west seneca skate video

Author: cberes

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+title: West Seneca skate video
+date: 2026-07-27
+---
+<p>
+  Yesterday I finished filming a skateboard "video part."
+  Every clip was filmed at street spots in West Seneca, New York.
+  It took three weeks of almost-daily skating to make this.
+</p>
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+  title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0"
+  allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"
+  referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+<p>
+  West Seneca's not a big skateboarding town.
+  I know that some people who live here skateboard.
+  But I don't see people out street skating.
+  I rarely see kids out skateboarding.
+  There are many skateparks nearby, but none are in the town of West Seneca.
+</p>
+<p>
+  My motivation for the video was to feature potential skatespots in West Seneca.
+  Hopefully other people will see the video and realize that they <em>can</em> skate in town.
+  Maybe someday I'll see someone else skate my curb spot or the ledge spot.
+</p>
+<p>
+  Also I wanted to film a video with the intention of working through a list of tricks
+  at specific spots. Few of the tricks were "new" to me.
+  However, most of them I'd never done in the streets. Some of the tricks were very challenging.
+</p>
+<p>
+  The kickflip over the curb took three separate sessions to land.
+  The switch 50-50 to fakie shove took three hours to land.
+  The nose manual took 5 sessions.
+  Getting a flip trick over the speed bump took multiple sessions.
+</p>
+<p>
+  Most of the tricks took an hour or more to land.
+  Even tricks that normally are not difficult for me were complicated by the spot.
+  The run-up for the 50-50 was very crusty.
+  I'd never done a switch boardslide on a rail as big as this one.
+  Same for the bench at the tennis court and the switch 50-50.
+</p>
+<p>
+  So, I know this isn't "top-tier" skateboarding, and I know I wore a helmet (and I always will).
+  But this was meant to be fun and a personal challenge.
+  I worked hard on this video.
+</p>
+<p>If you're curious, this is the setup I used for every trick:</p>
+<ul>
+  <li>Real "High Roller" Nicole Hause 8.35" deck</li>
+  <li>Ace AF1 hollow trucks (size 55)</li>
+  <li>101a Satori wheels</li>
+  <li>Bones Super Swiss bearings</li>
+  <li>Jessup Ultra NBD grip</li>
+</ul>