After slacking all morning I went to Safeway for a bit to warm up and get my treflip before going to Darin’s ramp. I was even less motivated than I imagined when I got there. The spot is a little different now, there is a dumpster so people have waxed up the next section to the east. It’s actually a better ledge, less angle. But the backside run up kinda stinks. Oh well, I did a bunch of slow no-pop noseslide variations to get warmed up. Eventually got some 50s both ways and intentional front 5-0s. Nollie flips were feeling really close. I would do them after backside tricks. Frontside I tried tailslide then treflip until technically I got it. It was maybe the most questionable treflip I’ve done in this two week span of ‘a tre a day’. But with how tired I was I counted it. Actually the tailslide was pretty bogus too, but at least that one is rare for me and a couple actually slid. I tried quite a few front shove back 50s and got remotely close, but never got both feet on.

Then I went to Darin’s and it was a rad chill session with only a few people I knew. Kevein, Carleigh, Margaret and Darin. Kevin was absolutely destroying it. Smiths both ways, tails, lips, ollies, 5-0s to fakie, switch disasters, the list goes on. Darin looked good on his ramp. He had long back 50s to fakie, feebles to fakie, switch disaster, switch 50, was trying blunts. Margaret has rad layback 5-0s that she never quite landed, lots of back 50s. Carleigh was doing frontside and backside ollies. I’ve never seen here do those on transition before. Also feeble fakie, front rock, back 50s. I started really slow and the taller wheels were messing with me. Near the end I was finally remembering what it’s like to skate a ramp and was bummed it started raining. About the only tricks I was happy with were fakie back smith to fakie and front rock. Back 50s are of course always fun too. I wish we wouldn’t have gotten rained out.

(setup 8.3 null spanbauer pro deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 cast baseplate titanium hanger, bones medium bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, bones stf 54mm v3 99a, new balance numeric 288s navy, no insoles)
(pain level 4/10 my knees did not enjoy running up /down the ramp)