After a late night partying at Brian’s I attempted to ready myself for skating to meet Will and Jake at dog park. I wasn’t expecting much, but I got less than that. I was quickly reminded how much I dislike 8.25 with venture highs. i don’t know man, it just doesn’t work. Even with little 51mm wheels. I never once even tried to ollie onto a ledge and couldn’t even commit to a front slappy. Jake and I did nollie back tails on the taller pad. Somehow I won the game of SKATE even after getting letters on kickflip and front shove. I had already gone like 1-10 on kickflips before that. Yikes. I would get a halfcab flip and a fakie bigflip in a row for the win. Then Jake and I went on to treflip battle. Neither getting one. I had one incredibly bad one that I didn’t even attempt to pass off as a set. That was it for me. Jake and Will were ripping otherwise. I saw Will trying to back nosegrind the top tier. Whoa! Joe, Hayden, Bo, Noe had shown and were shredding. The ease at which they did manuals was so impressive to me. Also Noe’s million flip tricks, Hayden smoothly doing hard tricks, Joe popping over the hydrant so casually and Bo with the pop and energy. Then we went filming. I didn’t even really get my board out I was so tired and not wanting to skate. Those dudes shredded. Great seeing everyone.

(setup null 8.25 glenosaur, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 cast plate hollow hanger, 51mm spitfire f4 101a classic shape, new balance numeric 440H b/w size 12)
(pain level 3/10 achilles wasn’t great)

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