Went out to the garage on a very windy day before dinner. Had a setup change. 8.3s with slappys. Felt weird, warming up was tough and took too long. Oh I had started in some old Es Swifts and then changed to some NB 212s and really liked them. I had done a few kickflips, fakie flip then went in on heelflip as I had seen a great Mariano one earlier in the day. But of course since I had though of them, they didn’t work. Seriously took like 50 tries to get one. Luckily after that I went like 3/10 on treflips so I wasn’t so depressed.

(setup 4/10 8.3 null flaherty, jessup ultragrip, slappy lights 8.5 with indy 92a bushings, spitfire f4 99a classic 52mm orange/black, new balance numeric 212 b/w size 12 with rewind cush insole)
(pain level 4/10)

Another day, more skating! We went to Broomfield where quite a few people would be skating. We added Hayden, Bo, Rob, Will. I had made a totally random setup change and it didn’t really work for anything other than crooks on the black box. 8.25 with Indy hollow mids. Some of us played a game of SKATE. Bo won it on a heelflip, I think I was the first out. Will had his ledge moves and added back smith. Bo was an amazing ball of energy popping up / on / over everything in sight. He even kickflipped over the double set rail! Was going seeing Rob out there getting his manuals on the banked pad, front boards, noseslides, shifty flyouts. Hayden looked pretty good, popping around and front 180 fakie manual the bump to pad, back nosegrinds, a lot of ripping. Joe struggled a bit with front smiths again which was surprising.

After a big lunch we ended up at Sheridan DIY. Most of us were zorched. Skelly was charging though. So good to see. Hayden even just messing around was ripping and the impromptu double curb wallie was so good. We had some fun quad boardslides on a railroad beam. I had the little slash then wallie which was fun.

Then we went to Parris’ backyard ditch. He had a crew already there, but it was chill. One dude Johnny was ripping it so good. Skelly would go on to shred too. I did one front 50 in the pool coping and a totally not decked front rock on the rocks. Joe with the axle stalls on pool coping which he wasn’t used to. Keegan front d on the rocks. Ben got in on the action, had some fun grinds. Then we chilled by a fire as it had gotten super cold. Fun day, so sore, taking tomorrow off!

(setup 2/10 8.25 null keyhole, indy forged mids 144, bones 52mm stf v1, new balance numeric 440v2 wide size 12 with 574vulc and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 6/10)

After a big breakfast on a cool, but luckily not windy, morning we ended up at Valmont park. It was Joe, Keegan, Ben and me. We cruised around a bit, then a game of SKATE on the flat bank ensued. I had gotten a couple letters on tricks I shouldn’t like fakie flip and b/s flip. Otherwise it was fun. I didn’t do so good at anything really. Keegan was ripping it.

Then we went over to dog park and started with a game of SKATE that took a long time and Joe eventually beat me. I had a fakie bigflip that made me happy, but that was about it. Didn’t really do much more than that. Keegan had a nice noseslide on the very tall bar then a good sack on a boardslide on the lower one. Joe made his moves. I spent a long time getting a nollie tail 270 shove on the lurb. At least the make felt good.

Wind kicked in a bit so we went to square state. We mostly skated the mini. I had one run with some basics then spent time outside playing around on the new ramp. The front 5-0 into the bank was fun. Dave and Keegan did kickflip rock fakies. Brian is fun to watch, did some patented front truck bashes, front feeble fakie, carve grinds, so fun to watch.

Lastly we ended up at a nearby ditch and Will showed. I had a boardslide then axle stall, but couldn’t quite get a front tail. Will had some great f/s ollies. Keegan rattled off a few tricks, nollie back tail was sick. Joe went ham on kf rock and would eventually get one. We got dinner after that, we were all exhausted.

(setup 8/10 null 8.3 sean, jessup ultragrip, venture v8 5.8 with titanium hanger and bones medium bushings, spitfire 51mm f4 99a classic shape, new balance numeric 440v2 wide navy size 12 half 574 vulc insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 5/10)

Nice night. Met up with Joe and his crew Keegan and Ben. Then Dave and Will showed. It’s been 5 days since we skated and we skated like 20 hours over 3 days so my memory of this session is lacking. It seemed like everyone skated pretty well. Dave had all kinds of long lines with his patented magic. I saw a nice back bigspin over the hump along with his line. Lots of greatness on the bank to curb section. Joe did his patented tricks. Fakie flip and halfcab on the bank, front 50 variations on the ledges, took a while to get a front smith, front shove over the hip. Will showed off his ledge skills. Front nosegrind, tail, smith. Back 50s, manuals, switch manual. So good. Almost got bump to manual the long pad and all the way into the next kicker. I had a pretty good night. Was trying for a line of front slappy the bank to curb, noseslide, then ollie up the euro and Dave wanted to film it. I almost got kickflip off first try, but was probably just as happy to get is second try. The kickflip really hyped me up! I don’t really remember much beyond that for myself, but I did skate alright and enjoyed the crew.

(setup 5/10 8.25/14.25 null 20 year, null grip, thunder 149 hollow lights with bones medium bushings, 51mm spitfire f4 99a classic, new balance numeric 440v2 wide navy size 12 with half 574vulc insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 4/10)

Feeling a bit lazy after work I remembered the good slappy curb across the street so I went there. I did some slappies to start, a couple flippers. Then went behind the school and would settle in on a line for a while. F/s halfcab flip then ollie onto this darn rock that I struggle to ollie onto. I would get it finally! It still wasn’t easy, but took less than 10 tries. That’s definitely the most f/s hc flips I’ve done in a while. Then I went back to the curb area, but got in line mode with the little bank and manhole. Dave got in on the action right away too, we had some good stuff for us. He had a good long line with nollie back 180 into the little hill, fakie shove, switch crooks shove, kickflip. Everything was so good. Feeble grinds on the curb, so many good switch slappy crooks, some good switch front crooks, switch 180 over the manhole, pop shove over the manhole, so good. I mostly had some little slappy switch crook jibs and got a kickflip over the manhole after one. Got halfcab flip, sloppy b/s flip, fakie flip, kickflip, fakie bigspin, pop shove into the little hill. And a front shove over the manhole with a fun hand down carve after. I couldn’t get heelflip or treflip, although pretty close on both.

(setup 7/10 null 8.3 sean, jessup ultragrip, venture v8 5.8 with titanium hanger and bones medium bushings, spitfire 52mm f4 99a tablets, vans wayvee white size 12 remind insole)
(pain level 5/10)

Met Skelly on a warm afternoon at dog park. We chatted a while, then went over to the toddler zone and tried to get warmed up. It was too much for me though and I suggested we bounce to a nearby bank spot. And it ended up being super fun even though we only did a few tricks. I want to go back and do a better ledge trick then front tail or something on the bank to curb. Skelly’s one foot was so sick.

I dropped Skelly off and went back to a nearby building. Did a couple lines with tiny ollies up and over some little curbs. I think halfcab flip, ollie up, ollie down. Maybe the same with heelflip. It was kind of embarrassing how difficult those ollies were. Heelflips were hard too, I was wearing different shoes – Vans. I went around the corner and saw the 4 stair and knew I had no reason not to try it. I got it in about 5 tries and it felt pretty cool.

(setup 8/10 null 8.3 sean, jessup ultragrip, venture v8 5.8 with titanium hanger and bones medium bushings, spitfire 51mm f4 99a classic shape, vans wayvee white size 12 with remind insole)
(pain level 5/10)

Up early on a crisp Saturday morning I met up with Monico! Then Cass and Monico’s brother Matty met too. We tooled around a little and then Cass, Monico and I played a game of SKATE. Monico obviously won it, but it was a decent warm up and I did get a few flippers at least. Then I filmed Monico get like 3 lines in like 5 minutes. He is so incredible I can’t even believe it. Cass was ripping too, front noseslide and front board shove on the flat bar. Monico 50’d the biggest rail in the park, varial heeled up the euro, big heel the hip, kickflip over the pyramid. It was amazing. Matty learned nollie front heel over the hip and added nollie heel and nollie inward heel. I had a fun line of switch front nose the flat bar to quick fakie flip. The boardslide did not come easy, the setup is so quick. It was fun though.

After some breakfast Cass and I met up with birthday boy Sean at Broomfield. Also there was Gordon, Jesse and Darin. I was really sore. I had some okay crooks, some tricks on the bank to curb, but that’s about it. Gordon pop shove to manual on the black box. Sean’s ollies on the steep bank were so sick. At the end Gordon, Jesse and I played a game of SKATE. I was so sore, but managed a few flippers and it was SKAT for all of us and Gordon one on nollie back heel. I’m okay with a letter on that one.

(setup 7/10 null 8.3 sean, jessup ultragrip, venture v8 5.8 with titanium hanger and bones medium bushings, spitfire 51mm f4 99a classic shape, converse fastbreak grey size 12 half 272 insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 5/10)

Went to Blue Skies on a lunch break from work. I had thought maybe I could skate through pain. I guess I kind of did, but it was an embarrassing struggle fest. Add in having to wear glasses, new shoes and a setup change it was ripe for struggles. I had some boardslides on the flatbar, one good feeling flatground bs flip, a few noseslides. As much of a struggle as it was, it was a nice break from work.

(setup 7/10 null 8.3 sean, jessup ultragrip, venture v8 5.8 with titanium hanger and bones medium bushings, spitfire 51mm f4 99a classic shape, converse fastbreak grey size 12 half 272 insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 8/10)

After work stopped at Valmont as Will had told me to meet up. It was kind of cold out so it limited the toddlers. Will was going in on nollies over the euro hip and would get a few eventually. I was feeling pretty out of it and sore, had glasses on too from an eye infection. I battled a very bad fakie varial flip on the bank, hucked some big heels on the bank which seemed possible. Will hucked some back heels too. Dave showed in his work fit and proceeded to rip as it got dark. We went over to dog park. I had a fun front 180 off the side of the grate to kind of quick switch noseslide on the green ledge. Other than that I got really frustrated trying to do the Dave trick on the bank to curb, switch nose stall revert the hard way. Dave ripped some back pivots on the bank to curb. I left as I was feeling wrecked. (turns out I had eaten gluten by accident and arthritis was starting to kick in).

(setup 0/10 8.25 null keyhole 2, null grip, slace 8.25, spitfire f4 99a orange/black swirl classic shape, new balance numeric 440v2 wide size 12 navy, half 574 vulc insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 7/10)

Wanting to be lazy on a cold breezy night I went out to the garage for about an hour. I skated my 8.25 slace board. I had gone out with the intention of trying front bigs, but instead after I did a few basic flippers I settled on varial heels. And kInd of got one. I was really surprised when I landed on it, felt cool. I hucked some other flippers too. Nollie b/s flip and switch b/s flip which were not close. Got one bad 270 flip. Happy I skated.

(setup 6/10 8.25 null keyhole 2, null grip, slace 8.25, spitfire f4 99a orange/black swirl classic shape, new balance numeric 440v2 wide size 12 navy, half 574 vulc insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 4/10)