Stopped at Boulder park in the morning. There was a lot of snow on everything north facing so it was extra limited. I had two setups for vetting. 8.25 with royals / 8.3 with slappy low profile with 1/16″ risers. Went with 8.3. Did not like it or skate well. Had some front 50s on the upper part of the triangle ledge, some hump to 50s. Tried a line of front 50 the triangle ledge then ollie onto the uphill hubba. Was not close at all to the ollie. Tried to grind across/down the old ledge, but couldn’t really get into it.

Later on I ended up at Square State to skate with Brian and whoever else is there. It was a cool crew, only about six dudes. Brian, Christian, Kyle, Kyle 2, Will, Nick, maybe a couple more. I started in the main area and took too long do to wallie nollie. I had put ace lows on. Maybe I disliked it slightly less than the 8.3/slappy lows, but I didn’t like it much. Brian and Christian grinded long on the mini. I ended up going in on kickflip nose stalls on the “bank” to curb. took about 30 minutes straight of just me trying them, but I got one and it made me really happy. Brian had done an amazing rock ‘n roll revert.

(setup morning 8.3 slappy low profile 1/16″ risers 0/10
setup evening 8.3 ace lows 1/10
splay rev s-series green size 12 remind cush insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

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