Kinda slacked, then met Gordon at Broomfield around noon. The park was kinda popping. I skated alright. Was back at home on an 8.25 with Thunders. Struggled with kickflips which is kinda funny. Had a first try fakie bigflip, fakie flip, kickflip, b/s flip, maybe a halfcab flip. Hucked more. Gordon did all the shoves. Taylor was there ripping halfcab heels. I had some fun crooks, took a bit to get halfcab noseslide.

Then I drove to Loveland and went to the DIY to meet Dave and Hayden who had Nora and Emmett with him. I saw Dave do a switch 180 over the hip and a few grinds over the bank boob. Nora styled some kickflips to fakie, grinds on the flatbar on the bank and a lot more. Emmett too, that family has such good casual style on skateboards. Hayden ripped it. Pop shove tail grab off the bank boob and a cool line. I took a while to get going. Had a fakie back smith to fakie on the little qp followed by halfcab nose on the little ledge. Then took an hour to do that crappy kickflip.

(setup 6/10 8.25 null kaleidoscape, cheap pepper, thunder 148 hollow lite, bones 52mm x99 v1, vans kyle walker size 12 b/w with fp gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

After a day of working on site and lots of sitting I went to dog park and got there the same time as Dan. We played a warm up game of no comply SKATE that was pretty fun. He won, but we both got quite a few tricks and it was fun. Then we kinda just focused on the lurb. He was trying 180 switch crooks and I was trying switch crooks. We both got some, but not great. I had put Ventures on my setup and meh, realize I just cannot flip an 8.5 anymore to save my life.

(setup 8.5/14.25 null purple archway, pepper g5, venture 5.8 v-cast bones medium bushings, 52mm bones x99 v1, new balance numeric 306 cup grey size 12 half 440 insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 5/10)

After working from home I went to dog park, Paul showed up around when I did. I had a new deck, new wheels and wore the Foy cupsoles. And boy did I suck and couldn’t feel my board at all. Did it help knee pain? Maybe a little. We skated the new miniramp for a while. Paul ripped it. I flailed like crazy, didn’t really land anything. Other than crooks on the ledges and one bad fakie bigflip there was nothing for me to be hyped on. Paul shredded the ledges like he does. Oh yeah, this dude showed up and skated pretty well, but had a dog chasing him the whole time barking. It was so distracting and annoying.

(setup 8.5/14.25 null purple archway, pepper g5, ace 55 af1 hollow, 52mm bones x99 v1, new balance numeric 306 cup grey size 12 half 440 insole and currex runpro insole)
(pain level 5/10)

Took a bit again to find some motivation, but I eventually did and I went to dog park and met up with a large amount of 98ers. I skated okay. Was probably too sore to be skating, but I tried. Had some average stuff, could not get a treflip yet again. Squeeks was ripping front boards. Collin with the cool noseslide to fakie manual. Ladd and Dan’s game of SKATE was amazing. Alexi put some good lines together.

(setup 6/10 sample 8.5/14.25, jessup ultra pj, ace 55 af1 hollow, 52mm spitfire tablet 99a, vans walker wafflecup b/w size 12 with fp gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 7/10)

Started a little slow, but got to Denver before it got too hot. Cass had noticed this crazy pole jam. It was in this weird parking lot next to a road and I could not get it going. I felt so off. Cass grinded it first try. Would go on to get some front boards which is pretty cool. I would eventually boardslide it after several embarrassing baby steps to get there.

Then we were driving and saw this other random new plaza spot that ended up being super fun. It was basically a one up then two down, but with a lot of options. We skated and we checked it out, settled in trying stuff. I had some kickflips up the curb, managed to ollie onto the ledge once. Tried some b/s flips down and almost committed. Cass filmed me try a line of kickflip up, no comply shove on flat, pop shove the 2 which I landed on, but didn’t ride away from before the heat became too much. Cass had some some amazing kickflips over a curb to front shove up. I really wish I could have gotten that line, but the heat was too much and I hadn’t eaten. Then we checked out a nearby kicker that could be fun.

(setup 7/10 sample 8.5/14.25, jessup ultra pj, ace 55 af1 hollow, 52mm spitfire tablet 99a, vans walker wafflecup b/w size 12 with fp gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

Up early on a Friday I picked up Dave in Longmont and we rolled to Greeley Peak View skatepark. We had the place to ourselves for the first couple hours and then a few scooter kids came and did some laps. It was almost kind of chilly when we got there, but so hot by the time we left. Our warm up was slappy crooks over the puddle aka the death gap. Dave of course would go on to line it out with a switch crook over it. Kind of quickly I hopped on front 50 first try which is ultra rare for me and it felt good. Oh yeah, I had a setup change of aces on 8.5/14.25 and it would be good (except for bigflip later on). The video showcases most of the skating. We were both pretty winded at times so it was just easy to film each other. Dave’s lines are crazy good. The spine transfer is nuts. The grinds at full speed, all of it. I was pretty hyped on my line of the sw noseslide shove then tiny ollie then kickflip fakie. At one point I battled treflips when I should have just been trying b/s flip on the hip. Dave’s b/s flip was nuts. At the end Dave battled the bigspins on the hip and I tried bigflip on the bank but never got one. Really fun session. Dave is the man. Happy birthday Dave!

(setup 8/10 sample 8.5/14.25, jessup ultra pj, ace 55 af1 hollow, 52mm spitfire tablet 99a, vans walker wafflecup b/w size 12 with fp gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

After a long day at work I rallied to meet Monico, Maty and Cass at Arvada park. When I got there they were going up the euro. Monico and I were beat. It was actually kinda cool seeing Monico struggle a bit. We basically ended up at the top of the park. I tried a line of front axle then crooks the granite ledge. Never got a good crook. Cass kinda struggled with the qp and hated it, but stuck around. monico and Maty battled flippers into all the banks at Arvada. It was crazy. Monico did kickflips first try. Then they both battled nollie heel, nollie flip, treflip, kickflip. Monico did it twice and it was funny seeing the sibling rivalry. Monico tried some other flippers after he did the line. Maty’s nollie heels were so cool, made them seem doable. Fun session, so great seeing Monico.

(setup 1/10 8.3 thunder .. vans wafflecup fp insoles)
(pain level 6/10)

On a really nice night I went to Broomfield to meet Monico! Yes, Monico! Also Will, Ladd, Justin. The park was mobbed with people. Including a teenager that ran into me twice and said “That wasn’t my fault at all” ha ha. Oh well, skating was okay. i don’t remember much for me other than I was sore and didn’t do much. But at least I hucked halfcab heel noseslide and almost accidentally did it first try. Ladd was ripping, 2nd try kickflip over the bump to rail, bluntslides. Monico showed up and shredded like he does. It was cool seeing his warm up from little ollies to front feebles on the double set. Justin and Will showed up around the same time. Will is doing his ‘hard’ ledge tricks right away now. Justin demo mode was activated and awesome to watch.

(setup 3/10 8.3 thunders .. vans kyle walker wafflecup b/w size 12 with fp gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

Went to campus kinda early after work since Liz was finally getting home. I had put cast baseplates on and it made the small setup even worse. I started at an old 2 stair area above the famous square rail and could barely ollie up the 2 stair. Hucked flippers, not close to them at all. Moved on to the fitness center area as I wanted to do this weird quick tiny gap thing in a line. The line was supposed to start with f/s halfcab heel which I was not close on at all. I did do the little ollie/180 out, but it was dumb. I looked at some other stuff but basically just walked back to the car and debated if it’s time to hang up the skateboard.

(setup 0/10 8.25/14″ venture v-cast 5.6 bones medium bushings 52mm spits vans walker wafflecup size 12 b/w fp gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

After a terrible night of sleep Ollie and I went to campus. I parked under it this time. I was armed with an even smaller setup and it did not work whatsoever. Ollie did the drop down manuals like it was nothing. He hasn’t skated since last Father’s Day that I know of. He also pushed fast into the hill above the stairs and had no problems. The drop down manny took me a bit, I came really close to kickflip off. Then we went to the weird loading dock area that Ollie is shown above performing his name. I also ollie’d off it after a switch 180 into the tiny hill before it. Next up the engineering building where Ollie had no problems jumping down the 3 stairs. I had a lot of fun with slappy crooks. Couldn’t get kickflip after. I did get back 180 but didn’t feel the need to put it in the post. Ollie’s boardslide was pretty cool, never seen him do that before like that. All in all a really fun day with Ollie even if my skating was terrible.

(setup 2/10 8.25/14″ sample venture 5.6 v-hollow 52mm spits vans walker wafflecup size 12 fp gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 5/10)