skate journal: brief dark yellow curbs session (Nov 13, 2013)

Posted in Skate Journal on November 8th, 2013 by corpo

After meeting Rob at Crisis for the surprise surprise we went to yellow curbs. The crew was Dave, Rob, Fuzz and I. We were all wearing our new Crisis hoodies. We looked good. Ha. It was late when we started. Around 10pm. We arrived and found that most of the lights were turned off. Doh. We still had fun though. I had a couple manuals, slappies, wallies, kickflips before breaking my board on a pop shove. Doh. Last thing I did was a powerslide tailside since I couldnt ollie anymore with a broken tail. Dave did a wallie manual wallie over some parking blocks. It was rad. Rob did ollie over a parking block to manual to transfer over a parking block. Great stuff. He also had his patented slappy/back 50s on lock regardless of what he says. Fuzz was grinning ear to ear. I powerslid his “best wheels ever” Spitfire Fours and flatspotted them. So funny. He had some cool feeble transfers, slappy tails, boneless grinds and a bunch more smiles. Then we got the boot by a security guard that makes Carleigh’s bipolarness seem stable. He was freaking on us one minute then our best friend the next. Crazy.

skate journal: last day in ABQ. Ditch fun. (Nov 4, 2013)

Posted in Skate Journal on November 8th, 2013 by corpo

We started here. It was rougher then it looks. I dropped in a couple times then filmed. Jack got a good one, Max slammed hard and Josh walked away with a few epic accidental tricks.

We went to another ditch. Smoother concrete, but steep. The Nuller’s killed a crazy ledge to drop into the ditch. I did a couple b/s flips and bailed a kickflip to fakie.

Then we ended up at this amazing ditch. Josh front blunted this beast. I kick back tailed the curb under the ledge. Jack did a crazy wallie sex change. Max did a line with a bunch of ollies. Chad filmed a trick for a long time and didn’t get it. Doh, he has had a cold streak lately. We messed around here for awhile. There is another curb below this spot that was really fun too. Then the trip was over. It was a blast. One of my favorite Null trips. It really helped that other filmers were along and I wasn’t 24/7 filmer, but everyone on this trip was awesome and the vibe the whole time was great. 3 weeks til deadline. Crazy.

skate journal: ABQ day 2. The hangover day. (Nov 3, 2013)

Posted in Skate Journal on November 8th, 2013 by corpo

No matter how much I sleep or how little I drink it seems like the second day of a skate trip is rough. This was no exception. Especially after an insanely fun, but late night of jello shots and late night skating with sleeping bags to another house. We started kinda late and met Monico at UNM. We started in this fun little plaza area that I could probably skate like crazy had I not felt so tired. The Nullers were doing some pretty crazy stuff. Monico’s pole jam was crazy. I did get a little line going with a few basics that I dont’ remember anymore. We moved on. Some filming was done. Last chance I had to skate was this amazing plaza with benches everywhere, 3 stairs, etc. I was so tired, but managed a line of ollie a tiny flat gap, noseslide a bench, ride off a 3 stair (it was an attempt at an ollie), crooks the fountain ledge. Then I filmed Chad try a sick line for awhile, but not get it. Then we went to downtown ABQ. That was a bit much. Two places where I was skating carrying my camera bag and my filming board. I don’t remember doing anything I cared about. Josh and Max got some rad stuff. Then we retired for the night. Exhausted. I was asleep before 11pm.