On a day in which I have very little skate motivation I got out of the house in the afternoon to sell some boards and meet up with Cass. After Bluecar we went to the nearby long ledge as the shade started to settle in on it. Cass had a nice first try noseslide shove. I struggled to get one really slow front 50 and couldn’t get a crooks again at this spot. However Cass and I started hucking tricks we wanted to film. He was doing front noseslide hop to front tail. I was trying switch front nose shove. I landed on it second try. Then we setup our phones to selfie film and around then a dude called Loner showed up. He was fun, positive, hyped to see others skating his neighborhood spot. Cass would win the battle of getting his trick first. Well, I guess I “landed” mine first, but not well enough to count. I would keep going and get it though and was really hyped. After that we chilled and went out to eat and that was it for skating.

(setup 3/10 null beatles 8.25 deck, null grip, slappy low profile 8.25 trucks with royal bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic shape yellow, new balance numeric 440v2 black size 11.5 with half 574 and currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 6/10 my knee is sooo swollen)

Another hot and sunny day. Went to dog park a little later than normal but it was good timing for the Greenblock games. Cass and I played on the new bank to curb for about an hour as it wasn’t too crowded and it’s really fun. We felt out some basics and it’s a great warm up. For me first try front smith stall and no comply to tail were fun and then several crooks to fakie were extra fun. Cass took out someones selfie cam, had backside and front 50s and then multiple front tail shoves. Even a front shove off the barrier kicker after one of them. Paul joined after a while. Sean had too and was playing on the combo obstacle. Then we played a game of SKATE in which I was out immediately on 5 tricks I normally land first try. UGH. After that I mostly filmed Sean and posed treflip noseslides on a wood bench that were not remotely close. Paul did too and his were close.

After the event wrapped up I was depressed about my flatground so I went and found a shady parking lot and skated flat for another hour or so. I got 10 flippers. Kickflip, fakie flip, b/s flip, halfcab flip, fakie bigflip, heelflip, f/s halfcab flip, f/s halfcab heelflip, varial flip and f/s flip. I went like 0-100 on treflips and was about to lose my mind. Also 0-50 on nollie tres but at least they were close. Was happy to get a few of these tricks, but not even getting my feet on a treflip was maddening and thrust me into setup madness.

(setup 3/10 null beatles 8.25 deck, null grip, slappy low profile 8.25 trucks with royal bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic shape yellow, new balance numeric 440v2 black size 11.5 with half 574 and currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 4/10)