Rest In Peace Jason

Posted in Amazing skate clips, Colorado Skate Videos on February 28th, 2017 by corpo

I’m going to miss this dude. He passed away a few days ago. I will make a bigger post about Jason at some point. But for now, watch this part again. He was the best.

skate journal: random gunbarrel spot with dave (feb 27, 2017)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 28th, 2017 by corpo

I met Dave right after work. I’m not supposed to be skating yet, but I really felt like it. We met at a nearby parking lot. It had some ok red curbs with cracks in front of them. They would be great without the crack. I felt so awkward for awhile. Dave seemed to be struggling a bit too. I had done a couple slow kickflips, Dave had done a few grinds and then we moved on.

I had seen this spot years ago and made note of it. It was close so we did it. Dave was not hyped at first. It ended up being pretty fun. We skated it a few ways. Bank to curb, boardslides the curbs, bonk the crack into it, Dave manualled the stair into the bank (crazy), etc. I felt the best on my board I had in months. The stiff shoes still felt too much, but they allowed me to skate so if that’s what it takes I don’t care. I had a few slow kickflips, posed boardslide transfers, posed b/s flips over the curb into the bank and was 1.5/30 on beanplants when Dave was 1/1. Dave also did a crazy back 180 nosepick transfer. It felt great to skate for real and like I wasn’t damaging my body. It’s been awhile since I’ve had that little knee pain. I hope it keeps up. Oh yeah, I had put my old pink Spitfires on and they felt way better than the hard Bones.

(setup 8.25 null future board, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 52mm Spitfire F4 conical 99a pink/purple wheels, bronson bearings, NB# PJ 533 black/gum 11.5 superfeet insoles)

skate journal: saul’s again and some slappys with dave after (feb 26, 2017)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 28th, 2017 by corpo

Went to Saul’s later in the afternoon and it felt warm even though it was only in the 40s. It was more crowded then usual, but still mellow. Dave was shredding. My first few runs were basically me just sliding out and falling. I guess them Bones STFs aren’t so good for this. Saul was skating fast and doing longer grinds. Dave and Wrex were totally shredding in their different ways. Dave did a pogo. It looked so fun. Wrex was doing big airs over the hip, such casual long grinds, etc. There were a few people I didn’t know, all had some moves. It was a really good vibe. I skated bad for awhile, but near the end had a couple alright runs to make me feel better. Skating in the stiff shoes with orthotic insoles is hard, there is almost no board feel.

After the session Dave and I went to the nearby school. We waxed up a little curb and did some slappies. Even though we both first try kickflips (and they were so perfect ha ha) I felt even more awkward on my board here. The super hard wheels and super stiff shoes and the fact that I hadn’t skated in awhile got me. Dave had some great slappies and a sick back 5-0 back 180 out. I ended up getting a couple slappy crooks, but I felt so weird on my board.

(setup 8.25 null future board, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 52mm stf v5 wheels, bronson bearings, NB# PJ 533 black/gum 11.5 superfeet insoles)

skate journal: short session at sauls (feb 25, 2017)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 28th, 2017 by corpo

Went to Sauls on a cool day. It was just Saul and Bren which perfect since I hadn’t really skated in so long. Things were going ok. I felt super rusty, but it was fun. Saul was having some gout pain and a little timid too. Bren was linking some good grinds. Then my phone started blowing up. My friend Jason passed.

(setup 8.25 null future board, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 52mm stf v5 wheels, bronson bearings, NB# PJ 533 black/gum 11.5 superfeet insoles)

Pissed Jeans – The Bar Is Low video

Posted in Music News, Music Videos on February 24th, 2017 by corpo

Pissed Jeans are one of those rare incredibly special bands. Their sense of humor, the self deprecation, the subtle intelligence, the complete rocking. It’s all there. This video helps cement them as an all time favorite. The new album is their most complex to date. It’s going to take awhile for me to rank it in their catalog, but I’ll just start by saying it’s incredible.

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skate journal: short garage “manual” session (feb 23, 2017)

Posted in New Shoes, Skate Journal on February 24th, 2017 by corpo

Been sick for a couple of days, but started feeling better. Had PT earlier in the day and he said I shouldn’t really skate yet. But I just couldn’t hold out any longer. I went in the garage and did some no ollie manuals for awhile. It was fun. My knees are feeling better. Hopefully it’s the exercises I’ve been doing that’s making them feel better, and not just the lack of skating. I think cupsoles with orthotics helps too.

(setup 8.25 null future board, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 52mm stf v5 wheels, bronson bearings, NB# PJ 533 black/gum 11.5 superfeet insoles)

skate journal: the most depressing session of my life (feb 15, 2017)

Posted in New Deck, Skate Journal on February 16th, 2017 by corpo

Went to Northglenn after a Crisis with a rad crew. Jake and Dave. We arrived to a crowded park with lots of Denver heads. Mike Marks was there absolutely destroying with some other Reed wheels rippers. Andrew and the No Love dudes were there. Stefan was there destroying the bowl. I thought I would be feeling better, but as soon as I set my board down I knew it was bad. Even after two days my knee pain was intense. I couldn’t squat, I had no confidence at all. Dave was ripping all over the park through the crowds on every obstacle. It made me so jealous. I wanted to be motivated, but my pain prevented me from trying. Jake was hanging with Stefan. Derek Yale showed up! It ruled to see him. He was doing his same fakie manuals for awhile and then just flowing so easily all over the park. After awhile I just sat down and gave up. I was so incredibly depressed. If I had drove I would have left and maybe even left my board at the park. Dave was killing the little bank. Back tail, back tail fakie, crooks to fakie, maybe switch front crook? Jake almost got noseblunt on it. Near the end of the night we skated the bowl. I just carved and bailed axle stall. Jake and Dave padded up and got gnar. They both did frontside airs in the deep. Jake had front smith. Dave almost did some pretty big backside airs. Every time I bailed the run out hurt beyond belief. I decided I’m not going to skate again until I get some things figured out. I supposed I deserve this after skating basically 700 days in a row. Ugh. But nothing is worse then skating this bad.

(setup 8.25 null future board, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 52mm stf v5 wheels, bronson bearings, Emerica Reynolds Vulcs b/w 10.5 NB+ insoles)

skate journal: game of SKATE then red hawk with dave (feb 12, 2017)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 14th, 2017 by corpo

Feeling incredibly sore Jake came over later in the afternoon and we played a game of SKATE in front of my house. I had put some thinner insoles in because the Nike ones were just too much. I ended up skating terribly though, not committing to much of anything. Jake had a nice 3 flip early in the game that got me a letter. As well as basically any trick he landed. I ended up losing on a varial flip. A varial flip! Argh. Then I went to Red Hawk to meet Dave. I was so sore. I stretched for awhile and it seemed to help. Both Dave and I really struggled to warm up. It’s nice skating with other “older” people sometimes. We ollied up the stairs sideways as a warm up. That was a really good way to get things flowing. I rolled off the stage a few times too to try and jolt the legs into warming up. Tried a line for awhile of ollie onto the downhill rock then back 180 off, switch noseslide, switch boardslide. The switch noseslide only made me feel dumb. Going the other way I wanted to do a line of crooks, then ollie onto a rock then a nollie tre. Never got the ollie onto the rock. Doing crooks felt good and there was a period where I felt decent physically. I failed at front and back 50s though. Ridiculous. Had some good feeling switch front noseslides and some embarrassing slams. Dave ended up skating pretty well. Nothing new there. Front 50, front 50 back 180, almost front 50 back big out, back 50, noseslide and his new back 180 fakie feeble 180 out. He does it so good.

(setup 8.25 null logo board, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 50mm spitfire F4 99a classic wheels, bronson bearings, Emerica Reynolds Vulcs b/w 10.5)

skate journal: indian peaks bank with fuzz, carleigh, dave and ollie (feb 11, 2017)

Posted in New Shoes, Skate Journal on February 14th, 2017 by corpo

Father and son. @corpoglenny & Ollie

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I guess Ollie was kind of hyped on skating after we went over to Saul’s and did a little help get the decks framed. It was cool to see it come together. I had told Ollie we would get to see concrete being poured, but that didn’t end up happening yet. I guess it seemed more appealing to push concrete around than pull up little twigs. Ha. But either way after lunch I asked if by chance he would want to skate and he surprisingly said yes. I was hyped. We met at Indian Peaks in Longmont around 3. I was back on vulcs. Some comfier Reynolds with a big Nike insole in them. This hurt my fasciitis less, but this spot is all pushing so it still hurt. Carleigh did a first ever nollie shove on a bank before I could do either of my normal bank warm up tricks (no comply bigspin and kickflip). I was struggling. Dave had tried a frontside halfcab, but did some weird revert that was so sick. Then Ollie did a f/s halfcab first try to show him up. Ha. Ollie would go on to do quite a few tricks. Halfcabs both ways, fakie shoves, cannonball to fakie, some little ollies, He played some hoops at times, sat in the playground, did some stuff, but he skated quite a bit too and said he had a really good time. Carleigh basically learned and did bean plants every try. The first one had a few hesitations and was hilarious. That trick is seriously hard to jump back into. Fuzz had did his gonz cab to warm up, did the fakie shove revert (again ha), fakie wallride and put down a few fakie varial heels! So sick. I did no comply front shove to fakie and no comply fingerflip to fakie, but couldn’t get no comply 360 shove to fakie. Tried cab flips for a bit, but didn’t get close. Dave landed like 100 tricks. Wallie, wallride, front shove, switch front shove, kickflips, bean plants, 360s, and a million more I can’t remember. We ended it as Carleigh tried fakie flips and I tried treflips to fakie. I never got too close. Carleigh though, she stomped it and we called it a day.

(setup 8.25 null logo board, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 50mm spitfire F4 99a classic wheels, bronson bearings, Emerica Reynolds Vulcs b/w 10.5 nike lunarlon insoles)

skate journal: bikepath spot with dave and matt then a wind tunnel (feb 10, 2017)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 14th, 2017 by corpo

Had the day off work. Made sure the kids were occupied and met Dave and Matt at the bikepath ledge/hip spot. Because of knee pain I tried wearing some cupsoles (NB 598), but that ended up just making me worse. Way more sore. Dave and I were there before Matt. I had hoped to at least do a back 50 before Matt, but I didn’t. I was going soooo slow. It was quite depressing. I did manage a tiny backside flip over the “hip” second try at least. Dave was doing good switch noseslides, front shoves over the hip, back 50s or 5-0s up the ledge and solid front 50s. Matt showed up. Dave and I had joked how he had once chance to do a ten foot long back 50. Well it didn’t happen. He would get some, but it took a few tries. Regardless of how rusty Matt is on a board it still indicates the ledge must be hard to skate. Matt taking a few tries was still not enough for me to get a terribly slow back 50. At least I had slappy crooks. Sometimes. Matt would go on to get some good back 50s, a few back tails, and some casual frontside tricks like 5-0 180, front tail fakie. Dave started hucking treflips over the hip. He was committing. Some were close. It was rad. I was trying rock ‘n roll 360s out, but never got it. Then rolled in fakie and did it first try. I filmed the one above a little later after Matt left. Dave unfortunately never landed a treflip. He had some rad lines of back 180 fakie feeble 180 (is this what it’s called dave?), front shove over the hip, back 5-0 or back tail or a combo of both. I hucked double backside flips over the hip (never got close) and 270 kickflips (somewhat close). Then we left to check out the weird ledge off the bank on Pearl. It was super windy at that time. I stood on my board and was quickly going fast enough to be scared. I basically decided not to skate. Dave did some cool fakie ollies and got into slappy 50s easy. That could be a cool spot if the wind wasn’t so bad.

(setup 8.25 null logo board, venture 5.8 wides, 3 washers outside each axle, Venom 88a bushings, 50mm spitfire F4 99a classic wheels, bronson bearings, NB# 598 black/white 12)