On a crisp morning with a heavy frost I went to Boulder park at sunrise after already haven worked for an hour. My knee seemed up for it so I jumped and tried some flippers. I started on 8.5 with Ace and after a couple of ghost pops remembered I had an 8.25/Thunder in the car and grabbed it. My first ollie felt way. better and I I could actually land kickflips so I stuck with it. I haven’t ollied anything beyond a curb in a while. I had a funny ollie attempt onto the triangle ledge where I shot out and quickly realized it was covered in slippery frost. Doh. I had a fun run at one point with some ultra basics but it felt cool to cruise around. Then I tried the kickflips on the hump which took way longer than I want to admit. But the good news is it didn’t hurt my knee while I was trying them. The funny fall I can’t explain. I left somewhat optimistic that I’ll be able to skate on regs again. Thank you modern medicine.

(setups 8.5 with ace then 8.25 with thunder, new balance 600s)
(pain level 4/10 knee still feels weird, not super painful, just weird)

This entry was posted on Friday, December 15th, 2023 at 4:54 pm and is filed under setup change, Skate Journal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.