Tried to dawn patrol it since this time of year is so hard to skate in daylight. Got to Boulder park around 7 and proceeded to totally suck it up. I could not wake up to save my life. My setup change felt beyond terrible. 8.3, thunder team hollow, 53mms. I tried for about 30 minutes, but at no point was I happy with anything so I left.

Got out of work with a little daylight left and went to dog park. Had a kinda random session in which I came close to hard stuff, but really I didn’t land much. Had 8.25 with slappy lights. It was way better than my last two setups, but I still didn’t like it. I will say that I really did like the 8.25 at least. I had success with crooks and halfcab flips. Was kind of all over and then went in on a random line for a bit. Front slash the barrier, front board to fakie the little concrete bars, halfcab flip. I got one really bad front board to fakie, but there was a crew of dudes learning kickflips and I kept getting in their way. Tried a lot of noseslide 270 shoves that were not close. Hucked kickflip 50s which I didn’t commit to. Then it got dark.

(setup 1 8.3 thunder team 53mm 0/10
setup 2 8.25 slappy lights 52mm 4/10)
(pain level 5/10)

Went to dog park on the way into work, had 22 minutes. Didn’t get much. Board felt poppy, but terrible. Got a couple terrible front 50s on the bench at least, but no other redeeming tricks. Tried to ollie some things, but would clip when I committed.

After work I stopped by Valmont since Dave was there. I just did some carves, maybe some 180s. Dave was so close to a fakie bigspin manual on the volcano. Better go back and get it Dave!

(setup 2/10 8.25 null time warp, jessup ultra, venture 5.6 v-cast, 51mm spitfire f4 99a classic, strike mvmnt transit street trainer black/gum size 12 with currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

Managed about an hour of skate time across the street at the school since they were off for Veterans Day. I had 8.25 with Ventures. It felt great at first, then would continue on a downward path. In about an hour I landed 6 flippers. Just the standard ones. Kickflip, fakie flip, halfcab flip, b/s flip, fakie bigflip and f/s halfcab flip. Tricks I was close to were f/s flip, halfcab heel and treflip. Hucked quite a few more, was not close.

(setup 5/10 8.25 null time warp, jessup ultra, venture 5.6 v-cast, 51mm spitfire f4 99a classic, strike mvmnt transit street trainer black/gum size 12 with currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 3/10)