On a cold night I went into the garage with motivation. Kevin had made a comment while we were at 303 after the Sour video that 8.5″ decks look better with my big feet. I agree that it looks better, but I normally struggle with flippers. Anyway, I started on an 8.5″ complete I had in the garage that was intended for Saul’s. It had clumsy Spitfire 99a wheels on it. I swear those wheels feel like they absorb all pop right out of you. I don’t know how people skate them. After some basic warm ups I went for 3 tricks. Nollie varial flip, heelflip, treflip. I came very close to several nollie varial flips on the 8.5. I mixed in 8.25, 8″ completes and the 7.5″ putter too. Still couldn’t land one. I got a treflip on the normal 8.25. I never got a nollie varial flip. But I was most frustrated that I couldn’t heelflip to save my life. I finally got one on the putter. It felt pretty great, but didn’t erase the previous hour of depression. Skateboarding is so hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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