Woke up early after a bad night of sleep. Went to Boulder park for my Friday morning tradition. I had put Royals on to lighten things up and I hated it so much it’s crazy. I had some okay noseslides, but I couldn’t ollie to save my life. So I eventually gave up and just tried cab flips over the hump. Some felt close.

(setup 8.5 null vhs deck, jessup ultragrip, royal ultra lite 149s, 52mm snot pink/yellow swirl 101a, new balance numeric 440 white/red size 12 half insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

Went to Valmont park after a rainy day. Initially the scene was cool. Just this girl carving around Z Boys style and me. I wanted to do the no comply big for my game of SKATE with Dave. And since I barely got the minimum fakie front crook I figured I shouldn’t go to hard. I did a few of the no comply shoves and they were all super fun. Kickflips were not fun, grinding transition was not that fun either. I did get close to my line of 50s down the pond, noseslide the bump to ledge then kickflip to fakie on the low part of a hump. But I couldn’t get the kickflip. It got me really frustrated. I also really struggled to ollie up the euro. The scene got less fun when cute carver girl left and was replaced by a non social dude and a rollerskating girl followed by a bunch of youth. I tried to end of halfcab flip on the bank, but instead just bashed my toe. I had worn vulcs to try and mix it up and while they felt fine for park skating I didn’t really like them.

(setup 8.5 null vhs deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 cast plate ti hanger royal bushings, 52mm snot pink/yellow swirl 101a, new balance numeric 272 maroon size 11.5 half insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

Had a short amount of time and it was raining and my garage is a mess so I drove across town to an abandoned garage to skate for 45 minutes. I had put Ventures on. I like it. I thought. I mean I did like them more than Thunders, but flip tricks were still really hard. I went in on the fakie front crooks. The one above was actually the first one I did. I tried to grind further and I did scoot a couple along, but none were as “quick” as the one above. I can’t believe how hard that trick is. I took a long time to get fakie flip, Halfcab flip was quick. Couldn’t get treflip or fakie bigflip.

(setup 8.5 null vhs deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 cast plate ti hanger royal bushings, 52mm snot pink/yellow swirl 101a, new balance numeric 440 white/red size 12 half insoles)
(pain level 4/10)