skate journal: longmont geezer fun, two schools (May 10, 2014)

Posted in Skate Journal on May 11th, 2014 by corpo

Matt (not a geezer), Neil, John and I met up with Dave and Brett in Longmont and went to good ol’ Rocky Mountain Elem to start. John started with flatground. Halfcab flips, nollie flips and treflips. Dave was working the bank to window sill with nose stalls to fakie then a bunch of pivot tricks on the side curb. I managed to backside ollie over a median without touching my tail multiple times. Got a front 50 shove on the ledge, back 50, got a 3 flip on flat, but didn’t really get much else. Matt did kickflip and treflip over a median, came close to a bad slam trying to ollie the bank gap, front 5-0, front smith, front smith 180 on the ledge, treflips, probably much more. Neil was killing it. Had a line with front tail on the ledge, Neil comply boneless over a median, almost crooks. Nose manual the round flagpole ledge, a bunch more. Brett had moves too. Shove fakie, no comply shove, a gnarly slam on the bank, noseslides on the ledge and a bunch more. My session ended right as it rained as I was trying some flatground trick and the board shot right into the pin in my knee. That’s like a mega funny bone attack and I couldn’t move my leg for awhile. It was fine after a few minutes, but the pain is intense.

Then we went to Longmont High. Dave had left for his daughters birthday party. I was so sore and like an idiot kept trying to skate. I should sit down sometimes, but I just never do. I didn’t have much to be proud of. Some kickflips over the little crack gap, slow front 50s on the ledge, fell into the thorn bush, couldn’t ollie a 1 foot cone easily, still had fun though. Brett was going for hurricane on the little ledge, got front board on it, noseslides, some long noseslides on the low ledge, a long front 50 followed by a bad slam. John showed up Neil by doing Neil’s line first try. Halfcab, boardslide, ollie the cone, noseslide the long ledge. Ha. Also had some nice halfcab flips. Neil was ripping here again. Front tail and front tail to fakie the long ledge, nosebonk a ledge. Matt back 50’d the long ledge from the tall part (geez), super fast front tail and front tail to fakie the long ledge, nosebonks, ollies over the ledges like they was nothing and tried to kickflip one.

A bunch more went down. I can’t remember it all. It was a fun day and a fun crew.