After meeting Dave’s kids we went to the skatepark on a very and muggy afternoon.  Dave didn’t have much time but we made the most of it. He’s still really casual looking on the board. Manuals, 50s on the ledges with ease.  The grinds on the little banks were cool.   He tried to 180 off the last step but couldn’t get it.   I was feeling pretty out of it. I hadn’t really gotten the feel of it before dave needed to leave so I skated another hour or so.  I mostly just tried a couple lines over and over.  Halfcab noseslide, quick up, 50 above the pad.   Then basically the same but crooks to start and front shove out of the 50.  I would eventually get a bad 50 shove and was a sweaty mess.  Messed around with a fun ride on grind , rock fakie, fakie 50.  Then a few runs in a small bowl that was fun before bouncing.  Until near the end I had the park all to myself.  People started showing up and it was so weird how much effort was made to not say a simple hello as they rolled by.  Weird scene.  

(setup 3/10 8.25 null is all you need, jessup ultragrip, royal 144 hollow kingpin, 52mm spitfire f4 99a yellow classic shape, new balance numeric 440v2 white size 11.5 pinnacle powerstep orthotic insole which left no board feel)
(pain level 4/10)

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