skate journal: slappy spot and bank to curb in fort collins (nov 1, 2014)
Posted in Favorite, Skate Journal on November 2nd, 2014 by corpoCarleigh, Rob and I rolled up to Fort Collins in the afternoon. We went to MRKT first and Skelly and Mike were there. Perfect. We rolled with them and another old dude Chip and his friend Eli to the slappy post office spot. The weather was perfect. Mike broke a baseplate on one of his first slappy attempts, but luckily he had an extra in his truck. Rob was killing it out of the gates. Slappies both ways, slappy crooks, manuals, manual 180s, everything. For whatever reason I don’t like that curb so much. So I just kind of skated around more then the curb. There was a new gap across the street. Young guy Eli and I checked it out. It was off a beveled ledge, about a 5 or 6 stair drop, but only a few feet in distance over a little bush. Eli did it first try and back 180’d it too. I took too many tried to commit, but finally committed to the ollie. Didn’t land ride away and security came by so I didn’t get another try. Doh. I was hyped to actually try it though as it was a big gap for me. I filmed everyone skate for awhile. Rob got a couple of his moves, Carleigh got a really good slappy or two, Mike had a rad line, Skelly did a backside no comply over a curb.
Then we went to this bank to curb. It’s harder to skate then it looks, but it’s a blast. Skelly rattled off like 20 tricks. Most of them first try. Rob put down a lot of moves too. We skated there quite a while. I did a front tail shove which I don’t think I have done on a bank to curb. Carleigh learned axle stall then did back feeble first or second try. Skelly had front feeble, front d to fakie, bean plant fakie so many more. Rob had back shove nose stall and some crazy feeble smith dance. I added a kick back axle and then rolled into the far side which was really scary avoiding all the death traps. Mike got a really sick halfcab nosestall. Fun times.
Then we had a nice dinner at LaLuz. Yum.