Finally warm and somewhat dry enough to go hit Blue Skies during gym time. I was hyped. The main bank was a snowy mess so I had to skate around the bikepath to get there without getting my shoes wet. I pushed switch. It was fun, there was a big corner that was hard to make going switch. The park had more snow/ice then I thought it would. I started slow. Did a bunch of boardslides on the flat bar then front 50s on the low ledge. I went a little faster each time. I tried to grind further too. Did front 50, front 50 180 out, front 50 shove, front 5-0, almost front 50 kickflip out. Back crooks and back noseslide on the taller part. Tried 3 flips for awhile. Finally got a few. Tried a line with 3 flip, ollie a flat bar, 3 flip. Got it, but it wasn’t pretty. I’m basically just trying to force myself into learning 3 flips and trying them when I would normally just do a kickflip. Came close to some faster f/s halfcab heelflips, landed on a varial heel, had a good feeling b/s flip. Skateboarding in the sun and decent temperatures is nice.

After work I went near the research center and found a good sized dry patch of asphalt. I was sore from already skating and working, but I wanted to be out in “warm” (40s) weather a bit more. It didn’t take me too long to get flowing. I was struggling a bit when out of the blue a really good line (for me) came out of nowhere. No comply front 180, fakie flip, fakie treflip. The added bonus was I went fast enough that I didn’t have to push in between any tricks. Granted the fakie tre was pretty slow, but that’s the only way I could do it anyway. It hyped me up. I tried another line of f/s halfcab heel, treflip, front heel. Never got all three. Tried the nollie tre, heelflip, treflip line too, but only landed one nollie tre. Either way I was hyped. My trick list was kickflip, no comply 180, no comply finger flip, fakie flip, b/s halfcab flip, fakie bigflip, fakie varial flip, varial flip, f/s halfcab flip, f/s halfcab heelflip, b/s flip, heelflip, front heel (horrible), 360 flip, fakie treflip, nollie treflip. Came closer to nollie heels and switch flips. At the end I tried b/s halfcab heels for awhile and landed the first one I’ve done in years. It felt amazing. Hooray for flatground!

(setup 8″ venture lows bones med bushing spitfire four 50mm wheels)

On a cold night in the lower 20s I went to Red Curbs. I lurked a “new” spot for a bit. Sent a text photo to Jack thinking he would be hyped. Instead he reminded me of how slow and old I am and that he had already shut the spot down. At Red Curbs it was pretty wet and snowy and I randomly decided to warm up on this little thing on the far side. I had longjohns on and two pairs of socks. It was too much and I was quickly sweating. I rode up the wedge and did front tail shove on the curb, front 5-0 back 180 out, front d, some weird pivot off the front truck 270 out. Back pivot to front 180 into the “bank”. It was a fun warm up. I also did the first helipop I’ve done in years. For the kids out there that is a “nollie b/s 360” without much pop and a whole lot of pivot.

Alright @boredzinejp let's get this long distance game of Instagram O-L-D-F-A-R-T started! First challenge is my favorite trick, slappy crooks. Good luck! #theglenandjoshOLDFARTlongdistanceinstagramtricksuperchallenge

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Then I went over to the main area to get Josh and I’s long distance Instagram game of O-L-D-F-A-R-T going with slappy crooks. That trick is seriously the funnest. I did it quite a few times because my self filming wouldn’t focus or whatever. Then I just kind of messed around for awhile. Did quite a few 50s, a few manuals, a version of a front smith, some other stuff then called it a night.

(setup 8″ venture lows bones med bushing spitfire four 50mm wheels)