On a snowy morning I went out to the always dry big research center parking lot to skate some flatground and see how my ribs/sternum felt. I had brought an 8.5 redrilled to 14.125 wheelbase and my 8.25. I started on the 8.5 and it felt good until I tried kickflips and one snapped up real hard into my knee and hurt so bad. That was a sign to skate the 8.25 which I could kickflip. I was very hesitant to try much and skated extremely slow. Tricks like 360 flip were impossible because of how you open up which hurt my chest. I would get a very slow line of fakie flip, halfcab flip, b/s flip which gave me some hope.

(setup 8.25 null spanbauer, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 cast plate v-hollow hanger with royal bushings flat top washer, bones 52mm slims 99a stf, new balance numeric 272 black size 12 with 1/2 272/425 insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

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