On a cool evening I went over to Saul’s and joined him and Ed for a sunset session. Writing about the tricks that happened is always short because it’s way harder to skate than it looks. Saul almost got a really long 5-0, he had the best back 50 I’ve seen him do, did his patented long lines with lots of carve grinds, a bunch of really good ride in grinds. Ed bailed a bunch of back disasters. Ha ha. He did some really nice looking rock ‘n rolls, long back 50s, but yeah, couldn’t reel in the back d. I enjoyed the bigger setup. I had a few back 50s better than I’ve done in awhile, a couple little front scratches. Tried front smiths for awhile, but never got one.

(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 tan/gum size 12, rubbery lakai insoles)
(pain level 3/10 some knee pain)

Man I love this part. Neil has such a classic street style. His ollies are perfect, he hops up ledges like it’s nothing, he skates fast. Neil rules. There are still DVDs available …

Went out to the garage and did a few manuals to warm up, then some kickflips and a fakie flip. I had put a washer on the boardside bushing to try and prevent wheelbite a little. It might help.

(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 all washers on the inside, new balance numeric 868 black/gum size 12, stock insoles)
(pain level 6/10 knee pain)