After a lazy sick day with multiple naps I went out into the garage. I had setup yet another complete out of old stuff. This time a really old 8″ null board (I didn’t have any 8.25 in decent shape in the garage) that was found at a garage sale with Venture 5.2 highs. I’ve never been too found of the 8″ venture highs, but I normally skate them with an 8.25 so who knows. They felt fine in the garage. I really want to get nollie heel. They seem possible. The one above doesn’t look close, but it’s feeling closer. That heelflip is one of the funniest and worst ones I’ve done. I posted it as a story and was delighted that multiple people responded saying they’ve done worse. Ha . I have never done a pop shove 50 that I know of and although this is just a 1″ tall piece of plastic it was fun. Trying pop shove nosepick felt really cool too. I never quite got the kick back tail. Hucking 3 flip 50 was funny. It somehow felt possible. Even though I didn’t land much, it was a fun session and it made me feel better to get some exercise. It’s crazy how comfortable the 8″ null shape feels. It’s definitely the shape/size I have skated the most.

(setup old 8″ null, venture 5.2 v-hollow high trucks, 50mm bones stf, 3 speed washers on the inside of each axle to make it feel a little wider, bones medium bushings, lakai sheffield gray size 12, thinnish lakai rubbery insoles from bristols)
(pain level 1/10)

I made the cardinal sin of saying ‘I like my setup’ a couple days ago at Broomfield. Ever since then the obsession for low trucks started. But rather than change my setup I just setup a complete from old stuff laying in the garage. So I went to campus feeling a little sick with both completes. I started with slappy crooks on the meetup curb with the smaller setup and the slappies felt great so I moved down the hill. I went to the flagstone ledge area which was wet, but I still wanted to see how easy getting into 50s were. They were whatever, but hucking flip tricks definitely felt easier. Then I moved down to the weird skate stopped big 3 area and tried a line for awhile. Pop shove, nose stall a tallish ledge, try to ollie onto the narrow skate stopped ledge. The lower trucks felt better for noseslides and getting on the ledge (even though I never really got it), but man, the pop shoves and wheelbite were so bad. So I went and got my other setup. Pop shoves felt infinitely better on it, but the nosestall much worse. I still didn’t get the ollie anyway. Then I went back to the flagstone ledge and luckily 50s were much easier on the bigger setup so I stuck with it as I moved into campus. Except now I was super tired. I went to the tiny yellow ledge that is harder to skate now thanks to the added bike racks. All I did were a few back 50s. Then I walked back to the car. Totally lame night. I can’t say I really liked either setup.

(setups 8.25 with venture wides or 8 with venture 5.2 low)
(pain level legs felt okay after a day off, but my head was feeling woozy)