skate journal: me posing while others skate (Sept 19, 2010)
** this was supposed to be posted a long time ago, but I just saw it in my drafts. oops ***New board time. This one is an ode to my favorite skater, Ryan Sheckler and his amazing Oakley ad about bucking expectations and rising to the top. Or maybe it’s about how that is the worst ad in history and Brian called Oakley on the way to Ft Collins one day resulting in the funniest conversation ever. Either way, I now had a board with that griptape art on it. Great.A new deck isn’t complete without new shoes to go along with it. Round 2 on I Path Stash’s. This time in a bright color. Neat.I thought it was gonna be a mellow day when I woke up. Turns out that Tyler and a crew of Denver Shop dudes were coming to Boulder and wanted to meet up. We met at Sussex ledge where it became clear that I would be the poser of the day with my new setup. This round of Null decks came with really small noses for some reason too. Ugh. That was throwing me off. Neil and I played half a game of SKATE before I started filming Tyler try front tail 180 heelflip out. Two hours later I couldn’t handle sitting anymore and my camera was overheating so I tried to play a game of SKATE with John who had shows up with Meta dudes Jack, Max, Davis. But that got interrupted by Tyler actually landing his trick. Prolly should have just stuck to filming as I didn’t land anything anyways. Ha.Next we went to a plastic ledge spot where Shardy and Max did some neat stuff. The rest of us either sat around or tried to do this weird wallride that only Jack landed. Next we went to Southern Hills. Some sat around, some skated, some filmed and some got in peoples way (me). It was fun though. Jack and Max both got neat tricks. Whitney almost got a neat line, but went the dramatic route and focused his board. Justin almost got a quick up to 360 flip noseslide the gap which would have been completely ridiculous. I had fun trying boardslides, noseslides and crooks on the good ledge, backing a couple with 360 flips and then getting in someones way. It was fun though. Here’s a couple photos from the day.It doesn’t count unless you film it.Footie review!Nullers at work!High five means a make!