It was windy and cold in Boulder so I took longer to get ready than I should have. I went to meet Sean at Broomfield park where it was way warmer and sunny. I arrived first. There were some beginner longboarders learning how to push and they kep standing in the way of the quartapotty or blue ledge. When I almost snapped they left. Warmups were whatever. I had done front 50s and a bad back 50 on the blue ledge. Sean showed and after a bit more warming up we played a warm up game of SKATE. It went alright. I remember getting a treflip which always makes me happy. I don’t remember much more than that, but he won on nollie back heel. Then we mostly skated the black ledge for quite some time. I got the slowest back 50 ever done, but it was the first one I’ve done that tall in awhile. Sean went through is bag of tricks and started on a new one. Nollie back nosegrind nollie back bigspin out. He came really close, but never got it. Jack and Carleigh showed. Carleigh was on the boardslide black ledge, front d, back d the brick qp tricks right away. She also got a super good back 50 on the blue ledge. Jack was slaying as he has been lately. First try noseblunt the double set rail, no comply tailslides, everything. I got a first try front 5-0 shove. It’s been awhile. I also got a really bad front 5-0 followed by a 360 flip out of the bank that felt great. After awhile I lost interest in the black ledge and was chilling briefly when I was challenged to a game of SKATE by a somewhat older skater. He mentioned how old he was turning 30. Ha. Anyway, neither of us were very consistent, but it allowed me to land some tricks. I got him with halfcab flip, fakie bigflip, 360 flip, varial flip and halfcab heel. It was fun. Everyone else was still ripping. I sat in the nice sun and watched. I had mentioned how much I liked my setup and shoes. Crazy! That probably means I’ll change soon.
(setup null 8.25 lazer deck, 5.8 venture FTC trucks with forged baseplate, doh dohs bushings (blue 88a barrel bottom one, yellow 92a small top one), no washers inside each axle, bones stf v1 51mm pj wheels, lakai sheffield grey/silver size 12 with stock NB# insoles)
(pain level 3/10)