Got to Broomfield park on another warm day. The crew was rob, joe, neil, sean, eric and dudes, gordon. Gordon did his high pop thing and good solid grinds. Rob got in the mix with some manuals up and around the mountain bank, boardslides and more. I made myself do 10 tricks on the lurb, but kept going and it turned into 20+ tricks which made me happy. Lots of them were no-pop tricks, but one of the last ones was front 50 shove and I really liked that one. Joe did 10 50-50 variations. Sean looked slightly rusty, but still killed it. Garrett was there with Square State and killed it.

Off to the ledge to bank spot which is way harder to skate than it looks. Neil was getting into noseslides, lined it out with front shove and got close. I kinda like the accidental manual. I took forever to do the switch nose jib, couldn’t pop it out like I wanted. No comply shove and kickflip to fakie on the bank were fun. Rob had some style carves on the bank. Joe boardslide then the back 50 variations. Eckert showed up with his crew who did a few tricks. Sean had shown and did front 50 into it easily then back 50 from the bank.

Lastly we skated Safeway while being totally beat. So beat that it took Joe like 15 tries to get a front 50 shove. He would end the session with a really good front tail. Rob had some good noseslides and stuff. Neil got up on some front 50s and more. I got a couple 50s each way. Fun way to end the day. I wish that spot was as magical as it used to be. Then we had a fun dinner after with Fuzz and Leslie.

(setup 6/10 8.25 null abstract 43, pepper g5, venture v-cast 5.6 flat top washer, 52mm bones x99 v1, vans kyle walker b/w size 12 gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

Hot day. Cass, Joe, Rob, Neil and I rolled up to Loveland. Dave met us. We started at this little park since the weird and fun river spot is right there. Joe did some long boardslides. Cass front board shove. I did some kickflips to fakie on the mellow bank. Neil got some boardslides and back 180 off the bank.

We rolled to the river spot. Neil found the hardest angle and spot to do a no comply to tail. Joe did 3 tricks while I tried one. Front 50 shove, front 5-0 to rock, front pivot to front tail shove. All while I tried front pivot kickflip out. A few of which were very close. Dave found a crazy path to shove nose stall and went to fakie. So sick. I gave up on the pivot kickflip and did no comply shove instead.

Then we went to the weird motorcycle manny pad spot. It was so freaking hot, but the spot is so good it had Rob in the mix. No comply bigspin, no comply up (maybe to manual?), almost no comply flip up. Cass was the first to get manual and then would get close to manual back shove out. Neil lined out manuals, nose manuals, noseslides, kickflip. Dave had a pretty magical line going up up then kickflip into the bank. He also did manual front 180. I basically only did some noseslides.

Off to the DIY which had some young bucks ripping, Dave ripping a line with 360s over the hip. Rob cruised it. Joe did a bunch of tricks on the little ledge.

(setup 7/10 8.25 null abstract 43, pepper g5, venture v-cast 5.6 flat top washer, 52mm bones x99 v1, vans kyle walker b/w size 12 gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

On a hot day Rob, Joe, Neil, Cass and I pulled into the Barnum DIY and it was completely covered in fireworks from the 4th. We thought about going elsewhere, but we started sweeping it. Then some neighbors and Justin showed up with a leaf blower. 30 min later we were in business. Gordon, Dave and Jake showed as well. It was a long session mixed with basketball and socializing. I myself skated like dookie so I hucked halfcab heel noseslides and a couple felt really close. Neil slammed on a crack right away, still had some lines and the ride on grind. I played a game of SKATE with Cass and Gordon in which I lost on very difficult tricks like kickflip and back 180. Ugh. I had my first setup change of the trip with 8.25/indy and basically hated it. Joe did front lip to front 50 to front board all in one trick. Hammer hammer! Dave was killing it as we would expect. Back 50 nollie shove, boardslide shove, crooks, ride on grinds. Gordon was poppy and fast. Jake was ripping but hurt his back on a halfcab noseslide. Cass did back 180 nosegrind and a lot more.

Then we went to the nearby skatepark. We lost some of the crew and several just chilled. Neil was in the mix at the start and was close to getting an ollie over the ball. I stunk it up. Only thing that was fun was the little front 5-0s to fakie. Joe and Dave killed it. Dave had insane lines using the bank to curb, qp, little qps, everything. He even did a kickflip pivot on the little qp. Oh yeah, Neil had done a kickflip on it too. Joe had a lot of tricks on the bank. It was 95 degrees and I can’t believe we skated during peak sun hours like that, but we did. And it was fun.

(setup 2/10 8.25 null kaleidoscape, cheap pepper, indy titanium, bones 52mm x99 v1, vans kyle walker size 12 b/w with fp gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 5/10)

Joe and Neil had arrived. Rob and Cass joined. After breakfast we went to dog park. It was sunny and nice out, quite a few people at the park including Alecs. I’m writing this after 5 more days of skating in a row so it’s blurry. I’ll start with the weird stat of Joe slamming really hard on front 50 shove. How unlike him. He would rip it and the Joe Hoe line was awesome. Neil had some of his patented nose manuals and quick hop. Rob was getting in the groove on the board again. Saw Cass do a long back 180 nosegrind. I skated alright, had some fun crooks, didn’t pop much or get any flippers.

Then we went to the newly remodeled Arapahoe Ridge. It was mostly a strugglefest, but we did a few things. Alecs did the big ollie and some manuals from the tall side of the ledge. Joe goofed around with some stalls. Neil tried to line out the weird mini ditch with a no comply out, but didn’t get the manual. I couldn’t get a manual and really struggled to get a kickflip, but the ride on grind was fun.

Then we went to a new area off Arapahoe, but it wasn’t where I thought. Some ollies and stuff happened, but not much.

Then off to the new ledge and we rubbed and waxed it. It grinded really good. Early on I hit my finger on a rock and it bled like crazy. Luckily Alecs has a first aid kit. Joe would skate it to, get some noseslides, front shove out of the kicker and front 50s uphill. Alecs killed it with front 50 shove and front nosegrind pop out. I had some slow noseslides and debatable crooks. It was run though and overall a great day.

(setup 2/10 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 4/10)

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)

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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)