hour max, but it was so worth it! The sets were super clean, practically no

Park

Ledge Boardslide

This one took me a while. I think I landed one by accident last year, but could not repeat it. This time I paid attention to put the wheels all the way on top of the ledge, and down. Add wax to the top where the wheels would touch down,

Park

Bank Tailslide

Working my tailslide up to larger and slightly steeper banks. I guess the trick is really to roll up with enough speed to comfortobly get on top of the bank, and still have enough momentum left to initiate a slide. Also the angle, it works better for my if I

Park

Small Pyramid Repertoire

That's basically my wax in the photo above. As far as tailslides go, I think I can hold them over 1m by now, pretty much over that waxed stretch. For Bluntslides, it's the dismount that's not great, but ok, better than no dismount at

Park

Ride-on 50/50

I'm doing this since I started going to the park. The ride-on grind over that taco (or whatever that type of obstacle is called) is such an easy but very satisfying trick. Holding your balance over the entire arc looks much easier than it actually is. For the

Park

Mini Tailslide on Bank

Going over the corner helped my tailslide on that little pyramid. It's now a factor of speed, angle, wax and a little hop to slide a little bit further on every try. It's just a very satisfying trick, gotta love that bark!

Setup

New Deck

Razor tail on the old one made me update my deck. Must be all those tail things I'm trying lately. It's a Welcome deck again, the 8.8 wide Sphinx. I'm used to it and I like the shape. It just has to be

Park

Blue Parking Block

My favorite curb, the red one close to where I live is gone  😿 Not sure what happened, but it's not there anymore. It's not an easy obstacle to remove, heavy as can be. But somebody put a parking block there now. Painted blue, and equally slideable.

Park

No Comply Tailslide

Little bit more practice, litte bit more speed, adjusted angle and better timing and we slowly get more tail slide. Such a fun trick!

Setup

OJ Prototype

There's a lot of skateboard wheel snake oil going around in the last couple of months, or year. First, Powell came out with those Dragon wheels, who got a lot of attention from the senior skate community. Understandably, the promise of a softer wheel that slides well, while

Street

New DIY?

Before lunch I made a quick trip over to the pump track. I wanted to try tailslides on larger banks, and possibly on those wavey quarters. Didn't turn out to be a great session. I felt tired and it was cold and windy. But, next to the pumptrack

Park

Micro Tailslide

Quick morning session after vacation camp drop-off. Started trying tailstalls on a bank again. It caught me by surprise how easy and well (for my standards) they turned out to be. Going a little faster, and with slightly more angle I even managed to put in a few micro tailslides!