skate journal: day off work marathon at the denver slab (jan 22, 2016 day 22)
Dave and I met Simon at the DIY slab spot in Denver on a gorgeous day. Dave and I were obviously pretty sore and tired. But it seemed like things were gonna go pretty good as we warmed up. Somebody had thrown a monster size candle onto the concrete so I joke waxed the curb. Well, I did actually wax it, just not as bad as it looks in the photo. 50s on the curb were super fun. Simon was ripping the parking block and ledge area. Good combos like halfcab boardslide then front noseslide, nollie front tail the ledge front baord the parking blocks. Etc. I joined him and was feeling good enough that I actually tried to 50 the ledge (it’s tall!). Ha. I’ve been there a few times before and have never even tried the 50. I got no pop. So yeah, things were going good it seemed until Simon slammed hard and ripped his palm open. So we all just chilled for awhile. Simon tried to get it going, but it just wasn’t happening. Understandable. Dave and I skated the ledge/blocks area awhile longer. Dave tried boardslide to feeble on the parking blocks. I posed kickflip boardslides which felt remotely doable. Then we went back to the manny pad area (above). Dave kind of tried to hippy jump a tire out of a really janky setup. I did a few tricks over a little gravel gap then back 50s on the curb. Also kickflip up the curb and 360 flip off (first try!). Then we setup hosercam and recorded us try manuals for an hour. Dave got a couple manual body varials out that were pretty sick. I tried kickflip manuals forever. I didn’t think I landed any, but going back through the footage I actually did do one. Ha. Rad. Dave and I left very exhausted.
(setup 8.25 null venture 5.2 hi’s 3 washers inside 52mm spitfire 99a F4 bones med bushings nb# pj stratford 533 burgundy)