Just did few manuals in the house while pretending to setup for kickfilp out. Or balanced on the carpet in nose manual imagining nollie treflip out. One can dream right?

Went to Blue Skies park on my gym break. It was warm and breezy. There was a biker when I got there that just sat on a bench and looked at his phone. Warming up was whatever. I like warming up with ollie to fakie on the big bank then doing cab kickturns on the little one. Then boardslides on the flatbar, front 50s and noseslides on the main ledge. Then start ollieing the flatbar and stuff. Since I was hyped on the new PJ ledge madness from the surprise NB+ edit I decided I needed to learn a new tech one. I went with noseslide shove. Ever heard of it? Pretty tech. Ha, seriously though I can’t do that trick and I spent basically 20 minutes straight trying it. I would eventually get it and it felt neat, but man I wish that was easier for me. I also had a treflip that felt good, tried boardslide shoves on the flatbar for awhile, and that was about it.

After work I went to Longmont park. Rain was threatening, the wind was blowing and the temperature was dropping. There was almost no one at the park. I was sore so started by carving around the flow bowl for awhile which was pretty fun. Then trying to ollie the hips and stuff. Just cruising. After awhile I forced myself to back 50 the 6′ foot section which is scary for me. I got it after a few ridiculous bails. It felt cool. Then I did a couple bean plants on the noping and some front rocks. Dave showed up around then. The wind was going crazy and the rain was almost making it unskateable. It ended up being kinda nice because it kept the crowds away. Dave had a cool run with a long front tailslide on the bank, rock fakie the noping then a switch f/s ollie on the bank or a cab. Then we settled into a ledge session. I really wanted to do a f/s nosegrind as it’s been a long time. I ended up getting two of them and both felt great. Really great. Dave was trying lines with b/s crooks pop out then f/s crooks. He got close! Can’t believe he can commit to f/s crooks without a wall behind him. So gnar. Then I had to head home where I played basketball with Ollie. Whew, sore legs!

(setup 8.25 null venture wides bones med bushings spitfire f4 50mm 101s)

Wow this is good. Jack Curtin is becoming an all time fave and the PJ tricks were off the charts.

Had a busy day at work then busy when I got home until Rob, Lazer and Fuzz showed up. We went to research center and met Matt there. Hyped to see these dudes! Another nice evening. Fuzz and I started out riding down the stairs. Then he did it switch first try! I’ve only done that once. Matt and Lazer did back 50s first try on the ledge. The main difference being that Matt’s was locked in and perfect. Lazers was the best one ever. He was all over the place. Feet moving on the board, the trucks not even locked in. And he landed it. It was amazing. I had a new board so I didn’t join in on the manual fun on the double pad. I had a couple slow, but fun lines down the hill and was kind of surprised how well flipping the board was working. Got a crooks kinda quick. Was gonna do more, but have a new rule for myself where I have to do at least one back 50 before I do more crooks. It was funny because I locked into back 5-0 on the first one and people thought I was actually trying 5-0. Ha. Even better was that a couple tries later I landed a back 5-0. It was really bad, but still, kinda funny because I was just trying 50. I would end up getting a back 50 as well. Matt is too good. Back 5-0, back tail, front tail, front 50, front 5-0, fakie front 50, fakie nosegrind to foward steezed out like Smolik. Rob focused his board pretty early on. That always makes for a weird session because you know it can’t last much longer. If only Fuzz wouldn’t have lubed up his bearings. Ha. Lazer got into some back tails and crooks. Fuzz a sketchy back 50, then a perfect back 50, then a really funny back 50 back 180 out fall. He also went on to land a crooks popout which he’s never done before. So rad. And that was it. Darn good to see all these dudes and skate together. Lets do it more often!

(setup 8.25 null venture wides bones med bushings 50mm spitfire f4 101)