skate journal: Pre Thermals Broomfield parkathon (Oct 28, 2010)

After a nap and dinner I went out and skated in the street while I waited for Carleigh to show up.  Basically just 180s.  I think it was all 180s though, including the tail scraping switch back 180.  Carleigh arrived and it was off to Crisis to spend more money then skate the Broomfield park for a bit.  A bit turned into quite awhile because it was so fun.  Initially though I was sucking and it was crowded so I just resorted to the blue ledge and tried slow switch front boards for awhile.  I got one.  People were hogging the quarta potty so I couldn’t line it out.  Oh yeah, the crew was pretty big.  Carleigh, Fuzz, Neil, Brian, Derek, Darin and more that added to the good vibes.  Neil was killing it quick as usual.  I ollied the six stair first try and it felt pretty easy and fun.  I hucked the double set a couple times.  It’s pathetic, but that would be the biggest thing I’ve ever ollied.  The best part is it felt pretty doable.  But rather then just land it and get it done with, I’d rather make it a big deal and blow it off for a later session when “I’m feeling on”.  Brian and Fuzz were working on backside sugar canes.  I saw Fuzz land a few and Brian slam a lot of them, but got so close.  At some point I saw Brian ripping the flow bowl so I joined for a bit.  A couple runs in I set my record for most coping touches in one run.  Hyped.  All kinds of goodness was going on in the park.  Carleigh got a pop shove down the double set.  Derek did nose manual into the steep bank.  I ended up getting a smith grind on the black ledge.  So fun.  We left and went to the thermals who held it down as they always do.