After work I chilled for a bit then met the Dave’s and Saul across the street for some much needed curb therapy. I felt no confidence at the start and was scared bashing into/out of slappies, but it would come. Saul was quick on the great slappies. He had some good ollies up curbs too. He said he had knee pain too. That’s my excuse Saul. Ha. I really like how Fuller warms up and feels out hard tricks on the escalator parts of he curbs. Tricks like switch crooks, switch 50s to tail, etc. He would get some really good slappy crooks, slappy crooks shove, noseslides. He tried slappy crooks to switch 5-0, seemed doable. Also got into front blunts, had nollie front 180s off the curb cut. Luzius had broken his board earlier so was on a cruiser. He still had some nice manuals, back 5-0’s, front tails, back bigspins. He can do anything. I had fun with slappies both ways, slappy crooks both ways. Didn’t ollie much until the end which is a good sign since I was able to skate for a couple hours. I’m not sure if it’s the cupsoles with orthotics or the new Incrediwear knee sleeve I’m wearing, but my knees felt better at the session went on. There is hope for my knees! I got really mad that I couldn’t ollie into a front 50 at one point, then did back 50 and front 50. It felt great to ollie in even if it’s just a curb. Dave did a line of slappy crooks then nollie front 180 off the curb cut. I took a few tries to get his back with slappy front crook then nollie back 180 off the curb cut. I could only do the nollie back 180 going slow, not over the crack. Oh well. It was a fun session and I feel optimistic about skating again. Grinding concrete is such a great feeling.

(setup 8.38 null curby deck, venture 5.8 cast baseplate with titanium hanger, 51mm bones stf v1 with all speed washers on the outside of the axle, bones medium bushings, jessup ultra grip, new balance numeric 913 westgates black/yellow size 12, footprint gamechanger low profile orthotic insoles, incrediwear knee sleeve)
(pain level 6/10 my knees kind of allowed me to skate now I just have to get some confidence back)