Went to Boulder park before work still feeling exhausted from the nursing home the day before. I knew I wouldn’t be able to skate after work and I work late this week so it made sense. I was the only one there. I cruised for awhile before trying any tricks. I did some tiny ollies, etc. Nothing really new. The only thing that required effort that I really tried was a kickflip to fakie up on the deck by the bowl then a switch noseslide a little down the hubba. Then it was off to work.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow high trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 steele/gum shoes)

After a long day of helping with Jason in the nursing home I contemplated just going to sleep, but the kids encouraged me to go into the garage for the required minimum session. I did a few of the minimum manuals and called it a night.

I had a lazy morning. Slept in a little to try and cure the insomnia. It worked. I felt good. I changed my trucks to the high trucks and the wheels that were on my bigger setup. Around 10am I lazily went over to the school after telling Ollie, “I’m not coming back until I land Josh’s trick”. It took me about 30 minutes and I was back and feeling happy.

successful street session in Boulder today with a rad crew. Fulfilled my "fuckinround" urge. Carl was on fire as usual. @gnarlycarleigh @corpoglenny @fullertrron

A photo posted by Ashlyn Games (@ashlyngames) on Oct 15, 2016 at 6:22pm PDT

After some lunch I went out in front of the house and skated some flatground while waiting for Carleigh. It went ok, some tricks even felt better like fakie bigspin flip. Then after awhile I gave up and left and ended up at Valmont. Carleigh came shortly after. I had setup a little table off the curb to noseslide down to start a run before the bank spot. I got a couple of them, but the angle was really hard and the rocks supporting the side beams kept falling out. Ashlyn showed and started waxing the curb on the side of the bank. I had one line with noseslide then varial flip to fakie. Dave showed too. We were mostly just skating the bank at that point. Carleigh got a rad line (photo above) of boardslide down, ollie the wall then kickflip on a banked sidewalk. Ashlyn did a ton of tricks. Boardslide up, heelflip, fakie heelflip, no comply and some more tricks I’ve forgetting right now. Dave did boardslide up, fakie crook stall, front disaster, kickflip to fakie, boardslide the whole way down, a ton of tricks. Carleigh also did her first boardslide transfer. Then she perfected it with a few more that got better and better. I tried slappy crooks to manual down forever. Got really close, but never made it all the way down. I was getting close to fakie hardflip too when Jason pinged us asking for help. Off to the nursing home Carleigh and I went.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow high trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratfor 533 steele/gum shoes)

Got out of work early and went home instead of skating. That basically sums up how bad I felt. I pushed over to the school after a walk with Liz on my 8.38 setup. I did a few crooks stalls and stuff then went home.