After driving back from Omaha and chilling for a bit I headed out to campus on a new sample setup. 8.25 with 14″ wheelbase and venture v-hollows. I’ve been wanting to try the 14″ wb for a while now and it felt okay. I randomly started at the main intersection on campus and did a line of ollie up a curb, drop down manual, 180 off a curb. It took a while and I had a lot of ghost pops up the curb. Then I went over to the downhill hallway ledge where noseslides felt way better than normal. Tried to line out noseslide then frontside axle stall. Never quite got it, but I was happy to try as I don’t know if I’ve gotten onto a ledge that tall in forever. Managed a crappy crooks. Tried a few back 50s, but could not commit. All in all a decent session of trying to push myself to ollie higher even though i was exhausted. I enjoyed the smaller wheelbase setup as it seemed to make flippers and ledges easier. Although i didn’t really try many flippers or f/s ledge tricks.

(setup 6/10 8.25/14 sample, jessup ultra null, venture 5.6 v-hollow with bones medium broken bushings, 52mm bones stf v1 103a, splay rev s-series black size 12 with remind cush insoles and impact layer)
(pain level 5/10)

After hitting botanical gardens with the family we were driving right by this park so I had them drop me off. It was very nice out and the park was popping. I have never skated it with more than a few people total. Was hyped to skate the new stuff. As I took an initial roll around to check things out I heard my name called and it turned out the legend Drew was there. So hyped! He was shredding the ledges a new one. Nollie crooks, fakie nosegrind 180s, slappy the tall ledge both regs and switch, total ripper. I skated better than I thought I would considering I didn’t do my normal warm up at all. Had my normal noseslide and crooks on the ledges. Spent some time on kickflip noseslide the bank to ledge and was remotely close. That would have been a dream come true. Took a while to get a slappy on the new bank to curb, but man it felt good once I did it. Missed several kickflips on the bigger hip bank which was the only negative of the session. Was great to get out and enjoy the sun and catch up with Drew.

(setup 5/10 8.25 null time warp, jessup ultra, indy titanium 144, 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic pink/green, splay rev s-series black size 12 remind cush insoles + impact insole)
(pain level 3/10)

Had a bit of time to get some skating in. Checked out the new school area which didn’t offer as much as the old school, but it did have a long red curb and a great new manny pad. I did some slappies, a few flippers and took like an hour to get a clean manual. The curbs there are weird, they are half transition. One thing I tried was a lot of Janoski flips after manual attempts. Some were remotely close. Then I went to the park area which I had somehow never skated before. The weird kinked hubba was terrifying as it was so low to get on. I still should have tried it though, instead I took a while to ollie over the curb part. Lastly I skated the double sided fountain. I had done some noseslides, but boardslide was taking me forever. Kind of got one, but not really and had to go. Decent little session.

(setup 5/10 8.25 null time warp, jessup ultra, indy titanium 144, 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic pink/green, splay rev s-series black size 12 remind cush insoles + impact insole)
(pain level 3/10)