On a nice Easter afternoon I drove off with no plans in mind other than to hit some random business spots and avoid skateparks. Ended up at a newish building off 55th that has the crazy roof spot. Had a setup change. 8.25 with v8s. It was decent. Had too big of wheels on it though – 53mm. I started with a warm up line that was really a decent line anyway. Noseslide a tall wood ledge, ride down a handicap ramp, ollie a parking block, kickflip off a curb cut. Took me a while to commit to the kickflip, but when I did it felt great. I sized up moving a bench after the kicker, but there was a sign that messed with it. I skated some flat for a bit until I could do a rare one and I got a first try 1mph frontside flip out of nowhere so that made me happy. Went to a nearby spot that has a weird gap I chickened out on again. Tried to line out a tall 3 stair ollie. Fakie flip, halfcab flip, ollie the 3. Changed it to b/s flip then halfcab flip and only got to the 3 stair once and bailed again. Decided I should just go home and enjoy the chill day.

(setup 6/10 8.25 null kaleidoscape, pepper cheap not so good grip, venture 5.6 v.8 hollow hangers bones medium bushing which were too tight, 53mm snot franky wheels, new balance numeric 440v2 high size 12 half insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 5/10)

On a coolish Saturday morning I met up with Jake, Gordon, Scotty P, Ladd at Barnum DIY. We had some time before Nullers started showing which was Garrett, Noè, Lakin, Bo and Hayden. The place is great. I attempted to start on my 8.5, but I didn’t. Skated an 8.25 with T2s which I thought was okay until I couldn’t crook to save my life. It was a fun session though. I skated pretty hard for the first couple hours because I knew my time was limited. Had quite a few front 50s on the lower obstacles, close to manuals. Tried a line for a while of switch front nose, halfcab flip, kick back 50. Never got the kick back 50. Hucked some flippers, didn’t get some. Jake had front 50s and tails, battled noseslide shove and got a really good one even if no one but me saw it. Gordon was ripping full speed 50s, manuals, ride on grinds and noseslides. Ladd makes things look easy. Scott put down some shoves. Garrett showed and quickly kickflip manualled the pad and front nosed the upper deck ledge. Nollie 180 crooks was sick. Then everyone else showed up and did great things. We then went to the ledge up the hill. I did a quick switch nose jib into the hill then filmed Lakin and Garrett battle the ledge.

(setups 8.5/14.25 with thunder then 8.25 with T2 neither were great, 440v2 highs with half insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 5/10)