skate journal: SKATE day (May 9)

As Brian would say, I’m a jock and jocks like flatground, so I was hyped to to a game of SKATE at the Boulder park with Berrics rules (ie, no no complies).  I was pretty sore from the day before and skated Rampy for a bit with Ollie to get loosened up.  Didn’t even really try any tricks, but it was fun.  Then I went out and did a few tricks in the street before leaving for the Boulder Skatepark.  Got to the park and played a couple chaotic games of SKATE with Little Jack, Nate and Big John.  John killed it!  They were fun games and then came the real game.  Nate and I made the mistake of chilling out while we waited for our games to begin.  It was 4 people and the top 2 advance.  I played the worst game of SKATE ever missing tricks like front shoves 4 times in a row.  Luckily no one else could hardly land a trick and I got to round 2 where I was pink slipped by 4 tricks I’ve never done before and a bailed 360 flip.  Ha.  Oh well.The rest of the day was spent messing around with the curbs, mini quarterpipe and more games of SKATE.  It was a blast.