About time I got the Splay Rev skate shoes. I was tired after work and it was really windy, but I wanted to try these shoes out. Since they are so wide I had skated a wider board, 8.3. I put Royals on it which wasn’t the best choice. I started at the little circle thing, did a couple back 50 stalls, nollie tails. Then a weird run of pop shove a micro bump, ollie down a 3, noseslide a flagstone bench. Then a line of kickflip the bump, front 180 the 3, switch 180 a manhole, noseslide flop the bench. I went to the main area but the wind got insane and I felt like heading home. Really liked the shoes, but man they made my board feel sooooo small.

(setup 4/10 8.3 pmg, jessup ultragrip, royal ultralights 149, spitfire 52mm 99a f4 classic, splay rev b/w size 12 with remind cush insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

Had about 30 minutes to skate dog park on the way into the office. I was unhappy with my pop and inability to land treflips the day before so I went aces. Didn’t really like them at all. I didn’t skate well at all. Had some front and back 50s on the lurb. Some crooks on things. Maybe some kickflips.

(setup 2/10 8.25 null flaherty, jessup ultra pj grip, ace spanky af1 44 hollow, spitfire 52mm 99a f4 classic orange/black swirl, last resort cm002 grey size 12 and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 4/10)

After work I met up with Rob and Paul at dog park on a warm afternoon. I tried to start in my Xero shoes, but after a failed nose manual in which my foot slipped off the board I went back to the 574s. Rob had some casual fast back 50s and brought some front 50s into the mix, manuals, nose manuals, front noseslides. Paul killed the green box doing like every trick except front nosegrind. I started pretty good, but stalled out when my pop stopped working. Managed a line I was hyped on though. Crappy accidental front 5-0 the green box, long boardslide the tiny bar, kickflip a parking block. Tried a bunch of treflips, could not get one. Still had fun though.

(setup 4/10 8.25 null flaherty, jessup ultra pj grip, thunder hollow lite 148, spitfire 52mm 99a f4 classic orange/black swirl, new balance numeric 574 vulc orange/grey size 11.5 half insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 5/10)