Went to the dog park on a warm cloudy afternoon directly after work without a nap. It was popping. Lots of people. Paul and Robbie were there and a bunch of college kids I had never seen before. And then tall blond guy I haven’t seen in forever. Paul was shredding. I had worn vulcs for less foot pain. It worked for less foot pain, but it didn’t work for skating or preventing knee pain. I slammed on my first attempt to front 50 the curb and it was so embarrassing. F’ing vulcs man. They have no pop. I would go on to lose my front wheels several times trying slappy tricks on the metal curb which apparently puts way too much pressure on the wheels. Argh. I left super defeated. Paul had been ripping. He got the back 5-0 front 180 he’s been trying for a while.

(setup 6/10 8/3 null abstract33, jessup ultragrip, thunder hollow 149, 51mm bones pj washers outside, new balance numeric 272 b/w size 11/5 half insole)
(pain level 6/10)

After a chill day I went to Douglass in the afternoon on a cool day with snow threatening. I didn’t feel too good when I got on my board and would struggle for the most part. I started on the side with some ultra basic warm ups and progressed to a decent warm up line for me. Got halfcab flip on flat, nollie back tail the lurb, b/s flip the micro hip then a fakie flip on flat before bailing a fakie bigflip. That would be the highlight for me. I went on to take a million tries to get some ultra slow front 50s on the downhill part of the lurb. I partially blame all the salt, but wow I really have lost all confidence on that trick. After that I went behind the school and went in on the double noseslide Cass and I had tried months ago. I would get close, but not that close. It was fun trying hard, but a bummer not having the confidence to go into the noseslide faster to make it easier. Went out front to maybe skate more, but was tired so I went home.

(setup 8/10 8/3 null abstract33, jessup ultragrip, thunder hollow 149, 53mm bones pj washers outside, new balance numeric 440 white size 12 half insole)
(pain level 4/10)