it’s funny, because I really tried to just ignore pain and skate a thicker insole on Sunday, but now my toe hurts so bad I couldn’t skate. I tried a couple kickflips and realized I should stop. I also felt sick which seems to happen after every time I hang out in the cold filming someone. I need to stop doing that.

(setup who cares)
(pain level 8/10 right big toe)

Had a great talk with Liz about getting older the night before after my depression session. She rules. Getting older isn’t easy and lately I’ve been feeling quite old (I know I’m not, but it’s hard to deny how you feel). I went to sleep feeling better about myself.

On a cold morning I woke up early determined to not be so unhappy with my skateboarding. I went for a brisk run, stretched for a bit then went to Broomfield park at 9. I had the park all to myself and I told myself I couldn’t look at my phone for 1.5 hours. I skated hard, did some stuff I always do, did some stuff I am too shy to do around people. Once I got somewhat warmed up I tried a long line that kind of morphed over time and I never got the manual to end it, but it was something like: kickturn on the steep bank, front 180 into the mellow bank, halfcab noseslide the black ledge, tiny little frontside ollie on the brick qp, front 50 the blue ledge, axle stall quartapotty, then manual the blue box. I would never get the manual even though I was quite close. When I would bail something in the line I would just keep going, but try other stuff. I got another one of those funny back 50 attempts on the blue ledge that turned into a slow back 5-0 shove. On the black ledge I did okay. Front 50, front 50 180, front 50 shove, multiple accidental 5-0s, several crappy crooks. I did a couple f/s flips on the hump up top which I haven’t done in a long time, ollied onto the brown ledge, 50’d the sad ledge, almost back 50’d the happy ledge, several kickflips to fakie on the little bank, kinda close to nosegrinds on the blue ledge. My hour and a half was up so I went home to eat and then meet up with nullers. I didn’t really do much, but I felt better about it. I had worn my 306s with the stock insole for a bit of added cushion and put the 5.8 trucks on. It seems like a good setup to actually try to stick to.

Then I met up with Sean, Donnie, Bo, Hayden and Jack at Broomfield. We seemed to arrive at the same time pretty much. I was sore and pretty much just posed kick back tails or halfcab heel noseslides. Sean did a bunch of halfcab heels, did one up the blue pad, did heelflip nose manual. jack had a bunch of back 180 fakie manual halfcab out, almost fakie front shove out. Donnie learned nollie shove 5-0. Hayden did front 180 fakie manual combos. Bo missed a treflip! Ha, he shredded.

Then we watched Jack roll in the grass and Donnie defy physics at the grass spot before moving on to the crusty bank spot. I was so incredibly sore at this point I couldn’t even push fast enough to pivot the bank to 2″ crack part. Hayden got some manuals quick and put down a sick one to fakie. Jack got a crazy nose manual thread the needle. Donnie did some crazy manuals and rode another big board though the rough. Bo ollied the table the hard way. Sean ollied it and kickflipped over it then amazed us all with his speed generating and pop skills. Wow Sean. Wow.

(null 8.25″ spanbauer deck, venture 5.8 trucks (cast baseplate titanium hanger), venom 88a bushings, spitfire 52mm radial slim f4 101a/bones stf 52mm 103a v1, 3 speed washers on outside of wheels, new balance numeric 306 navy size 12 stock insoles)
(pain level 4/10 in the morning then 7/10 later ugh)