Riding & basic tricks.

Alright, so getting back on the board is both easier and harder than I thought. Well, at least I have no problem with basic balance and riding. I've got pretty decent control of the board on turns and so on. Can still ollie stationary at a good height, but am having trouble landing ollies at full speed (though surprisingly I can land an ollie into manual pretty well). Speaking of a manual, I can wheelie for no more than 2-3 full seconds at a time, which sucks, and landing into manual I can't hold it for more than a second.

But I can still primo and reemo no problem, which is cool because I hear my old idol Mullen is ripping it up with new variations of those. Other than that I find I have to relearn even the most basic tricks all over again.

My first goal is to master basic ollies at full speed. I can't accept anything short of 2 feet, though I'm planning for 3 or more so I can get on top of objects.

My second goal will be to get a better wheelie so I can manual off and onto tricks. I'll probably combine this with stationary 360s/720s and beyond as a good attack on balance and centering.

Here's the rest of the street tricks I'm going to be re-learning over the next couple weeks:

1. boardflip
2. kickflip
3. fingerflips
4. 360 shoveit (full speed)
5. ollie kickflip (full speed)
6. heelflip (full speed)
7. ollie to casper
8. 50-50 (not the grind)
9. primo flip
10. powerslide
11. boardslide
12. 50-50 grind (back and front sides)

This will all be parking lot stuff. Then I'll move on to some of these, which I never had down consistently in the old days:

1. airwalk (full speed)
2. anti-casper
3. casper disaster
4. impossible (full speed)
5. tailslide
6. pogo

And here's my dream list:

• primo/reemo slides
• casper slide
• darkslide
• hardflip
• ollie north
• noseslide
• nose wheelies/manuals

Maybe I've got some of those names wrong. And there's probably a dozen other new tricks that you all can tell me about.

Anyway, I'm so damn excited I can't stay in the office any longer.