With no real plan I went to the mall after dinner to get my new glasses fitted. It only took a minute and I started to get excited to skate after thinking about the research ledge. This used to be my favorite spot. It’s pretty chunky and dry now, but i still had fun. During the warm up line process I felt an urgency I hadn’t in a while. Maybe it was how bad I felt compared to the better days I’ve had here. I would get a couple lines that sound alright on paper for me. Halfcab flip, on flat, 180 up the curb, fakie flip, switch front nose. B/s flip, halfcab flip, ollie up the curb, noseslide. Was close on uphill switch flips, got a couple bad crooks when they didn’t stick right away. Couldn’t fathom 50s either way. Halfcab flip on the sidewalk part was scary for me. Ended by making myself line out the little manny pad gap and man it was hard. Noseslide to fakie, switch 180 up the curb then ollie onto the little pad and ollie the tiny gap. It was really hard for me to make myself ollie onto the pad and once I finally did I was going slow and did the worst ollie ever. But I tried and that made me feel good.

(setup 4/10 8.3 pmg, jessup ultragrip, royal 149 ultralights, 51mm bones stf v1 pj, new balance numeric 288sport green/gum size 11.5 no insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

Feeling lazy I went to dog park to meet Scotty P and 98% at dog park since they wanted me to get a trick for their upcoming video. July 7 at the 303 Annex! I hadn’t changed my setup and hated it still. But I did rattle off the few flippers I can as I warmed up with some noseslides and stuff. Then we filmed a joke clip where Joe and Garrett ollied a trash can off the kicker and I ollied Squeeks (laying down). I didn’t even really ollie but it was funny. Then I settled in on a line of slappy crooks then no comply flip. It took a long time, but it felt great when I got it. After that we bounced to go film at the yellow bar drop spot, but we got the boot. I bounced. Right before dinner I had a few minutes and had finally setup a new board so I went and did some slappies on the side of the school. Added in a few flippers too. It was fun.

(setup null 8.5/8.3 pmg, ace low 55s/royal 149 ultralights, 52/51 wheels, new balance numeric 288sport green/gum size 11.5 no insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

Super nice day. I rolled to Longmont and met Dave and Rob at Rocky Mountain. We skated for a solid couple hours. The recent rains had brought a lot of little pebbles to the parking lot which was kind of annoying. Although lately it doesn’t bum me out as much lately since it reminds me I’m not skating a skatepark. The curb was the main warm up medium. Rob did back 50 to back lip then went on to do nollie front lips to nose manual including one with a shove out. I was starting to get in a groove but broke my board on a heelflip. Argh! I was able to skate it backwards, but I definitely lost some motivation. I took a long time to get a kickflip up the curb. Dave on the other hand was lofting kickflips up the curb and lining it out with stalls on the bank to side curb and front 50 on the ledge. After a while I just sat and filmed Dave/Rob skate the curb. Dave’s switch crooks shoves make me jealous.

After heading home, some food and a nap, I went to Platte. I had put my trucks on an old 8.5 setup which I very much did not like. I struggled to ollie up the curb, couldn’t crook the ledge. Yeah, really didn’t do much.

(setup PMG 8.3/ null 8.5, jessup ultragrip, ace af1 low 55 hard bushings, 52mm pink snot, new balance numeric 272 green/black size 12 half insoles)
(pain level 3/10)