skate journal: Loveland Park with Ollie (June 6, 2010)

Yeah, I know, Loveland park again?  Well today Liz, Ollie and I had gone up to Loveland to visit my cousin who was a Marine and had returned from Afghanistan safely.  After a Colorado afternoon thunderstorm we left my cousins and went by the park which was partially wet still.  The street course was soaked, but luckily the bowl was almost entirely dry.  Ollie rolled in to a rock fakie no problems.  Then did some carves.  After awhile He spent most of his time outside the bowl dropping off a curb trying to manual to another curb which he eventually landed.  He also ollied off a bump and continued to smile like he always does while skating.  I was failing at front D’s in the mellow section.  Ollie eventually joined me again and started doing a new trick for him.  Kind of an ollie to fakie nose grab.  But more like a rock fakie where you don’t touch.  Either way I would never try that.  By the end of the session I had done a few things new to me at that park.  Front D finally went down, blunt transfer the spine and rolled in in a new spot.  Yippee.  I was tired, sore and sweating like crazy but skating with Ollie is pretty much always incredible.