Kevin and I met Jake at the 38th ledge spot. Jake had just finished shoveling and it was drying off. There was another dude Max I think, he was nice. Those guys were quickly ollieing and stuff, I was more on the slappy tip. Did some slappy crooks quickly which made me happy. Kevin rattled off all kinds of tricks. Jake too. Front 50s, front tails, back 50s, crooks, etc. Jake had thought of a line he wanted to do and I started to feel out one myself. Jake was going for front tail to fakie then f/s halfcab noseslide. I was doing alright at slappy crook then kick back 50. I got into my first kick back 50 so I thought it would work. Jake did his line before Kevin was kind enough to offer filming. Then he did it again. I tried my line a bunch of times, got real close, but never rode away from the kick 50. Argh. Some slappy crooks were really fun feeling at least. We left for a spot that Kevin had found nearby. Getting out of the car I was in so much pain I knew I was done for the day. I was toast. Ugh. Jake and Kevin ollied up a loading dock and off before we got a pretty funny boot by a security guard that I think was just on a smoke break. Jake left. Kevin and I went lurking. We hit a weird double bank spot, but all I could do was ride down them. Kevin did a crazy line riding on some weird mound, back 180, halfcab into banks, quick ollie and he did a rare b/s flip! Then we found another cool bank spot nearby where you could wallie nollie and maybe crook a bit. We both tried. I wasn’t able to move well enough to get my front truck up there. Kevin did it really really good though. I might have to sub him in on more tricks when I’m in pain. I need to figure something out because the pain was unreal. Even when I woke up the next day it was beyond terrible. Ugh.

(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, 52mm bones stf 103a v1 with all washers outside the wheels, new balance numeric 212 mustard size 11.5, footprint mid elite insoles)
(pain level 5/10 initially then 9/10 after the ledge session)

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