Another cold indecisive morning we finally decided on Bennett. Ben, Joe and I rolled out and met Garrett. The park new section was mostly dry, the old section had a lot of water running through. I went through 2 setups before going back to the 8.25 with v8s. None of which I liked. Joe was super hyped on the park and put together lines right away as did Garrett. Although it did at least take garrett a few tries to get a kf nose manual as he adjusted to new shoes. Ben was close to hardlflips on the bank. Garrett had the most perfect b/s flip first try on the hip. I was struggling so I kind of just tuned out and skated by myself. Did a bunch of crooks, a bunch of front 50s on the curved curb high ledge. Couldn’t do flippers. I would get a line that sounds okay on paper. Nollie front tail then front 50 the two main ledges, turn around sw front nose then halfcab nose. Had some fakie 50s. Garrett and Joe ripped it. It was a fun session. We had the park to ourselves until school got out and it got mobbed with youth laying down on their boards or riding scooters.

(setups some 8.5/8.3s then the 8.25 with v8s, new balance numeric 440 high wide black size 12 with half insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 6/10)

After some slow moving and breakfast at Southside Walnut we went to campus. It was Joe and Ben at first. We parked on the hill and went under the tunnel. We played a loose game of SKATE on the ultra mini bank to curb. I’m not sure if there was a winner, but it was a decent warm up. I did the little 3 stair ollie then terrible wallie nollie. Joe and I were trying tricks up the little euro/grate thing. Hardflip Joe and Garrett showed up. Security rolled by and said “keep the wheels on the ground” so we moved on. I had seen some footage of the low to high curb and we checked it out. And it delivered! Although the slight downhill approach made it hard for me to commit to front 50s. I would get a few slow little ones. Hardflip Joe did a hardflip then huge hippy jump. He had some cool front noses too. Garrett long back tails and the hilarious slam on the nollie heel. Nebraska Joe had some good 50s and his normal combos.

Then we went to the Baker area, but there were cars. So to the nearby ledge. Nebraska Joe struggled with front 50s which was unusual. Hardflip Joe did some front crooks, front tails. I did some switch noseslides. Garrett had the great halfcab noseslides, halfcab crooks (until I started filming) and some fun impromptu lines. Then the wind picked up and a big cloud moved in so we called it a day.

(setup 2/10 8.25 null kaleidoscape, pepper grip, venture 5.6 v8 bones medium bushings hollow hanger, 52mm bones stf v1 103a, new balance numeric 440 high wide black size 12 half insole and currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 5/10)