Well another morning I woke up 3 hours before I needed to be logged in for work. So I went skating. When I first arrived the other quiet guy was there, he was charging. I warmed up pretty well, the bigger setup felt heavy, but good. Other than what’s in the video I tried some front shove 50s on the cinder block ledge and didn’t get close. Had some 50s on other things. I lacked some confidence, but I skated pretty hard. Nothing in the clip came easy. The front slappies are really fun. I thought the crooks would look better than a quick jib. The line of boardslide then back 50 took way too long. The halfcab flip, front 50 line was followed by boardslide the barrier, back 5-0 the little pad, then bail nollie back tail the mini cinder block ledge. The no comply sex change took like 20 minutes. It was challenging, but fun. I wore a hole through my sole so new shoe blues next session.

(setup 8.3 null collage deck, venture 5.8 titanium hanger custom hollow cast baseplate, bones medium bushings, old 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic green/yellow swirl wheels, new balance numeric 288s white/gum size 11.5, no insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

After feeling tired and disoriented all day I skipped across the street shortly before sunset on my reassembled 8.3 setup. I did about 5 minutes worth of slappies then back to the original curb to try Dave’s latest challenge to me. Front shove axle stall nollie shove. I haven’t really tried front shove 50s like I should be so I was excited to try this. I got into a few, slammed a couple times and finally got one. I made a weak attempt to get a clean one, but called it a night (Dave’s back truck wasn’t on either so technically it was exactly what he did).

(setup 8.3 null collage deck, venture 5.8 titanium hanger custom hollow cast baseplate, bones medium bushings, old 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic green/yellow swirl wheels, new balance numeric 288s white/gum size 11.5, no insoles)
(pain level 2/10)

Was hoping to avoid dog park a little this week, but I woke up early and the forecast said rain (it barely rained). I did alright. There were only a few things to take away from this session. First, low trucks mess with some tricks, but somehow I do appear to have better pop. I snapped over the mini cinder block ledge super easy which motivated me to try and finally get a clean ollie over the wallier barrier. It’s eluded me for a year. I’ve ollied it plenty of times with a slight bonk, but this was the first clean one. Felt pretty cool. Only other thing I remember was trying halfcab noseslide 270 shoves on the cinder block ledge and they felt doable even if I didn’t get close. Oh, and I struggled with the back 50 on the new pad again.

(setup  8.25 null curby deck, venture 5.2 awake low trucks custom hollow cast baseplate, doh dohs 88a boardside bushing minilogo 94a roadside with flat washer, 51mm bones stf v1 wheels with 3 speed washers on the inside, new balance numeric 288s white/gum size 11.5 with super thin adidas insoles)
(pain level 4/10)