skate journal: mostly old people being old. and rob ripping. (July 31, 2013)
Posted in Skate Journal on August 2nd, 2013 by corpoMet Carleigh and Rob in Niwot then headed into Longmont to grab Dave and skate Longmont HS again. We made a nearby stop so I could grab some food and Dave ended up getting gnarly no complying a parking block to sidewalk gap. Rob also took his new found front slappies to a parking block with ease. Longmont HS started good for me. I was feeling pretty loose and poppy so I went for the ollie onto one of the blocks and smacked my knee super hard. Doh. Dave manualled one though. Carleigh was rusty and having some back pain, but got a bunch of kickflips and noseslides before doing the bad front 50 slide out slam. Ouch. Rob was ripping everything. Front tailslide right away, switch boardslide pop out, noseslide 270s, no comply 360s, boardslide fakie on the block, etc. This might be one of the first times I’ve seen Dave struggle a little. I guess he is human after all. He still had some nice front 5-0s, boardslide 270s (photo), slappy noseslides, almost 180 nosegrind on a block. Between hitting my knee on the block and the end of the session I may have landed 2 or 3 tricks. My first 3 flip on the new setup, some slow front 50s and some kickflips over the little colored flat gaps. I did get a little boost of stoke at the end when I did a quick slappy front tail right into a front nose to fakie on the ledge. Then I got called to work and felt sick again. Getting old rules.