skate journal: Lville tech, Rock Creek, Red Curbs (Jan 10, 2010)
Pushing 50 for the first time in awhile I met Neil out at one of the few dry spots we could find (The blue flatbar that Tyler does the smith kickflip out of here). Before skating it we shoveled out another spot so it would dry while we skated the blue bar. Smart eh?I was pretty cranky and tired for some reason. I didn’t have much drive to skate, but I did. Neil was on his game pretty quick. He hopped over a tall box and lipslide the bar quick like. I couldn’t front board it to save my life. I did actually try some front smiths on it though. Didn’t land it, but I don’t think I’ve ever comitted to trying one on a flatbar before. After a bit I started trying a run where I ollied a box, 3 flip on flat, then front 5-0 or front smith. After a few tries I got the 5-0 version, but it was only the last few inches. Oh well, I’m terrified of flat bars. Lazer and Brian came and Lazer did all the tricks we thought would be rad within minutes. I added a nollie front lip at the end which felt really fun even though it was only the last foot of the bar.Next we went to the bank to ledge that Neil and I shoveled out. Damn thing is tall! After all the work we put into it we couldn’t really skate it. It was too tall. I felt as if I was finally getting the timing down to front 50 it when Skelly called lost somewhere in the tech center. 10 minutes on the phone and still no Skelly I left to meet him, but not before being a jerk and speeding off. We all met at Rock Creek for a pretty fun session. Brian skated really good. Lazer skated really good. Carleigh and Sean skated really good too. I didn’t. It bums me out many tricks I can only do on Rampy. Ugh.Next we did Red Curbs. I was beat, but Skelly and Jason drove all the way from Ft Collins so you can’t bail out early. Ended up being a pretty fun session. I didn’t skate very good, but dorked around and did a slappy front 50 to manual to tail. Rad. Before leaving it took about 20 tries to nose manny the manny pad. Argh. Not sure why I was so tired, but it happens right.