PJ beats Koston!

Posted in Amazing skate clips on February 16th, 2009 by corpo

Such a good game. PJ still rules.

skate journal: broomfield industrial areas (Feb 15)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 16th, 2009 by corpo

Got picked up by the Factory in the Icebox around 1 and we headed out to the Broomfield area. First spot was a weird metal beam/ledge thing that I didn’t hit as it was too tall for me. I was feeling pretty out of it and just did a bunch of kickflips in a row to try and get my feet moving. Then a game of SKATE with Rob that I don’t think we even finished. Next up was a weird small bank to rails spot. Brian and I tried some pole jams to fakie and didn’t get close then I tried to carve around the bank and launch out of the side. I didn’t make the carve and my board went under the rail, but then came out after a ledge. Impossible to understand in words I suppose, but I ended up getting a weird sideways hippy jump while holding onto the top bar. It’s ridiculously stupid, but super awesome at the same time. Jason and Rob killed it too with some stall tricks on the lower bar. Jason did a alley oop fakie 5-0, but the TF cameraman recorded over it. Suck! Next we skated this one section for awhile where Rob, Jason and I skated a little hip for a second. I got a no comply 360 over it and a couple kickflips. Nothing special, but it was fun. In the same lot was a metal angled thing that we ollied on and did tricks off of. Rob did a super sick bonelss off. Jason almost got a manual up to 5-0 down I think. I got a boneless 180 off and then slammed and lost a lot of drive to continue skating it. Next up everyone skated the bumper of the Icebox for awhile. My noseslides sucked, but we filmed the end of the video. Lastly I skated a tiny little gap that I could barely ollie, then filmed a bit and almost fell asleep in the van. Fun day.

skate journal: Cold cold cold steelyard and a good line (Feb 14)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 16th, 2009 by corpo

It was about 25 degrees and almost still snowing.  Brian and Neil picked me up and we went to a gnarly little bank thing that Brian wanted to blunt fakie.  After almost getting hit by a bus filming him and freezing our asses off we split to red curbs.  There was a run I’ve wanted to do for awhile and that’s basically all I tried.  After awhile Brian was kind enough to film it and surprisingly I landed it on film.  Front 5-0 on a curb, noseslide 270 on the ledge, no comply 270 back tail on a curb.  Very hyped on it.  That was basically the whole session for me, and filming Brian get a sick line.  Pretty rad day considering how cold it was.  

skate journal: Rampy with Ollie for a bit (Feb 15)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 16th, 2009 by corpo

Prolly the first time we’ve skated Rampy and Ollie didn’t learn a new trick.  I was still fighting a cold and kinda just chilled.  Don’t remember anything in particular that I landed, but it was fun.  

Michael Davis

Posted in Kids Are Crazy Good These Days on February 13th, 2009 by corpo

The slow motion section at the end is a bit much, but man the kid can skate.

skate journal: Rampy solo for abit while being sick (Feb 12)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 13th, 2009 by corpo

Got bitten by a bad cold that even kept me home from work.  After a day of lounging around and napping I had felt a bit better and decided to roll around on rampy for a few minutes.  Didn’t really care about trying tricks so much, but ended up trying alley oop back 50s.  I would get into most of them, but not grind because Rampy is too narrow.  At the end I got a weak little fakie 50 and decided to call it a night.  I’d love to get that one good like Jason.

The Glen, Gillingham

Posted in Me Me Me on February 11th, 2009 by corpo

Glen GillinghamMy new goal in life.  To stay at The Glen in Gillingham, England!  Can’t wait to make my reservation, “What’s your name sir?”, “Glen Gillingham!”  Ha it’s gonna be so sick!

skate journal: Rampy with Ollie before dinner (Feb 10)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 11th, 2009 by corpo

After a fun time playing catch with a nerf football we headed out to Rampy for about a half an hour.  Ollie had some problems with his halfcab kickturn things for awhile then started spinning them around perfect.  He claimed he wanted to do them to rock fakie.  I didn’t think he had it in him, but I should have known better.  Right as India and Liz roll in to say dinner was ready he lands it.  Sick!  I did a few of my basics before settling on back tail attempts.  Only a couple were close.  Gotta get that trick.

skate journal: Rampy with Ollie, then Table Mesa solo radness (Feb 10)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 10th, 2009 by corpo

Ollie and I hit the ramp while India did her homework after dinner.  Ollie was ripping.  It’s crazy he’s starting to link more tricks together and look like he actually knows what he’s doing.  It was a really fun session.  I did most of my tricks and didn’t really try any new ones.  I attempted some heelflips on flat bottom and somehow landed almost everyone of them.  That hasn’t happened in months.After what turned into a pretty intense evening with India freaking out I had to get out of the house.  Luckily the wind had died down and it wasn’t too cold.  I went over to Table Mesa shopping center and just pushed for awhile as fast as I could with my mp3 player cranked up on shuffle.  My trucks were super loose for some reason so I was swerving all over the place.  I ended up trying a tiny little gap and ran by a window with the light on with some dude working in an office.  I’m pretty sure I scared the living crap out of him.  Oops.  Anyways, I ollied a tiny median a couple times and pretty much decided that I hate tiny wheels.  I had setup some 50mm only because I’m running low on 52mms and wanted to concerve.  And yes I can tell the difference between 50mm and 52mm wheels.  Maybe next time I’ll try 54s instead.  Anyways, on to skating.  I just kept cruising around and trying to not get frustrated as parenting had done that enough to me already.  I did one of my all time favorite lines behind King Soopers.  Kickflip into the downhill sidewalk then ollie the gap into the street.  It’s not gnarly or anything, but I’ve only done it once before and it feels fun.  I ended up spending some time at a bump spot and tried a bunch of 360 flips before just giving up and going home happy that I got to get outside and skate.

skate journal: Honey’s Hole (feb 7)

Posted in Skate Journal on February 9th, 2009 by corpo

Jason, Brian, Neil, Rob and I headed to east from Boulder with no clear plan.  The Neil ledges had cars and dirt so we went to Honey’s Hole.  Named after a GPS thing that Jason found naming it that.  I attempted kickflips to fakie forever and never landed one.  SO LAME.  Not digging the little wheels (50mm).  I just don’t want to have to order 52mms yet so figured I’d conserve.  Never again.  Anyways, Jason had found a fun line throught this tight little part of the ditch and cleared out a part at the end to grind.  Just carving through it was a blast.  Neil was blasting huge backside ollies on the tight little wall.  So sick.  Jason was going mach 20.  I managed getting a back 5-0 to fakie on it.  Hyped.  Brian even filmed it well.  Thanks!  Next up was the industrial center bank to gap.  I wasn’t feeling that, but wanted to skate more and ended up getting super frustrated trying to ollie a curb.  Yes.  I got so pissed I threw my board.  Suck!