Had the day off work. I met Hayden, Bo, Joe and Riley at Sping Canyon. Yes, Riley! I was wearing my 212s in hopes of better board feel, less knee pain, less frustration. They may have helped, I didn’t hate myself at least. But I was starting to try, starting to feel a little better when a kickflip primo’d and took out my elbow taking me down a few levels. Ugh. Hayden was shredding, lipslides down the pringle, mannies, tricks that may not sound that hard, but when you see the way he does them they are. Riley was doing lots of switch nose manual, fakie shove switch manual, smith and back tail the bench easy. Bo had his cruiser so wasn’t trying as hard as normal, but had some really nice ollies. Joe was skating an 8″ and trying hardflip manuals. And he was close. I came close to switch 180 manual and had a crooks on the bench first try, but other than that didn’t really do anything. I left unsatisfied once again, but at least not in a ton of pain.

(setup 8.5 null jack pro deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 cast baseplate titanium hanger no big washer, 52mm classic shape 99a f4, new balance. numeric 212 salmon size 12 nike sb zoom air insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

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