It’s been weeks since I’ve been to the dog park. I guess I’m taking the social distancing thing pretty serious. But I woke up early and work late and it was nice out. I wasn’t feeling too great, but that doesn’t normally stop me. I had switched to the cast baseplate, but other then that things were the same and felt the same. I had a fun initial slappy crook, then a sketchy slam on the first boardslide attempt. I was extra slow and cautious for a while, but things came together. I did some lines to get things going that aren’t noteworthy. First one I was happy with was front 5-0 the mini cinder block ledge, noseslide the tall side of the black ledge, noseslide to fakie the plastic ledge, fakie flip, halfcab noseslide the regular cinder block ledge, maybe a slappy crook at the end too. The thing I’m most happy about is committing to front 50s pretty much every try on the regular cinder block ledge. I got front 50, front 50 front 180, front 50 shove. I was trying to line it out with ollie over the mini cinder block ledge, but kept bailing the ollie. I would get it eventually though and it felt pretty easy and cool. I did the wallie thing and wood shot everywhere. Ha, my nose totally got tore up on that. The main parking block grinds so good. I had the best feeling front slappies and some really bad crooks on the cinder block ledge after. Then I got super tired and had very little energy and just kinda putzed around. I tried fakie nosegrinds on the mini cinder block ledge and failed, got a little front smith jib on the lower side of the black ledge. Man I love this park.

(setup 8.25 null curby deck, venture 5.8 titanium axle with custom hollow cast baseplate, doh dohs 88a boardside bushing no washer minilogo 94a roadside with flat washer, 53mm purple swirl blank wheels, 3 speed washers on the outside of each axle, new balance numeric 288s jack curtain size 11.5, no insoles)
(pain level 4/10 almost sharp pain in the right knee should have worn the incrediwear knee sleeve)

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