After Joe drove 8+ hours we chilled for all of 15 minutes before heading to skate.  We chose campus First spot was the new ledge where Joe did a front 50 and I did a switch front nose.  Then we went down to the business area and ended up having a good time for quite a while.  I don’t really remember the sequence of things well, but we started with some rock ‘n rolls on the wood to metal bank which is not in the best of shape anymore.  Then down to some boardslides and checking things out mostly settled in on lines with stalls on the 3 stair.  Joe had front 50s, front 50 shove on the ledge.  My best line was noseslide going uphill, kickflip axle stall lunch break, front nose jib to fakie.  Joe worked for front board a wood bench then wallride the slightly banked wall.  I worked up to boardslide the wood bench and didn’t land a treflip.  Then some lines to boardslide the curb.  I did fakie bigflip and halfcab flip into the slight downhill.  The halfcab flip I followed it with boardslide the curb then randomly went up to noseslide the wood bench and it was a really fun line.  Joe would get shoves and kickflip in.  Oh, and he one downed me with a fakie bigspin.  Then we went to the new ledge again.  Joe went to work on 50s then front smiths.  I for some reason thought it would be a good idea to ride off a tall ledge which took some painful bails.  Then I watched Joe try front smith 180 until a CU police lady walked right into Joe grinding and me pointing the phone at him.  Ha ha.  She was cool though.  We called it a night after I showed Joe the flagstone ledge and he quick 50’d it.

( setup 4/10 8.25 null jack dead spots, jessup ultragrip, slace 8.25, 52mm yellow f4 99a spitfire classics, new balance numeric 440v2 wide grey size 11.5 currex run pro insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

After work on a breezy afternoon I met up with Dave at the old TF stomping ground Honey’s Hole. To our surprise there was a lot of water there, like a lot a lot. Dave would prove this pretty quickly when doing a pivot early on and he took a dip, feet first! I can’t believe we didn’t film that! I asked him to recreate it, but for some reason he refused haha. Luckily he had a different pair of shoes in his car and it didn’t slow him down. Pretty early on I did a kickflip on the narrow strip up top which started Dave’s ‘My War’. The questionable b/s flip was fun. Dave’s pivots on the qp were nuts. I did make myself drop in on at least which was a lot scarier than I had thought it would be. My calf was hurting, so pushing lines was not all that fun, especially after hanging up on a tree root. I would halfpipe it quite a bit. Was happy to get some front slashes, front disaster and a hurricane. Dave lined out front pivots, front tails, nollies, wallies, he was shredding. Fun session.

(setup 6/10 8.25 null dead spots, jessup ultragrip, slace 8.25, spitfire 52mm classic 99a yellow, new balance numeric 440v2 white size 11.5 wide with currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 6/10 darn calf pain)

After work went to campus, started at the dreadful tall flagstone ledge and ended up staying there for most of my session. The flatground in the nearby hallway is so good. I had another setup change that I liked quite a bit. 8.25 with slace 8.5 trucks. I would get quite a few slow flippers in between flails at the ledge. Flippers were kickflip, fakie flip, halfcab flip, heelflip, f/s halfcab flip, f/s halfcab heelflip and a nollie tre! It’s seriously been years on the nollie tre! I was so hyped even if it was terrible and I put a hand down. It didn’t carry over to being able to front 50 the ledge though. I did ollie onto the ledge at least, had some noseslides, a couple crooks that felt good. Then to the nearby tiny rusted metal ledge to show I can 50 6″ tall ledges. Then around the corner to a dirty loading dock that I wanted to ollie onto. I saw a long piece of angle iron and decided I should line it out. Firecracker a 2, slappy the angle iron, ollie very badly up the loading dock, front 180 off it, almost fakie flip. My knees were sore so I called it.

(setup 6/10 8.25 null dead spots, jessup ultragrip, slace 8.5, bones 52mm v1 stf, new balance numeric 440v2 white size 11.5 wide with currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 4/10 some calf and knee pain)

On a super nice night I met Dave and then Nate at dog park. Dave and I had been warming up before Nate showed. At the dog park I saw Dave try fakie 50 halfcabs and was surprisingly struggling with them, fakie back nosegrind, ollie up then nollie back 180 off the c pad. Nate casually front nosegrind the c lurb, front smith it, back and front 5-0s, casual killing. I tried some nosegrind 180s on the c lurb but never quite went fast enough or committed enough. I struggled to kickflip over a parking block which was supposed to set me up to front 50 the bench which I never did. I had on front 50 shove on the c lurb. All this while some some alpha male had to show us how fast he could skate and do the same 2 tricks over and over.

Dave’s back was hurting so we went over to the low impact zone with the scooter kids. Nate had a really good first try ollie the euro. We were treated to some Dave magic although I forget the trick that stood out to make me think that. Kickflips over the hip both ways, solid f/s halfcab over the hip. I pretty much only tried to b/s flip the euro hip and would eventually get it and was quite happy about it. Dave had left. Nate and I did some boardslides into the bank as the wind kicked in. I couldn’t quite get a kickflip to fakie on the shark fin.

(setup 4/10 8.25 pmg, jessup ultragrip, thunder team hollow 148 royal bushings, 52mm bones stf v1, new balance numeric 440v2 11.5 wide with currex runpro insoles and half 440 insole)
(pain level 3/10 calf pain went away as I was skating it was crazy!)

Went a little early to meet Nolan, Garrett, Sean and Riley. Yes, I said Riley! He’s gotten his knee fixed and still recovering, but he still managed to rip. Anyway, Spencer was there with some ripping friends too, was fun to watch. I didn’t skate too well even though my calf had felt better when I started out. I struggled to get a fakie flip on the mellow bank. Couldn’t get crooks on the ledge. Had some okay noseslides on the bump to ledge although most of the time I would chicken out. After some time I started just filming the ripping. Sean’s back nosegrinds were unreal. Garrett was shredding everything, his style keeps getting better and better. He learned two boardslide variations like it was nothing. Nolan had some boardslide combos too. The star of the show was Riley though when them fakie shove switch nose manuals. Unreal!

(setup 4/10 null 20 year 8.5/14.25, jessup ultragrip, thunder hollow 149 royal bushings, spitfire 52mm 99a tablet, new balance numeric 440v2 wide size 11.5 with currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 6/10 general soreness)

On a nice day I picked up Nolan and we met up with Kevin, Jake, Cass, Kyle, Hayden, Rob, Garrett and Joe. My calf was killing me. I basically only skated the curb, but I did get a kickflip 50 so that counts as a win. Jake had a good line 5-0 the qp then sugarcane the bank to curb. Hayden’s manuals are so casual. Garrett popped maybe the best kickflip I’ve ever seen. Kevin put together a nice line with a front blunt in it. Joe did a back noseblunt the one time the camera wasn’t on him. Nolan filmed like 5 clips, all of which were awesome. He even gave into the peer pressure to do the huge hip over door transfer. At one point my knee gave out filming. Ugh. Thanks for having my back Garrett.

After that we went to sculpture park. My calf was toast so I didn’t even try to skate. I was hyped to see Jake charging, easily the longest I’ve seen him skate in a while. Kevin put together some cool combos and flowed it really well. Joe did hardflip to fakie first try. Nolan loved the spot, put together a lot of clips and had a blast. Hayden had a really cool manual combo. Garrett made things look really easy and did kickflip pivot the one time I wasn’t filming. Then a nice dinner meeting up with Cass and Kyle again. Fun times, rad dudes.

(setup 8/10 null 20 year 8.5/14.25, jessup ultragrip, thunder hollow 149 royal bushings, spitfire 52mm 99a tablet, new balance numeric 440v2 wide size 11.5 with currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 8/10 calf/knee)

After work on a Friday I met up with Rob, Nolan and Cass. Yes, Nolan! He’s in town. We didn’t hit it too heavy, kind of mostly talked for a while and tried to talk Nolan into airing the big bike jump. At dog park I saw Rob do a good boardslide. I got a switch front nose. Cass did a good rock fakie on the tall part of the jersey. I got a couple non-decked rocks both ways. Nolan did a bunch of tricks super easily, a few of which we even filmed. Next we went over to the park and cruised it for a while but it was pretty scootered out. Cass got a bigspin over the hip. I got first try kickflip to fakie and big flip on the mellow bank. Nolan flew and casually killed it but didn’t air over a scooter kid like I had hoped. After that a nice dinner at the dark horse with Cass, Nolan and Matt.

(setup 8/10 null 20 year 8.5/14.25, jessup ultragrip, thunder hollow 149 royal bushings, spitfire 52mm 99a tablet, new balance numeric 440v2 wide size 11.5 with currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 8/10 calf was hating me)

On a super nice night Dave and I met on campus near the infamous Baker ledge. Dave did a gap to manual on the nearby pad as I kind of just jibbed around trying to get warmed up and used to my setup change. Then we hit the manny pad to grind area. The ledge had cars so couldn’t skate it. I somehow did a couple manual to back 50s pretty quickly. Dave went in on ollie up to ride on front tail then shove out. He never quite got the shove out. He had some back 50s transfer up onto the pad. I would get some front 50s, accidental and intentional 5-0s up onto the pad. One followed with a sketchy b/s flip up the curb, a couple followed by slow and questionable treflips. Either way I was happy. Dave got manual to front 5-0. Front 180 up to ride on switch crook! I got kickflip up then ride on crooks for my fav thing of the day. Came close to nollie tres, kind of close to kickflip manual too. Then we went over to the newly deknobbed ledge both feeling exhausted and sore. I started out by slamming a lot. We did some ride on grinds, Dave even did switch backside. As well as pretty easily getting a solid front 50 and some switch noseslides. I was happy to get a couple slow front 50 jibs. Then we ended with the little kid ride on grinds to nollie shove out. They were fun. One of my better sessions in a while. Really liked my setup too. Which probably means I’ll dislike it next session, but I really liked it today at least.

(setup 9/10 null 20 year 8.5/14.25, jessup ultragrip, thunder hollow 149 royal bushings, spitfire 52mm 99a tablet, new balance numeric 440v2 wide size 11.5 with currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 7/10 at times my calf was so bad but I kept skating and it eventually loosened up)

On a really nice night I went to campus after work. Started at the meet up curb that isn’t so good anymore. Went into campus and somehow ended up at this little flat gap for a warm up. Did a warm up line of front axle the bottom step of some stairs, front 180 over a different part of the flat gap then switch front 180 the one I kickflipped. Then I went in on a line of halfcab flip, ollie the upper gap (which has a downhill landing so it’s a little weird) then kickflip the gap. Took a while and I struggled with the regular ollie the most which made me very mad. The kickflip felt really good when I got it. I went around the corner to a ledge that is normally knobbed, but it was deknobbed and lacquered and amazing. But the uphill part of it really hurt to push. I had zero pop. Got two tiny front 5-0 jibs and left having no energy. Turns out I was getting sick. Argh.

(setup 2/10 8.25 pmg, jessup ultragrip, ace af1 44 lows hard bushings, 52mm bones stf v2, new balance numeric 440v2 wide sea salt size 11.5 currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 7/10 right calf pain)

Met up with Jesse, Darin, Rob, Sean, Garrett and Joe at Broomfield park on a really nice day. Yes, I said Rob. It’s been a minute, but he was there looking good. Jesse boardslid everything. Sean got far into his black ledge bag after he challenged me to SKATE in which I did pretty good for me. I was happy to get first try heelflip and even a defensive varial heel with some good toe drag. I couldn’t get a treflip though until after the game. There were quite a few other older dudes there, it was cool. Darin rattled of quartapotty tricks, some crooks. After a while I settled in on trying noseslide 270 shoves on the black ledge. Some were very close, one was technically a make although I came to a halt. Garrett and Joe showed. Joe did a line of front crooks to fakie into the bank then fakie hardflip nosebonk the ledge (going for fakie nosegrind). He was hyped. The old folks had left. Garrett, Joe and Sean played a game of SKATE that Joe won. I tried like 100 nollie treflips. Landed on some, was so close, but never got one. As Rob would say, my suspension would give out. Argh. Still haven’t landed that trick in my 50s.

(setup 6/10 8.25 pmg, jessup ultragrip, ace af1 44 lows hard bushings, 52mm bones stf v2, new balance numeric 440v2 wide sea salt size 11.5 currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 5/10 some calf pain)