After only one callout (ha ha) I got to the dog park around 9am on a cool morning. Warming up was slow. I had setup a new Nolan board and was excited to skate it! I had also put some bigger wheels back on, the 53mm SML wheels. It took awhile before I did anything beyond a boardslide on something low. I started with the whole line approach to get myself going on the lower step. I think I did wallie the little barrier, front 50, kickflip. Kickflip, back 5-0 (was supposed to be a 50) then boardslide to fakie the end of the kinked flat bar. Then wallie, front 50 180, fakie bigspin. Kickflip back 50 then wallie back 180 the barrier. But I never got the wallie back 180. Seems doable though. Then the line got longer. Front 50 the metal ledge, front 50 the hump, kickflip a crack, back 50. Never quite got the back 50 again, but I was getting in at least. I kind of changed it around and hucked a little. Nothing went down, but it was kind of funny that I kind of got into a kick back tail on the ledge I could barely back 50. I had an intentional 5-0 on the metal ledge. At the end I tried a line of 360 flip on flat, ollie the little barrier then boardslide the orange barrier. Only got to the orange barrier twice and never committed. Actually, never got a totally clean ollie over the little barrier either, but it felt good to hop over it.

(setup 8.5 null nolan machine deck, Venture 5.8 titanium trucks with cast baseplate, sml 53mm og wide wheels, 3 washers inside each axle, bones medium bushings, new balance numeric 212 grey size 12, footprints gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

After multiple callouts for work I stayed at home. I took off for a lunch break to meet the crew. It was Dave F, Dave L, Rob and Eric at the end. I hadn’t skated in a few days due to hamstring/glute pain. But since it seemed to be getting worse not skating I decided I might as well test the waters and skate. It seemed to make it feel better, but I definitely started slow and was cautious. They had removed all the 303 obstacles and a couple more including Rob’s favorite manny pad. I’m not sure if that was why Rob couldn’t get into the session, but he bounced pretty quickly. Dave L was on the parking block tip, doing nollie 180s over it and lining some stuff out. He can so casually back 50 and manual the cement benches. Dave F had some rad front 50 to front crook fakie combos. He said they should be good for learning front crooks. He also ollied into the manhole cover which was propped up on a curb. We were both surprised that worked out. I really didn’t do much of anything noteworthy. I was happy to ollie the tiny flat bar first try. I saw Dave F back 50 one of the concrete benches, I was impressed. Near the end this guy came and put his dog in the dog park and skated back and forth with his dog barking at him. Maybe it was the lack of sleep, but I seriously couldn’t handle it and used it as my cue to leave. I had some butt pain, but it wasn’t overwhelming.

(setup 8.38 null dream machine deck, Venture 5.8 titanium trucks with regular stock baseplate, spitfire f4 99a 52mm blue/yellow radial wheels, 3 washers inside each axle, bones medium bushings, new balance numeric 212 grey size 12, footprints gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 5/10)