Went to Wilville around 11 on a cooler day. I could tell rather quickly that my body wasn’t feeling as limber as yesterday. I started at the round curb area. Did a few stalls then moved to a little 3 stair I had never ollied before. Did a line of nollie shove then ollie. Then as I was trying kickflip then 180 some randoms told me I couldn’t skate there because of a liability issue and “we live here”. Ha. Whatever. It helped me though and I did the kickflip and front 180 that try. I went over to the rock area. Did a couple wallrides on the center rock then tried a line. I got front 180 up the two stair, halfcab flip on flat, ollie the first 3, bail the second 3. Since I didn’t get both ollies I went for f/s halfcab flip in the line instead. I would get a really bad one and both ollies. I was gonna try and turn around and ollie up the 3, but I was pretty beat. I went to the main middle manny pad and tried a bunch of kickflips to fakie. It was disappointing how bad I was feeling ollieing up the curb before the bank. I would get one kickflip, but fell off when rolling off the curb. Doh. I tried awhile longer and didn’t get too close and started to get super angry and sore so I left.

(setup 8.5 null plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 red cast baseplate titanium hanger, venom 88a big bushing 91a small bushing flat washer top, 54mm bones stf v5 with all washers outside the wheels, new balance numeric 212 mustard size 11.5, footprint mid elite insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

On a really nice morning I went to Broomfield park where Jake was already 15-20 tricks deep on the quartapotty. He had to do 36 tricks. Lots of people joined. Both Dave’s, Rob, Eric, Kevin, Ed, Saul and Brian! I was feeling alright for once. Actually maybe the best I’ve felt in months. It was weird being able to ollie without pain. Anyway, the skating. I hit the quartapotty with Jake to start, but I only did a couple tricks. I’ll try just listing some tricks people did. Eric, good heelflips as normal, crooks, back 50 back 180. Brian almost did a blunt bigspin. Rob and I played on the low side of the brown ledge. He was going for back 180 on halfcab off. I was trying ollie up then nollie shove on the bank. I didn’t get it and I don’t think Rob quite got it either. Ed had some nice ollies, boardslides. Dave L amazes me every time with his casual pop and manuals. Kevin ripped more than normal which says a lot. Front board and crooks the double set rail and was trying switch flip switch manual. Dave F was ripping above normal too. He rattled off some brick qp tricks, quartapotty, the hump, boardslide across and down the tiny bar, kickflips. Jake did his 36 tricks, I think the last one was front noseblunt. He did the pole jam, boardslide the tiny rail, 50s and crooks the black ledge then went on an unsuccessful run at a steep bank front noseblunt. I got a first try front 50 on the black ledge which sounds like nothing, but with how I’ve skated lately felt great. Also got crooks on it, but then went and tried a line. Noseslide to fakie, fakie pivot to fakie, fakie nosegrind. The fakie nosegrind was not working, but somehow I managed to do the shortest jib in history. My body was feeling decent enough that I hucked a fakie tre after and almost got it. Jake and I played a game of SKATE. I had stiffened up a bit chatting with friends and started by getting two letters on kickflip. Yikes. I recovered to make it interesting at least. Got him with halfcab flip, b/s flip and heelflip. He got me with front shove which I just can’t believe I wasn’t close. I was at SKAT and Jake at SKA when we went in on treflips. I had several that felt really close and would eventually get one. Jake had been close too, but didn’t get it. After I had a violation on varial flip Jake put one down and I couldn’t get it. Doh. Can’t believe I let him win on his birthday. Ha ha. I was pretty beat after that. Dave F was trying switch treflips and getting close. Kevin did all the treflips. Then did switch tre out of the bank. Dave did back tail shove and maybe a back tail 360 out on the hump. Then started timing a back tail to fakie with a dude trying big frontside airs. It was rad. Kevin and I ended with front tail reverts on the hump. I think that was basically it. Fun day. Happy Birthday Jake, you rip.

It was also uplifting to me knowing that pain has been a big reason why I haven’t skated well lately. Not uplifting that I am normally in pain, but knowing that pain has limited me motivated me to try harder to do the things that reduce pain.

(setup 8.5 null plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 red cast baseplate titanium hanger, venom 88a big bushing 91a small bushing flat washer top, 54mm bones stf v5 with all washers outside the wheels, new balance numeric 212 mustard size 11.5, footprint mid elite insoles)
(pain level 2/10!!!)