Arrived to dog park around 10 to an old guy session that was popping off already. Love the old guy crew that’s been skating there and they brought the hype again. I was very sore, started very slow and didn’t do much other than some crooks and a couple slow kickflips. Neil was charging! Nose manuals, manuals, 50s, one foots, ollies over stuff. Rob too. Halfcab 50s, almost halfcab 50 body varial. There were a lot of others skating, it was rad. Mike, old Jack, Salty, lots of gray that were charging and I loved it. Jeff showed and immediately made tricks like nosegrind 180 look easy, switch crooks, etc.

Then we went over to Valmont where I proceeded to do nothing then went and sat with Neil and Rob. Sean, Bo and Hayden had shown up and it would soon be a fun demo to watch and get me off my butt to film. Hayden with the steez indy flyout, pole jam nose manual and insane gap to back tail. Jeff switch f/s flip, switch hardflip and front big heel the bigger hip. Cass bigspin, treflip, kickflip. Sean front 3 the hip.

Then we drove to Jack and Joe’s new bank to ledge spot and oh man what a treat. The crew was large as we gained Jack and Joe. Only one person can skate at once which got to Neil. But he still pieced together a rad nose manual then no comply line. Joe did at least 5 hardflip nose body varials and grunted in disapproval on every one of them. Cass with the sick front nose body varial. Jeff right away front crook to fakie, then front blunt pop out which was soooo amazing. I did a slappy crook jib, noseslide, switch nose jib and had a fun line of noseslide to fakie then halfcab flip on the opposing bank. Jack struck out on the tricks he was trying for, but still did a back 180 fakie crook 270 out. Sean shut the session down with fakie back tail kickflip out done so perfectly the crowd erupted. Heck of a crew.

(setup null 8.25 stumpy burnout, jessup pj ultragrip, venture 5.6 cast plate hollow hanger with royal bushings flat top washer, 51mm bones stf v2 103a, new balance numeric 272 burgundy size 11.5 half insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

On a hot morning I picked up Neil! Was so hyped to see him, we did breakfast then connected with Rob and headed to Arvada. We had the park mostly to ourselves except for a few beginners for a while. Jeff and Cass showed and it was a really fun crew. Neil had a red eye flight and was still managing to skate pretty well even though it took a bit to ride over the spine ha ha. Rob had some good front board pop outs, front slashes, spine transfers, boardslides, backside ollies on nipples. Neil popped up the euro, up onto the ledge, noseslides, no comply 360, boardslides. I was feeling decent early on. Had a couple first try runs on film which never happens. Switch front nose, fakie flip, fakie board transfer. Crooks, spine transfer, front disaster. I couldn’t get the noseslide 270 shove, ollie onto the ledge or even a halfcab flip. Cass had a nice front noseslide shove and got a line with a nipple ollie, front 50 on the qp. Jeff switch manualled the box, nose manual 180, big nipple ollies, so much more.

After a rain and margarita delay we ended up at Parris’. Right away it was a fun session. The new pink curb was a good addition. Neil had that stoke going and was getting runs in right and left and it was good seeing him so hyped. The long back 50s around the pool coping corner were sick, ollies up/down/randomly, bean plants to gain control, front slash the rock coping every time. Rob was getting it too. Front slashes, high speed carves, pivots on the upper deck. Cass had some sketchy falls, front boards to fakie on the parking block. Jeff’s kickflip on the hip was so smooth, front 5-0 the parking block, much more. I didn’t skate great, but definitely had fun. Wish I could have gotten a more proper slappy crook, but the front tail stalls and back pivots on the upper deck were fun. Parris had some smooth lines grinding the curbs with easy. Local guy Kevin had the sugarcane out of nowhere. Overboard Kevin of course got the pivot to fakie. What a fun spot and session.

(setup null 8.25 stumpy burnout, jessup pj ultragrip, venture 5.2 low with royal bushings flat top washer, 51mm bones stf v2 103a, new balance numeric 272 burgundy size 11.5 half insoles)
(pain level 3/10)