On a warm night I walked across the street after Rob, Saul and Dave were already skating (because I have the longest commute ha ha).  I still forgot to swap out the bushings and the stiff stock bushings were tough to slappy with.  I struggled with front and back slappies.  Saul wasn’t struggling with slappies though.  Well actually I guess I saw him hang up on the raw section once.  How unlike him.  Dave was already doing long slappy crooks, noseslides, noseslide 270.  Rob got robbed over and over on back 50 shove. Neither of us got first try front shoves from curb cut to parking lot, but we did get them..  Around the time the sprinkler came on I knew the sidewalk would get wet which motivated a first try kickflip from curb cut to parking lot.  So fun.  I think Rob got it first try too, he goes backside though, seems so hard.  I failed at kickflips up/into the curb cut, had a couple nollie back tails, the normal slappies, Saul did a front slappy around the corner below.  So sick.  This dude Mitch showed up determined to ollie the little gap after a 10 year hiatus from skating.  He had a nice ollie, but man he was scary to watch.  He would eventually get the ollie though.  Dave had cool grinds up the curb cuts to tail, pretty much most directions, lots of kickflips, sex changes.  Rob got a one foot back 50 or two, front 5-0s and ended trying kick back 50s.  I ended trying fakie flip/halfcab flip on the tiny bank.  I technically got one, but it wasn’t really on the ‘bank’.  It’s fun, I like messing around on that bank.  

(setup 8.5 Null Lazer deck, venture trucks 5.8 cast baseplate titanium hanger , stock purple bushings, sml 53mm og wide wheels, 2 speed washers inside each axle, new balance numeric pj 533v2 grey, currex run pro insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

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