On the first night of below freezing skating I went in search of dry and ended up at upper valmont. I started in a weird location I’ve never skated before. Basically just a 20′ manny pad, but it had a slightly weird downhill approach and the curb was extra low. It made me struggle. I couldn’t get the manual. I tried for a really long time, then gave up and ollied up the curb, then ollied a tiny gap then did a kickflip. Then I went to the 2 stair area that I had waxed a few months ago. It now has a camera right above it so it’s a little weird. I just did a couple front axles on it. I had put in a Bones Hard Bushing on the bottom as I wanted a little more stability. I ended up hating it. I guess I’m a loose truck kind of guy. I had tried a few flippers. Not much worked. I was skating hard though. The 8.5″ felt huge this time around. Of course. I went across the street to the manny pads. I still struggled to manual there. Argh. I was skating hard. Came close to a line of switch 180 up, then ollie up, front shove out of the weird curb cut, manual, nose manual. Nose manual was the only one I didn’t get. The whole night I was haunted by an image of a raccoon I had seen get hit by a car right before pulling into Valmont. It was just such an unpleasant image. The cold never really bothered me at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(setup 8.5 null nolan deck, Venture 5.8 trucks (cast baseplate, titanium hanger), bones medium\/hard bushings , spitfire F4 52mm 99a green swirl wheels, new balance numeric 306 Foy b\/w size 12, footprints gamechanger insoles)
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