I had some time to kill before we headed up to the mountains to see my mom. I debated not skating, but ended up saying what the heck and went for it. I had wanted to switch out my wheels, but figured I didn’t really have enough time. I did grab my 8.75 setup with 54mm wheels just in case. The area on the side of the school was shaded, but had a lot of grass trimmings which was annoying. I started off okay, getting a few kickflips and feeling alright. But man, anything beyond that was a total struggle. I maybe got only fakie flip, halfcab flip and a bad fakie bigflip. I was trying a the ironman with the treflip over the uphill manhole. I never got a heelflip though, the treflips felt doable. After literally almost crying on a failed attempt at backside flip I grabbed the 8.75 setup and skated it the rest of the time. My kickflips were infinitely better, fakie flips too. I did a first try frontside flip (a Glen one with all 4 down then pivot) followed by a first try backside flip. I would finally land a heelflip too, but treflips felt harder. I blame the lack of grip on my 8.75 that’s a few years old now. I left completely frustrated with skateboarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(setup 8.5 & 8.75 nulls with ventures, spitfires, new balance numeric 913 westgates b\/w size 12, no insoles)
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