Had one of those long, boring and draining days at work which left me wondering what I’m doing wasting my life away. \u00a0After a nice dinner with the family I sat on the couch and listened to Green Mind on vinyl. \u00a0It sounded great. \u00a0It was super nice out so I decided to go skate and campus seemed fun. \u00a0When I got there I set the board down and didn’t even go for that extra initial push to have a fun cruise down the hill to get things started. \u00a0I knew I was doomed at that point. \u00a0I started in the new art building where I did a couple kickflips before going to the nearby 3 stair and did a little line to it. \u00a0Fakie ollie, sw 180, ollie the 3. \u00a0Feeling a bit more warmed up I ended up at the parking lot west of the 14 which had just been repaved. \u00a0Sick! \u00a0They got rid of the jersey barrier that ruined the flat gap so I tried to ollie that. \u00a0For some reason my flat gap ollies have gone to total shit and I couldn’t do it. \u00a0I got so mad. \u00a0So mad. \u00a0My head wasn’t into skating. \u00a0Argh. \u00a0I kept at it for awhile. \u00a0Coming down the hill I started trying flatground kickflip or pop shove, a speedy manny then ollie the little double curb thing near the main street. \u00a0I actually did a couple of those and felt good for a second. \u00a0Some of the mannies were fast enough that I was a bit scared to even ollie up the curb. \u00a0Cool. \u00a0But the stupid flat gap ollie kept eluding me. \u00a0After I bailed that I would pick up my board and push at the tall ledge surrounding the parking lot and pose ollies over it. \u00a0A couple felt remotely possible which would be huge for me. \u00a0Eventually I did the whole line. \u00a0Front shove on flat, manny, ollie, turn around, ollie the flat gap. \u00a0I wasn’t even stoked. \u00a0I just picked up my board and walked to the car. \u00a0Ugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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