I met Dave right after work. I’m not supposed to be skating yet, but I really felt like it. We met at a nearby parking lot. It had some ok red curbs with cracks in front of them. They would be great without the crack. I felt so awkward for awhile. Dave seemed to be struggling a bit too. I had done a couple slow kickflips, Dave had done a few grinds and then we moved on.

I had seen this spot years ago and made note of it. It was close so we did it. Dave was not hyped at first. It ended up being pretty fun. We skated it a few ways. Bank to curb, boardslides the curbs, bonk the crack into it, Dave manualled the stair into the bank (crazy), etc. I felt the best on my board I had in months. The stiff shoes still felt too much, but they allowed me to skate so if that’s what it takes I don’t care. I had a few slow kickflips, posed boardslide transfers, posed b/s flips over the curb into the bank and was 1.5/30 on beanplants when Dave was 1/1. Dave also did a crazy back 180 nosepick transfer. It felt great to skate for real and like I wasn’t damaging my body. It’s been awhile since I’ve had that little knee pain. I hope it keeps up. Oh yeah, I had put my old pink Spitfires on and they felt way better than the hard Bones.

(setup 8.25 null future board, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 52mm Spitfire F4 conical 99a pink/purple wheels, bronson bearings, NB# PJ 533 black/gum 11.5 superfeet insoles)

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