On a really nice day I met Jake and Rob at the Dog Park after getting a new shipment of Null boards. I was sore from the previous day of slams and lots of skating. I struggled to warm up and challenged Jake to a game of SKATE. It didn’t go well for either of us. I mean we did some of our normal tricks alright and all, but tricks like halfcab flip were a battle. When Jake got halfcab flip I finally landed it too. I slammed super hard on a sex change attempt. It made me mad. My left wrist can’t take many more slams like this. Jake had SKA and I had S and we were stuck for awhile. I got him with heelflip, he got me with creepy spin, front shove and fakie 3 shove. We went in on treflips. Jake had landed on several, but never rolled away. I landed on one stationary with both heels touching. We eventually gave up on treflips. i ended up winning on fakie varial flip which is odd because I couldn’t do a regular varial flip to save my life. Rob had been skating the park. Back 50s the low guy, front board and halfcab noseslide the new bench, fakie bigs, one foots, style as always. That was all the skating, I was so beat.

(setup 8.25 null spanbauer deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 cast baseplate v-hollow hanger, bones medium little bushing ace big bushing, spitfire f4 52mm tablet 99a, new balance numeric 22 red/yellow size 12, nike sb zoom air insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

Went out in front of the house with nothing else to do to skate some flatground. I had some new shoes. New Balance 22. I thought I liked vulc, but not so sure about these. Anyway, I skated somewhat okay except when it came to treflips. I had gotten most of my normal tricks. Kickflip, fakie flip, halfcab flip, f/s halfcab flip, heelflip, b/s flip, varial flip, fakie varial flip, fakie bigflip, f/s halfcab heel. I got stuck on treflip and halfcab heel. I was so close on so many treflips, but never landed one. Argh.

Then Dave called and said he’d be off work and to meet him at dog park. There was a lot more puddles than it looks. Dave’s initial challenge was a 4 trick line using the features at hand. I don’t think he actually got one. But I did. Ha. Crooks, noseslide, boardslide, back 180 the parking block. Dave started doing really good front 50s on the new bench. Then front 180 out and body varial out. So good. He also had some front 5-0s on the end of the long bar. A kid came and was super hyped on skating and kept going right behind us. Dave and I were annoyed. Normally I don’t speak up , but this kid was too much. We hashed it out. I think I bummed him out, but at the same time I think he chilled out and was more fun to skate with. He was ripping. He did front crooks on the new bench, then the big bench and then to shove out on the new bench. I did some of the better feeling crooks on the tall bench I’ve done, some accidental 5-0s on the cinder block ledge. Hit my nuts really bad on halfcab heel noseslide poses on the cinder block. It hurt enough that I thought I might puke. That would be the first of my real pain. I wanted to be as cool as Dave (never gonna happen) and learn front 50 body varial out. I started trying them on the little ledge. Dave was trying front smith. He would win of course and go on to doing back 50 body varial. I had two more solid slams than what’s seen above. My phone had turned off. I would never get the front 50 body varial. It was so frustrating and I slammed so hard multiple times trying. Dave would get the front smith and the back 50 body varial. I eventually gave up and then watched Dave trying slappy crook to front crook transfer. It’s seriously amazing. He kind of got it, but you know Dave, he’s a perfectionist. I look forward to seeing a totally perfect one. I went home so incredibly sore.

(setup 8.25 null spanbauer deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 cast baseplate v-hollow hanger, bones medium little bushing ace big bushing, spitfire f4 52mm tablet 99a, new balance numeric 22 red/yellow size 12, nike sb zoom air insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

On a nice day I had taken care of one of my biggest chores of the week which was to buy a new phone. I went to Wilville armed in cupsoles and found some dry concrete. I had some old 288S shoes. I don’t like them and they reminded me quickly why. Somehow they don’t flip boards well. I warmed up with some basics. At first I was on a slight hill and some wavy concrete. I struggled for everything and yes I literally hit my phone with the board on the second halfcab flip attempt which was the first thing I filmed. I had gotten a first try backside flip which made me happy, but it was too ugly to post. I struggled with treflip and fakie bigflips too. I would land both, but they were also too ugly to post. Then I got annoyed with all the cars rolling through so I went closer to the building. I was trying nollie tres when some skater looking dude walked up. It was Jack! Ha ha. I seriously didn’t recognize him walking up with flowers in hand to deliver. Cracked us up. I would get the nollie tre before he finished the delivery. That was the one highlight, getting that in around 10 tries. Then I took 25 minutes to get the sketchy halfcab heel. Not my finest day and I hate the 288s, but I must admit I was in less pain than the day before.

(setup 8.25 null spanbauer deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 cast baseplate v-hollow hanger, bones medium little bushing ace big bushing, spitfire f4 52mm tablet 99a, new balance numeric 288S maroon size 11.5 no insoles)
(pain level 4/10)