After chilling most of a Sunday I went out attempting to skate flatground. I went to the Avalon parking lot and started things out. Kind of slow of course. Had gotten a few flippers: kickflip, fakie flip, halfcab flip, f/s halfcab flip, b/s flip, heelflip when I needed to head back to sell some boards to Ryan. After a delay I ended up at the flagstone ledge on campus where I went on to totally suck beyond any comprehension I had imagined. It literally took 10 tries to kickflip. I had somehow done a heelflip before kickflip. I was wearing true orthotitc insoles to reduce knee pain and it just resulted in less board feel I think. A lot less, a whole lot less. Everyone that walked by was so nice and I was so miserable. Couldn’t ollie onto the ledge or 50 it. Made me doubt everything. I would get a couple flippers, but eventually I just stopped and sat in the nice shade for a while before getting a nice text from Liz telling me to pick up some wine. Setup change incoming ..

(setup 3/10 8.5/14.25 null 20 year, null grip, thunder 149 hollow lights with royal bushings, 52mm spitfire 52mm yellow classic shape f4 99a, new balance numeric 440v2 white size 11.5 wide, pinnacle powerstep orthotic insole)
(pain level 4/10)

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