Went to the Dog Park after work and checking on Ollie. I was feeling really run down, it was cool out and a bit breezy at times. Warming up turned into the full session. I could not land a b/s flip and I just started to hate how much work the wider board takes to flip. I struggled with fakie bigspins (wtf), halfcab flip as well, got a couple floppy heelflips, 0-10 on treflips. Was going to give up, but decided to huck switch f/s flips for awhile. I got close to a couple of them, but them madness to pull my smaller quiver out and skate it got to me. I went home ..

(setup null riley persing 8.38 deck, venture 5.2 hi, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 52mm spitfire f4 101a, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

.. and pulled the 8.1 setup out of the garage and skated in front of my house. My kickflips felt better, everything felt better. I did a fakie bigspin that took no effort and made me a believer in the smaller setup. Halfcab flips worked again, heelflips every try (felt so good). It wasn’t magic though. I still struggled with treflips although they did flip around quicker and I technically finally landed one. Nollie tres were close every try. I’m not sure why I’m so drawn to small/low setups, but something about it really appeals to me. It makes me happy to look at and motivated to skate.

(setup null riley persing 8.125 deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow lows, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 51mm STF V1, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

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