On a breezy spring day I met Sean, Monico, Matt, Chris at Broomfield park. At the start I mostly just filmed Monico since he had to leave shortly. He ollied up the six in no time and did a couple of combos with his bro. Chris and Sean rattled off flippers. Monico and Matt also skated the deadly 6 stair rail and survived. I was tentative, but felt way better than the day before. I would do a few tricks that involved pop which felt alright. Noseslides, one crooks on the black ledge, fakie 50 the blue ledge, some boardslides and a first try kickflip that made me really happy. Came close to first try fakie bigflip too. Sean rattled off a banging line. I felt like I didn’t overdo it, but I got home and was so exhausted I crashed.

(setup 8/10 generator 8.5 14.25, jessup ultra, venture 5.8 titanium bones medium bushings, bones 52mm v1 stf, new balance numeric 600 knox black/gum size 12 currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 4/10 really felt pretty good for the most part)

After a very long work week I went over to the school. I had gone to PT and she said it would be okay if I started jumping a little. I started at the oval curb area and really struggled to even axle stall. Yikes. Ended up on the side of the school and took about 20 tries to do a slappy crook then kickflip. Yikes. I was happy to kickflip, but unhappy about how hard it was. I went home feeling very saddened by how hard skateboarding was and wondering if I’ll get anything back.

(setup 5/10 8.5 generator 14.25, jessup ultra, venture 5.8 titanium with bones medium bushings, 52mm bones stf v1, new balance numeric 600 knox black/gum size 12 spenco orthotic thinsole)
(pain level 6/10 of course my knee seemed to hurt more now that I was cleared to skate)