skate journal: Louisville skatepark early before a fun filled family vacation (March 27, 2010)

Jason picked me up on a somewhat cold day and we went and picked up Nate then headed to the Louisville skatepark to meet Neil and skate.  I was in a pretty good mood and feeling somewhat flexible for how early in the day it was and all.  We started in the snake run and a couple runs in I slammed pretty good because a back 50 came to a halt and I got tossed to the flat.  Fun.  We moved around all skating the park our own ways.  Jason never seemed to really warm up and Neil took a few unmotivated runs between complaining.  Nate was skating decent.  He got a long back nosegrind popout amongst other good stuff.  I got crooks pretty early on which felt great.  Jason tried a bunch too, but can’t get the popout.  I tried a bunch of front 5-0 shoves and never got them.  I managed a back 5-0 front 180 out on the little ledge, but it was weak sauce because I came to a halt before doing the 180.  Oh well.  I was skating hard, but in retrospect I didn’t land much.  I got a few slow 360 flips, but couldn’t get bigflips on the bank, back 50s, kick back 50s, front 5-0 shoves, etc.  Shortly before having to head home Zak from Nebraska showed up.  He Joined Jason and I in a bank to ledge session.  Jason probably put down the most, but none of us were landing much.  I got a front smith, front tail and a kick back 50 lunch break.  Jason had some good back tails and Zak was hyped to skate something different than he’s used to.  Good sessoin before the Griswalds hit Estes Park.