skate journal: Longmont street spots (aug 26)
Jason and I headed over to Nate’s to pick him up. While waiting we found a remotely fun bank to curb. By bank to curb I mean there was a bank up to a curb. It’s only a curb high. Jason almost got back tailslide on it. I tried a few front 50 back 180s and back 5-0s to fakie, but the crack at the bottom was too much. Then we drove to Longmont and met up with Bernie and Riley at a curb high manny pad that had more to offer than just a straight manny pad. Riley murdered it. Fakie flip fakie manual, sw heel and switch flip to switch nose manual, nollie heel nose man, etc. Rad. I was sucking and I’m gonna blame my shoes. I got some $6 Vans Geoff Rowley Shambles and they suck. Well, they were good for about a week, and now I’m on week two. Over them. All I got was a manual, a front shove and kickflip over the gap. Yippee. Next we wet to a pole jam spot that Riley had made. I cruised around sucking at ollies for awhile until I fell back and my neck started acting up again then skated the pole jam. For a long time it was bent all weird so there was about a 6 inches of vertical before it bent to an angle. Riley murdered it as well. Switch polejam front 180. Wow. We got rid of the bend so it was a straight pole jam. Steeper, but straight. It was sick. I got one no comply pole jam and Nate learned pole jam front 180s. So sick. Fun night, I need to skate better though.