Haven’t skated Red Curbs in a really long time. Mainly because it’s been nice out, but also because the cops wrote a nasty ticket to friends there over the summer. So I went solo on a rainy night to see if it was a freak one time event. The curbs were still waxed so I’m thinking it was just a one time deal. At least I hope. Throughout the night cops would drive by (it’s near a cop shop) and none of them even slowed down. I listened to nothing but the new Dinosaur Jr album “I Bet On Sky”. I’m starting to think it’s their best reunion album which already means it’s one of their best considering Farm is in my top 3. Warming up didn’t take super long, but it was clear my legs weren’t in as good of shape as the day before and my arthritis was bothering me a bit. It just makes me feel more awkward then normal and off balance. Even kickflips were kinda hard. It didn’t stop me from skating though and I feel lucky just to be able to do what I do. I’ve been thinking about front lip kickflips out forever. I guess the first step would be learning front lips. I tried a ton of them and landed a couple. I don’t think the kickflip out will ever happen, but it’s fun pretending. There were a few lights out which made the manny pad really dark. I tried a couple lines. One way halfcab noseslide then back 5-0. Never got the back 5-0 although came close and haven’t tried it in forever. Other way front 50 then front tail but I never slid a good one. I hucked a bunch of tricks throughout. Got a first try back 180 nosegrind that I couldn’t do again. Hucked a few kick back t, kick back 5-0, halfcab flip noseslide, none of which were very close. Tried some fakie nosegrinds and although I grinded them good I couldn’t ride out. All in all it was one of those nights were I didn’t really land much, but I was sweating, skating hard, having fun and enjoying the tunes. Before leaving I said I’d do 10 flip tricks. The first nine came pretty easy. Kickflip, fakie flip, halfcab flip, heelflip, fakie bigflip, varial flip, b/s flip, f/s halfcab flip and treflip. I wanted the last trick to be something harder for me so I tried some rare or NBD for me tricks like sw f/s flip, nollie tre, f/s flip, halfcab heels, but I was super tired and settled for fakie varial flip which took way longer then it should have.

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