Met Derek, Chad, Chris and Jake at the Denver park. We skated there for awhile. I tried to do a few manuals out of various banks around the park. Had a little line going where I tried a few manuals in a row, but I never got all three. Maybe the key to having fun at Denver park is to not be able to actually skate. Derek did a couple crazy tricks. Front tail to fakie manual 180 out. Five oh to switch crooks to fakie nose manual. Chad did some neat lipslides. Chris almost died trying a quick ollie to front bigspin out of a kicker. Jake shut down the handrails.

Then we went filming around Denver. I just rode my filmer board and continued the non-ollie rehab theme. First spot Derek put down a hammer. Second spot we got kicked out of before Chris could get his line. Third spot we kind of got kicked out of before Chad could try his trick. Fourth spot we got kicked out of before Chad could try his trick. Fifth spot Chad got a banger line. Sixth spot we got kicked out of before Chad could get his second trick. Seventh spot Chad couldn’t do anything cool at. Eighth spot we had hotel employees sweeping away sand and encouraging Chad to get his trick. Which he did and we were super hyped. Soon the spot will be melted away and it’ll just be one of those rare opportunities that can only happen when cruising around the streets.

Had a blast. Fun crew. Hyped that I was able to push around and it seemed to strengthen my knee rather than hurt it. I hope I can ollie soon. At the moment though my arthritis is pretty bad anyway.

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