On a cloudy and cool morning I drove by scott carpenter on the way to howard heuston and saw it was empty so I stopped in for some carves. The plan was to again not pop, but maybe do a few little grinds. I had some fun, but it was mostly pretty boring not being able to pop. The main area of the park is so slow now it’s weird, even with bigger wheels the concrete is slow. I had a few fun back 50s on the new little straight wall, one front slash, an awkward bail on the tiny escalator qp that my have tweaked my knee a little, one switch front nose on the bench. At the end I did a pretty dumb line of roll into the steep bank, roll out the steeper qp then ride onto the bench via the qp next to it. Yippee. Then I went by HH and left after a few minutes kind of disgusted by how bad Evergreen skateparks are. They aren’t even fun when you can’t do tricks. Guess I need to bust out a scooter or strider bike since that is what they are designed for.

(setup 8.5 null sample 14.25, jessup ultragrip, thunder hollow lite 149 royal bushings, bones 53mm v1 103a stf pj, new balance numeric 868 grey/blue size 12 currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 5/10 wasn’t feeling as good)

On a gorgeous day I couldn’t resist a couple afternoon slappies. Knee felt okay when doing so and I definitely had to fight off the itch to try real tricks. The front slappy took me a while. I also felt more off than ever on my board. Maybe because i changed trucks again, maybe because my lack of time on the board is adding up. Anyway, it was fun and Thunders have a great pinch. But still a terrible turn.

(setup 8.5 null sample 14.25, jessup ultragrip, thunder hollow lite 149s with Royal bushings, bones 53mm v1 103a stf pj, new balance numeric 868 grey/blue size 12 currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 1/10)