I really needed a new deck and I was out of 8.125 Nulls so I picked up an MJ board at MRKT. It’s a horrible graphic in my opinion, but it’s the right size and MJ is one of my favorite pros so I got it. There was a foot of snow on the ground and it was still dropping. After working from home I went out in the garage wanting to land a new trick. I started in a zone of trying to get a perfect backside flip going down the garage, nollie flip going up. Never got the nollie flip and the b/s flips I got were anything but perfect. Then I went with my 5 treflip minimum down the garage and rotated between switch flip (close), switch heel and nollie inward heel up. That took awhile. I got a nollie varial flip at least, a crappy nollie bigflip (I was still hyped on it!), and an over 40 varial heel. I hucked switch front heel for awhile and came so insanely close on one of them. That trick somehow feels possible. Fun night, I was motivated. Skating flat and listening to old cassette tapes (Daisy Chainsaw!) and new ones (Bilge Rat) is fun.

(setup: 8.125 chocolate mj, venture 5.25 lows with 3 washers inside, venom 91a bushings, 50mm bones stf V1 wheels, nbnumeric pj stratford 533 black/gum)

Old man night at @launchskate. Aka single file through the walkway to slow flipper.

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Went up to Fort Collins after work with Dave for “Over 30 Night” at Launch. The ramps were kind of heated so I started on the parking block. Brian and I joked that I drove an hour to skate a parking block. I argued that it was heated so it was worth it. Ha ha. I had a few slappy crooks. Jake and Dave too. Dave might have done a switch one as well. I was trying to 270 out, but never got it. Brian did a slappy crooks after I had a very embarrassing slam where I ended up on the flat of the ramp. I have no idea what happened. Then I skated the smaller miniramp for awhile. It was a weird vibe, but fun. I did one of the better front feebles I’ve done in awhile as well as a fakie pivot to fakie. Then I saw Jake doing kickflips on flat and did the ol’ ro sham bo look to him to see if he wanted to play SKATE. He did. I was hyped. Until I ended up not landing basically anything. The tight space got to me. I got a letter on 360 flip and two letters on fakie flip. Unbelievable. I only got him with halfcab flip, no comply finger flip and varial flip. Marcus and Donnie were skating with us too. It was rad seeing Marcus skate for the first time in years. He was on a 7.75. So sick! I might have skated the ramp a bit more, but I think I mostly just chilled in the lounge and tried to learn carpet hardflips with John. He was ripping the carpet! Ha, kickflip followed right by switch flip. Alright night, I wish I would have skated the big ramp more, but I think I would have just iced the heated session.

(setup: 8.125 null, venture 5.25 lows with 3 washers inside, venom 91a bushings, 50mm bones stf V1 wheels, nbnumeric pj stratford 533 black/gum)