With a cameo from Fuzz!!!

I went to the Spring Fling Boulder park contest last weekend. I didn’t really feel too compelled to write about it since I was unable to skate. But Brian made fun of me for only writing about myself so I decided post this image of myself I found and the the best trick video that Sam put together.

I ended up judging the advanced and best trick contests.  In the ‘advanced’ contest I was judging based on ‘Fun’.  So people like Francis get rated pretty high for beaming the judges while attempting tricks or missing treflips in the flat.  And on the flipside people get docked when their dad yells at them which tricks they should do.  Fun day.

There is an Off The Couch page here now with the whole video except the great intro and credits.  If you like it, buy it.

Found this posted on the 303 site.  Man there is some good skateboarding going on in the 303!

I’m going to miss Riley.

This park has it all.  Riley and I headed there on his last day of skating in Colorado before moving to Sioux Falls.  It was November 17 and it was almost 70 degrees.  Sick!  These photos were all taken right after we got there before it got crowded.

CLICK ANY PHOTO TO SEE A LARGER VERSION OF THE PHOTO!!!

This little mini bowl is sick.  It’s perfect for beginners and even fun for people like Riley.  The tranny is really mellow.

This little manual pad is the bomb!  And yes it’s as low as it looks in the photo.

Pier 7 replica.  Although it’s taller and narrower then the original it’s still sick.

Riley modeling the bank to ledge with a back tail.  It’s a bit weirder to hit then I would have thought, but still really good.

Riley fell in love with that rail.  It’s a long 5 stair.  Riley says the rail is perfect.  I’ll take his word for it.

At the top of the park is a fun little volcano thing.  I found it hard to get speed for, but it’s a good way to make something skateable in the middle of the park that takes up little space.

No one skated this all day.  The rail looks pretty low.

There is a little 3 foot quarterpipe that just plain rules.

No one really skated this hip all day either.  It’s pretty steep and the crash up factor with people skating the three foot quarterpipe is pretty high.  Riley ollied the bench into it though.

Practice your Zero lines here kiddies.

This park has so many options to skate it’s ridiculous.  On the very left there is a flat bar too.

Panorama attempt number 1 of the bowl.

Attempt number 2.  No idea why the colors are different on every picture when I just stood there and took all three within seconds.  Oh well.  The bowl is fun, a bit gnarly, but fun.  The steep bank wall is gnarls.

More bowl.

A horrible photo of a sick idea.  A Colorado flag quarterpipe.  Every team that comes though CO is going to try and get a photo on that.

Trick number 1 out of 20 for Riley on his new favorite rail.

Driving directions:
I-25 to Lincoln Ave (Exit 193)
Go East on Lincoln
Right on Twenty Mile Road
The skatepark is up on the right after Plaza Dr

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Report any problems at the skatepark by calling Parker Parks & Recreation at 303-841-0353.

I’ve been sick as hell. Ugh. This park rules though.

Rich took some photos of us the other day while we were at the Brighton park ..

Neil nosebonk

Fuzz manual

Skelly front shove fakie I think even though Rich labeled it a kickflip fakie

Skelly no comply

Me with a bailed fakie tre

Brighton has a new Site Design skatepark. It looks decent, I wasn’t able to skate though due to my hip hurting. The bowls look fun, the street course is a too tight, but it’s got some ok stuff. Click on some of the pictures for a bigger image.

Brian Ball crailslide over the deathbox.

Brian Ball front rock

Jason Heidecker front nose

Lloyd Albright frontside flip

Lloyd Albright smith grind

More Lloyd front tail

The park is located at:
Brighton Skate Complex
1101 Judicial Center Parkway
Brighton CO 80601

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