As the sun set I went to dog park. Eric was there, Will would be shortly. Eric was charging as usual. Had some cool boardslide transfers over the barrier, lipslides on Dave’s parking block, manuals and more. I was able to get the switch nose revert on the bank to curb in a couple of tries, but then I went on to take forever to get a warm up line. Slappy crooks Dave’s block, front 50 the green box, ollie nose stall the bank to curb, fakie 50 the green bench. Seriously took way too long and I felt so dumb how I struggled to setup for the 50 in 20′ after the slappy crooks. Will had gone to battle with back tails on the main bench, then an even longer battle to do it after a nose manual. I had done a few things on the benches that were pretty whatever. Went in pretty hard on kickflip back 50 on the taller pad, but could never get it. Flip tricks felt impossible. Argh, tough night.

(setup 2/10 null 8.25 keyhole 2, null grip, venture v8 5.6 with hollow axle and bones medium bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic shape orange/black, new balance numeric 440v2 wide size 12 navy with half old 440 insole and gamechanger lite insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

Met Dave as the cold darkness settled in at dog park. There were some youth charging it and filming. Dave was already there trying a switch nose jib revert on the bank to curb. This became a trick we tried for a while with various lines. I’ve skated dog park since so it’s confusing what went down this day. But I know Dave had some good 50’s and 5-0s on his parking block, kickflips and a fakie flip on flat, manuals the weird pad and nose picks to fakie on the bank to curb both ways I think. I had done a few little front boards on the concrete wallie bar things and changed a line around until finally getting slappy front crook, ugly b/s flip, switch nose jib revert. Also a front smith stall then front 50 the green ledge. Dave left as had everyone else. I skated the main ledge area for a bit, really struggled with front 50s on the main bench and got depressed about it. Had several manuals on the little pad though which is rare for me.

(setup 2/10 null 8.25 keyhole 2, null grip, venture v8 5.6 with hollow axle and bones medium bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a classic shape orange/black, new balance numeric 574 vulc 11.5 gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 4/10)