skate journal: arthritis sucks. powerslides are fun. not filming ist rad. (July 4, 2013)
After a super late night at the drive-in with the family in Fort Collins I woke up at noon and bolted out quickly to meet up with Blaine and Nullers in Denver. We met at the “only spot in Denver” aka the hill spot. Blaine and I rode / firecrackerd all the 2 stairs before anyone else showed. Then Connor, Cody, Max and eventually Chadman showed. My legs were done. So done. My arthritis was sucking. It basically makes my legs move super slow. I struggled with kickflips. They literally were super hard. I would try as hard to do them as I could and barely get them around. Ugh. So I just mostly did powerslides down the hill and little ollies/180s up/off curbs. Blaine rules and filmed Connor almost get a line and Chadman get a line which I get partial credit for (I thought of the first trick!). We cruised around a little, got kicked out of some spots and then ended up in a fun alley. Max got a sick line here with the back smith. I somewhat came to life. Had some tiny noseslides on that flat bar, a weird ride on a chunk of concrete then a few front 50 variations on a little angle iron ledge. That was pretty much the day. Stoked that Blaine is down to film, but which my knees wouldn’t have felt so bad.