Slightly before the sun went behind the foothills I went to campus on a cool day. As I rolled into campus I realized there was much more snow/ice than I had anticipated. I ended up at the little bank spot as it still had some sun. I thought I’d just do a quick kickflip to fakie and then try something harder. But instead I spent 20 minutes to get a kickflip. Argh. I was pretty frustrated and moved on once I finally got the kickflip. Ended up at the business building. Did some stalls on the first step of the 3 stair, then went around and noseslide the tall ledge. The main frontside ledge had snow on it. I had tried a few crooks on the tall ledge and didn’t get one. Did a great feeling b/s flip and halfcab flip on flat. Ended up waxing the middle step above and going in on a line of front 50 then a trick on a nearby lurb. Did front 50 then noseslide. Then went in on front 50 180 out on the 2nd stair then halfcab noseslide on the lurb. For the most part I was happy with the pop of my setup and got into the 50s pretty easily without many accidental 5-0s. But the 50 180 out was not working until I miraculously did a terrible one and there was no way I would miss a terrible halfcab noseslide too. Tried a back heel after for good measure and failed. At that point my legs were quite tired and I realized the temperature had dropped into the 20s so I called it a day.

(setup 7/10 8.25/14 sample, jessup ultra null, venture 5.6 v-hollow with ace bushings, 52mm bones stf v1 103a, splay rev s-series black size 12 with remind cush insoles and impact layer)
(pain level 4/10)

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