I used to skate IRL too. I still have my vert board. A Powell Peralta Tony Hawk Bigtime Hawk (or Claw as some called it). White with Indy trucks and Santa Cruz wheels. It's a little on the beat up side, like me, but I still run it down the road and back every now and then. I used to skate vert, street, and attempted freestyle.
I've noticed some run ups are far too short too. I will usually go back to the yellow barrier and set my session marker further back so when I messed up, I wasn't turning around to go back to get my speed. I ran into a few more challenges last night that were not counting tricks even though down in the scoring section in the corner, the trick was being registered as the trick in the upper corner wanted, but it never checked off in the goals section. Oh well, lets hope they get it all dialed in soon.