skate journal: Broomfield and Arvada parks with Rob, Derek and more (Oct 1, 2010)

Posted in Skate Journal on October 4th, 2010 by corpo

The man, the myth, the legend Rob Helmstetter was in town to help celebrate the grand opening of Fuzz’s new shop Crisis.  After we hung at the shop for a long time we made it over to the Broomfield park.It was really hot and we basically had the park to ourselves.  We had a pretty mellow session going.  Rob had some nice manual and nose manuals around the blue slant.  I don’t remember anything really standing out for me.  I guess I tried to wallie into the bank and landed it with a deck check and was happy to get a grind around a corner in the bowl.  After awhile new guy Derek showed up and we all played a game of SKATE after Rob and I finished up one (I honestly can’t remember who won but I think i lost on a b/s flip).  The game of SKATE was hijacked by one of Derek’s friend that landed a bunch of tricks in a row.  After awhile I just started filming a Derek park montage and snapped the above photo of Rob back smithing the brick qp.  Nice new Crisis shirt!After that we hit Community and sold some boards then hit the little Arvada park.  It was mad crowded with young kids and teenagers.  Most of which weren’t really skating.  We were able to cruise around the masses without too much inconvenience. Rob got a sick manual coming out of a qp and going a long time before rolling back in.  We both got front slashers on the steep bank (new for me).  Other new tricks for me were back feeble on the steep bank and fakie 50 transfer the spine.  We didn’t stay too long, but it was fun.