Skipped out on my lunch break for an hour at Blue Skies. Dave and Aki were there when I got there chatting in the rink, but we moved into the park right away. I thought I’d still be super sore from Sunday, but things actually worked and felt decent. We all did our various things to warm up. Dave did a first try switch no comply shove on the bank that was out of this world good. Trick of the day in the first minute. Dave was starting most of his lines with boardslides or boardslides to fakie on the snake bar. Aki was starting on the flatbar and going through lots of tricks. I was trying either soft rock or front tail stall on a bank then noseslides on the taller ledge. Dave was messing around with ollies to deck check on the weird pyramid thing. I took a few tries to get a front 50 on the low ledge, but nowhere near the struggle I went through last time. That part of the session alone made me feel better. But on top of that I skated decent for me. I had a few lines. Noseslide to fakie the tall corner ledge, halfcab boardslide the end of the flat bar, terrible front 5-0 (which was supposed to be a 50 shove). I would eventually also get 50 shove, 50 front 180. The ledge was too slick for crooks and me. I had a few basic flippers, still couldn’t get 360 flip. Aki had some really good lines. Nollie front lip the flat bar, kickflip on flat, front tail the low ledge, kickflip to fakie the bank, turn around and maybe he got crooks on the ledge. He also had nollie back lip on the flat bar. Aki couldn’t get a 360 flip either. Dave was trying boardslide shoves and never quite got it. We ended trying tricks on the bank. I posed a few fakie hardflips which felt doable. Apologies Dave, but I forget what you were trying on the bank. I know after I left he was doing a line of hippy flip on the bank and then boardslide shove attempts on the flat bar. Never got the shove. Doh! On the way out of the park I did a fly out kickflip. It was a nice topper on a fun session.

After work I stopped at Saul’s for a short one. My board felt so slow. I guess the bearings are still shot from the river at the hip session. I didn’t skate very well, but it was fun to skate with Saul. He was locking into long back 50s. Can’t wait to see him get those. I posed some lien to disasters. I probably shouldn’t be trying the, but they seem doable so I probably will again.

(setup 8.125″ null maze deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, 52mm bones stf v5, bones medium bushings, adidas busenitz vulc burgundy size 11.5, custom orthotic insoles)