Met up with Paul, Rob, Will at a hot dog park after work. Initially it was pretty chill. I had one line I really liked. Front 180 off the grate, fakie flip, switch front board the little rail. Had some okay crooks, but other than that it was a total struggle and my knee was in a lot of pain. I also got annoyed with some of the youth which is just a self reflection wishing I was skating better. Paul also got annoyed, he had done some of his normal routine and was more on the flatground tip than normal. Rob on the other hand was shredding. Manual and nose manual around the c pad, front 50 the bench all casual, nollie front lipslide, two kickflips in a row, almost front shove 50 on the curb. Will was later, I didn’t see much. But after Rob and I talked to Saul for a bit Will and I went over to Valmont and had a fun session in the pond area. I struggled with axle stalls initially and was about to lose my mind, but ended up having some fun and linking a few things together. I was trying front smiths and I think I got one and it felt really cool. Glad we had the pond ender because the dog park was depressing and annoying.

(setup 5/10 8.25 null beatles, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 with royal bushing flat top washer, spitfire f4 99a classic shape yellow wheels, new balance numeric 574 vulc blue size 11.5 with half 272 insoles and currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 7/10 left knee is getting real bad again)