skate journal: all day skate marathon with joe and crew! (april 2, 2016 day 93)
Feeling more exhausted then I should I was woken up by Joe and crew around 8am. They wanted to skate! I dragged more then normal, but we headed out for Broomfield around 9am. After a coffee stop we arrived at a crowded and bright park. It was hard to get things going. I tried to pace myself. Joe and Damon were ripping, played SKATE. Rob met us. Fuzz too. Carleigh even later. I was skating the big board, not really liking it. Most of us eventually settled in on a blue bank session. Joe and Fuzz did various 180 combos. Rob was the manual king. Damon was doing fakie tres. I switched to my little board temporarily and hated it, went back to the big board and did a bigflip on the bank. Carleigh did a back disaster on the brick qp.
After some Chipotle we went here. This spot rules. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been here. Fuzz and I started with a game of no pop SK8. I owned him. Ha. People warmed up with ledge tricks. Joe and Fuzz tried fakie willys. Joe landed a good one to forward. Fuzz landed a hilarious one, but it counted! Fakie 50s to fakie, those two were killing it. The setup got further back each time and before long we were lining it out. I think everyone ended up filming lines before too long. Carleigh learned straight no complys and did one in a line off a drop. I did a line with the only two tricks I can do moving faster then a snail (kickflip and front shove). It was incredibly fun when I got it though, as the front shove off the tiny drop felt like a Baker Maker. I filmed Fuzz, Joe, Carleigh for awhile. All got good stuff. Joe tried fakie 50 to back 50s for awhile and got a good one. I tried front 50 kickflips out for awhile and got pissed.
Then we went to 287 ditch. It was muddy and not as fun as last time. Well, for me. Dave met us and slayed it. Him and Joe were skating hard. I tried to get going, but couldn’t. Damon ripped it too actually. Kickflip to fakie, front 50s, front boards. Richard showed up at the end and did a back blunt on the parking block almost immediately. So sick.
Then Liz, Joe and I went to the Iggy Pop show! It was pretty incredible!
(setup 8.38 null ollie deck, venture wides, venom 91a bushings, bones 51mm stf v2 nbnumeric pj stratford 533 steel/gum)