skate journal: jason memorial jam part 2 at stonehenge (april 30, 2017)
And then the snow was gone. It’s crazy how quickly the CO sun can melt the snow on a spring day. A small crew gathered at Stonehenge. One of the greatest spots ever. At first it was just Rob, Jake and I. It ruled seeing Rob in the mix again. The crew grew quicky. Pat Wang, Uriel, Jack, Carleigh, Riley, Sean, Sam, Donnie, JJ, a bunch of kids, Fuzz, John, etc, etc. It was rad. The bank to curb session was pretty crowded. Jack was rattling off tricks. Pat was trying tricks regular and switch. It was great seeing him and reminded me of just how much we used to skate together. Carleigh had a good slam on a front rock then landed a few. The best part was how hard Sean slammed trying a front rock later on. So I forget what all tricks others had been doing. I was happy to get a hurricane and close to back nosepick to back disaster. After awhile Pat challenged me to a game of SKATE over on the flat slab. I was stiff and struggled to get my first kickflip, but then several others joined the game. I still struggled, but felt a little better. Got another letter on 360 flip though. Argh. There was about 5 of us still in the game when the little kid in the game did a sex change and beat us all. Ha. So awesome. I should have kept trying 360 flips after that, but I went and sat down. Watching Riley and Jack skate was a treat. Then everyone started working on the jersey barrier which turned out to be completely amazing. I did skate the bank to curb a bit more with Jack, Carleigh, John, Sean and Fuzz. Fuzz got noseblunt yank in, Carleigh with the steez pivot, John back blunt and no comply to tail to shove out, Sean front pivot back 180 out. Jack did a million tricks I’m saving for the stubborns including a first try kickflip front 50 which I spent an hour filming there once. Ha. The pivot to pivot to shove was my favorite. Super fun day, wish I wasn’t so sore, but I had skated a few days in a row and it was colder so I shouldn’t be too bummed.
(setup 8.25 null fortune deck, venture 5.2 low awake trucks, 1/16″ risers, venom 91a bushings, swiss bearings, 50mm spitfire classic formula 4 wheels, new balance numeric pj 533 black/white 12 stock insoles)