On a warm morning I went behind the school to the nice flatground and after a brief warmup went into a list of 15 tricks. I didn’t want to film it. I had made a subtle setup change. I put 5.6 v-hollows on instead and taken off the 5.8s. Other then some intense wheelbite at first it felt like a good move.
Kickflip – took a few tries to get one I was happy with
Fakie flip – got it pretty quick
Halfcab flip – this one took like 20 tries, I was so mad.
Fakie bigflip – since I struggled on halfcab flips it makes sense that this would be first and third try.
Backside flip – got a couple that were not clean
Frontside flip – struggled with it, but got a defensive one
Treflip – my standard for this trick is bad lately, this was no exception
Heelflip – got a couple
Fs halfcab heel – much to my surprise I got this one in around 10 tries. It’s the first time in awhile I’ve landed one of my more rare tricks.
Varial heel – not as close as I hoped, but commited.
Nollie flip – committed to a few, but never got both feet on.
Janoski flip – maybe slightly closer than nollie flip
Switch flip – not too close, but committed
Switch heel – same as above
Heelflip sex change – pretty close, but no commits.

After chilling for awhile I went to campus. I wanted to compare the smaller trucks to how I skated the day before so I went to the flagstone ledge again. I got similar tricks backside. Boardslide, noseslide, noseslide to fakie, crooks and I got a really bad halfcab noseslide which I didn’t get the day before. I was trying a few flippers, but it was hard because the tunnel area that’s good for it was like a wind tunnel. I got kickflip, halfcab flip, heelflip, fakie flip. Close to fakie varial flip and treflip. I took a few more tries to get ollie onto the ledge, less tries to get a front 50 which felt better than the accidental front 5-0. But I couldn’t do it again. Struggled with switch noseslides. Had a fun front board pop out. I was planning on moving further into campus, but it was pretty stormy. I ended up nearby in a brick area with a few smaller chunks of flagstone. I tried to ollie onto one. Technically I did, but I did the intentional back truck hang up to slow me down. Still, it was a tall ledge that was only a couple feet long so it was scary to me. I never got a clean ollie onto it. Then I wanted to skate a nearby 2 stair, but the wind kicked in fierce. I had done front 180 up and down. A few ollies up and wanting to kickflip down after, but the wind was just too much. I went home mostly happy about skateboarding.

(setup 8.25 null curby deck, venture 5.6 v-hollows, doh dohs 88a boardside bushing no washer minilogo 94a roadside with flat washer, 53mm purple swirl blank wheels, new balance numeric 288s b/w size 11.5, no insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

After a walk, yoga and a hike I went to campus on a nice afternoon. I didn’t have too long as it was Liz and I’s 22nd anniversary. My legs were tired from so much activity already, but at the same time warmed up. I started with the typical slappy crook warm up. That curb is so crusty. Then I went down the the flagstone ledge. Before setting up the phone I had done a few backside tricks which is way harder there because of the uphill approach and a big crack. Boardslide, noseslide, noseslide to fakie, crooks, switch front nose. Couldn’t get halfcab noseslide. Going frontside I messed around with the weird drainage gap a bit, got a couple of front 90s up it. Ha, would love to start a line there with a front 180 up, but it’s hard with the sidewalk ending like that. I think I got a line of the worst looking tricks every, front 90, fakie flip with the hands down, switch noseslide jib. I got an ollie up onto the ledge first try which I couldn’t quite do last time. Got into some front 50s right away, then got tired and they went away. Did a little line the other way of noseslide then front nose shove on the next one (didn’t slide, but felt cool). Flip tricks felt hard. Not sure if it’s the wider trucks/tall wheels or the dead board or dead shoes. Anyway I set the phone up, did a couple crooks and failed at 50s for awhile until getting an ugly accidental 5-0. I took it!

Then I went and messed around the weird rough area under the bridge. I tried a couple lines. Ollie up the first step, up the 2nd, ollie over the ledge into the narrow doorway. Never committed to the last ollie. Then ollie the long 2, axle stall a curb, ollie the 5 stair. Never even came close to trying the 5. The approach has gotten so bad, there are literally holes from disintegrated bricks. I was pretty beat by then and kinda wandered a little. I was going to try and ollie a ledge, but didn’t have the juice and ended up near the engineering building where they had redone some stuff. The little switch front nose into the ramp was fun. Also did a little line of wallie nollie then noseslide to fakie on it. I was amazed at how much wheelbite I was getting. it was annoying. Found a new ledge nearby that I took too long to back 50. It could have used a rub brick and some wax as it didn’t grind, but it was still fun to back 50. I can’t normally back 50 narrow ledges, well I can’t normally back 50 at all anymore. Luckily it was only curb height. I tried a few kick back tails, got kinda close, posed a couple front 50s on the taller side then called it a day.

(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, incrediwear knee sleeve)
(pain level 4/10 no sharp pains just kinda stiff and sore)