Totally obsessed over bigger wheels for the last day. I got home from work, took a nap and then setup some Null 54s. They look huge. I rolled down the bikepath to Wilville. I wanted to just skated the bottom metal curb as my side was pretty sore, but they were roped off for construction. Doh. A couple bikers were trying to grind the double set rail. I saw a couple bad falls. As much as I hate sharing a skatepark with a biker due to the collision factor I have a lot of respect for how gnarly they get. So I went to the middle area and tried to remember how to ollie. Ha. It took a couple tries for me to manual into one and I realized manualling is probably the worst thing I could do for my painful side. Luckily I’m really stubborn. I tried a line of no comply 180, halfcab flip, nose manual. The hc flip was hard because of how slow the bigger wheels rotate and how crappy I felt on a board. But I never got the nose manual or even really the confidence to ollie onto the curb in nose manual. Argh. At the end I just did some of those mute grab bomb drops off the brick wall. It could be a fun line to do one off the brick to manual then nose manual the next one into the bank. As the session went on I felt worse and realized my frail body just can’t handle vulcs anymore. Doh. I pushed/walked home. Saw the remains of a bike collision on the bikepath. Yikes.

(setup 8.5 null venture wide lights thunder bushings 54mm nulls lakai fura white)

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