Had the day off work. On a sunny morning I met Dave at something different – Erie park. My body was feeling no better, but I still tried. There were a couple other skaters originally. They were cool. We were all having fun. Dave and I had worked into trying some lines. He was doing nollies into the bank, smiths on the qp, fakie flip on the far bank. I’m forgetting all of it, but he had a lot of moves. The front 50 up top to transfer into the bank was extra hot. I had done a couple runs with kickflips and bailed 50s. Did a few kickflips to fakie then halfcab noseslides on the ledge. Got one front 50 on the main ledge finally. Dave did a sick boardslide 270 on the upper deck of the little ledge. He did a few actually. Two other dudes had shown up. They made the session not so fun. They were mega trendsters and not friendly. But whatever, we skated some more. Well, Dave did anyway, my legs had kind of hit the wall. Dave did the noseslide 270 a few times.

(setup 8.75″ null valley deck, venture ftc 5.8s, doh dohs bushings (blue 88a barrel boardside one, yellow 92a roadside), spitfire f4 radials 52mm blue/yellow swirl wheels with 3 washers on the inside, new balance numeric 379 brown size 12, nike zoom air insoles)
(pain level 7/10 in the knees, knees, knees)

Still feeling arthritic I went to 303 to get some Nikes for their Zoom Air insole. I wore them in my NBs. They feel really good. I walked/cruised around a bit. Found the mellowest tiniest hip ever. Did a fun line of front 270 over it then switch front 180 off a curb. Was going to try and add to it with a manual but a CU van came in and parked on it. Like no hesitation just straight park right in front of me and didn’t even look at me. Then I saw the parking blocks and started trying Dave’s trick. The no comply body varial. It came pretty easy, but it was hard to not flip the board. I was going really slow, but it still put me in a good mode. Then I hit the Folsom bank. I had fun even though I couldn’t get a 360 flip at the end. Next I wanted to do a line at the rec center with a trick on the ledge, ollie a rock, back 180 the 2 stair, but there were to many rocks from the construction to battle through. I ended up at the tiny yellow ledge and took a few tries to get back 50 and front 50. Almost got a back 5-0 too. Then I walked back to the car as my legs were toast.

(setup 8.75″ null valley deck, venture ftc 5.8s, doh dohs bushings (blue 88a barrel boardside one, yellow 92a roadside), spitfire f4 radials 52mm blue/yellow swirl wheels with 3 washers on the inside, new balance numeric 379 brown 379s size 12, nike zoom air insoles)
(pain level 6/10 in the knees, knees, knees)