Got home from work super tired and was sitting eating chips thinking I would not skate, but then Dave said he was at the school. So I rallied and met him. He was doing amazing slappy switch front crooks in a fast line down the little hill. I tried some switch front slappies. But then Dave had to leave.

While stuck in traffic on the way home from work earlier I saw this spot and was reminded that I should try and skate it. And I needed the motivation of a new spot to generate a little hype. I’m not sure why I’m dragging so bad this week. Anyway, as expected the spot was way harder than I imagined. I started with a little warm up line of switch 180 a tiny flat gap, pop shove on flat, front 180 a two stair after rolling up the handicap ramp. Then I basically tried to do ollie up the corner of the 2, noseslide the bench which I did a few times. A couple were okay but I still landed with no speed and had to do a quick little push before ollieing the next two. I also did some backside axle stalls and nose stall up to crooks the ledge on the right side. I wish it was waxed up because it’s good.

(setup 8.25 pmg, jessup ultragrip, slappy 8.5, spitfire f4 99a 51mm classic, new balance numeric 272 teal size 12 half thin insole and currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

Been really tired this week. Went over to the school wearing xero’s because I was sick of the pain that skate shoes cause me. I went over to the school on a weird setup of 8.25 with 8.5 slappy trucks. And I would really like it. Because you know, I like everything the first time. I was lazy, was interrupted by people often. Went home and regrouped and actually tried a few ollies and flippers. Nothing really of note though. It’s crazy the difference in shoes. Like some of the movements I made to avoid pain were no longer necessary in the Xeros. But that doesn’t mean they are great for skating.

(setup 8.25 pmg, jessup ultragrip, slappy 8.5, spitfire f4 99a 51mm classic, xero kelso with currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

Somehow the brutal wind had died down so I raced off to dog park and met Bratcher, Jesse and eventually Cass. I’m writing this too many days after the fact to remember very well. I know at dog park I played a game of SKATE with Ted and Jesse that I did okay on, but lost again on a Jesse fakie tre. I was struggling to motivate and ended up at the park. I had a run of 3 flippers on the bank in a row. B/s kickflip, kickflip fakie, bigflip. Then took too long to get a halfcab flip. Mostly because the approach sucks or kids on striders. Then I got a line I liked of boardslide transfer into the bank then kickflip to fakie on the shark fin. Cass got some bigflips on the bank too and kickflip over the hip. Bratcher had hurt his back. We went back to dog park and the 303 dudes showed up and they are so good we just watched.

Later on in the afternoon I met up with Dave at this little ditch at a church in Longmont. Talk about hard spots to skate! I think I only did the nose stall and a bad kickflip. As you can see Dave was ripping. He didn’t get the trick he wanted, but he did get a front pivot we’re holding onto and a line with a kickflip and back 50 to fakie. Sounds nuts right?!

Then Dave pointed out the crazy bump in the parking lot and I took way too long to do a b/s flip on it. But man it felt amazing! One of my happier moments on a board in quiet some time. Dave added some 360s and we called it a night.

(setup 8.5 null 20 year 14.25 wb, null grip, royal ultralight 149, 52mm bones v1 stf, new balance numeric 600 black/gum size 12 currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 2/10 early, 6/10 later)