On a crisp morning I met Cass and Kevin at the newly opened Thornton park. There was almost no one there, a little ice still in the shady areas and lots of sun. Warming up was initially really hard as it felt very cold. Cass and Kevin talked camera while I got going. Had a fun line of a kickflip on a bank then a 180 out of a bank, switch noseslide the little ledge, turn around crooks. Then we all mostly skated the mellow hip. We would line it out. Cass and Kevin were doing tricks on the flat bar, I would hit the ledge. Cass had a nice back bigspin after front board. Kevin went in on crooks the flat bar, nollie front 180 the a-frame, halfcab flip the hip. The halfcab flip took him a long time surprisingly. I had gotten crooks the little ledge then b/s flip quickly. Then halfcab nose, front 180 the a-frame, halfcab flip the hip. Lastly switch front nose the ledge then fakie bigflip the hip. Posed a few others over the hip, but couldn’t get b/s 360 kickflip or bigflip. I couldn’t front 50 the little ledge though, that was a bummer. I hurt my achilles a little pushing to get back up the bank. There was some other stuff, Kevin was shredding for sure. Cass did a primo slide. So awesome. We attempted to skate some street at the nearby Northglenn High, but none of us were feeling it and I was oh so sore. It’s a fun park. Especially when it’s not crowded.

(setup null 8″ burnout stumpy, jessup pj ultragrip, venture 5.2 lows bones medium bushings, boardycakes 49.99mm round ups 2 washers inside, new balance numeric 272 black size 12 half fp elite insole)
(pain level 5/10 vulc cold pain)

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