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On a sunny, but cool day after a couple more inches of snow I chilled early in the day hoping something would melt. It wasn’t look good so I left with LGJ in case. I ended up at the newish ledges near red curbs hat I haven’t skated before. They were really tall and it’s apparently next to a police station so it was odd seeing a bunch of police driving by. We didn’t get hassled at all though. I was there for a good 30 minutes first. I didn’t think I would land much of anything as the ledges are really tall and the small part in the background was wet. I had a warm up noseslide of something like back axle a curb, kickflip, noseslide. Also front 180 off a curb, b/s halfcab flip, front nose jib to fakie. Eventually a line I was pretty hyped on. F/s halfcab flip, noseslide to fakie, fakie ollie up a curb. I was hyped on a first try fakie bigflip, slow backside flip. Jake showed around then. I got my best crooks of the day at that point. Jake was quick on the ledge with noseslide pretty much right away. We both tried noseslide shoves for awhile. He would get a super good one. I didn’t. I struggled with heelflips, couldn’t get treflip and close but no cigar on nollie tre. I got a couple front nose jibs after some tilted manuals on the curb at the start or kickflips off the curb. Jake did no comply 180 followed by halfcab nose. I came remotely close to fakie flip then halfcab nose. Jake tried to get front 50. He got up on it, but couldn’t reel it in. These ledges are very tall. Fun day, skating in the cold is hard, but we did it. I’m glad I wasn’t stuck in a garage again.

(setup null 8.5 plant life, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 cast baseplate titanium hanger, bones medium bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic shape, new balance numeric 212 blue/gum size 11.5 left shoe nb# b/w 212 size 12 for the right shoe to see if it reduced right toe pain it did not, footprints elite mid kingfoam insoles)
(pain level 3/10 just right toe pain the knees felt good)

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On a cold and snowy day while on call for work I tried to rally with some type of motivation and skate LGJ (Ledgy Junior). I attempted to start at the bigger open garage near 28th & Glenwood, but there was a security truck parked at the entrance. So I went to the old small Google garage and it was way warmer anyway. I started warming up, did a couple rolls down the steep driveway and brought LGJ out. And then down comes the security guard. Argh. Little did she know when I packed up and left I knew exactly which garage she was just at. So I went back to the bigger colder one and skated for about an hour and a half. I skated extra slow and didn’t have much juice. Trick wise it might sound decent for me, but everything was slow and questionable. The trick that took me too long that really made me mad was halfcab noseslide. It’s also when I noticed that my bushings gave out pretty much every time I leaned in on them. Anyway, trick I landed were boardslide, front board, noseslide, noseslide fakie, front nose, front nose fakie, switch front nose, switch back nose, crook, halfcab noseslide, halfcab noseslide to fakie, front 50, first try fakie nosegrind for the only trick I was truly hyped on. I got close to halfcab noseslide shove, front 5-0, halfcab noseslide 270. I ended with a newish/rare one. F/s halfcab noseslide. Flip tricks didn’t go well. I mostly blame the cold and not wanting to fall as it was in the low 20s. Happy I skated though.

(setup null 8.5 plant life, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8, venom 88a bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic shape, new balance numeric 212 blue/gum size 11.5, footprints elite mid kingfoam insoles)
(pain level 3/10)