Alright, it might not look like I have new shoes, but I do. They are the same steele grey PJs as before, but now in size 12 instead of 11.5. Ever since removing my orthotics I’ve realized I need bigger shoes. I originally thought 11.5 would be enough, but nope. So I hit 303 and got some PJs in the same color as to not look like a total poser with new stuff again. They are way more comfy, maybe even feel a bit too big, but we’ll see. I skated for about an hour. My board felt tiny with the bigger shoes and I felt pretty clumsy. It took a few tries to land a kickflip. I really didn’t skate good, but at one point I did a line of fakie f/s flip, nollie tre then heelflip. That was my saving grace as I laid into treflips after that and came up empty handed. Well, not totally, my hands did keep me afloat on one over 60 make. I hucked some switch f/s flips again and got remotely close. Close to nollie varial flip, not close to nollie flips and struggled with fakie bigflips again. Doh.

(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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