skate journal: pueblo dam and unm with nullers (oct 18, 2019)
On a nice day we headed out in a van from Boulder at 9am. It was Jack, Hayden, Sean, Garrett and me. First stop was a flat bar in CO Springs that looked awesome. I posed like I was going to boardslide it, but that was about it. Jack and Hayden had some warm ups on it before we got the boot. Then we were in Pueblo near the shop and looking at a tall flat rail. I did a wallie nollie or two. Nulls posed some tricks to get a feel, but we got the boot there too. Doh. So we ended up at the dam spot. I did a few tricks on the tiny qp up top. Hayden joined at times. Then we all mostly rolled into the bank and tried tricks on the qp. Except for Sean who mostly just skated the ledge. Nosegrinds, nosegrind 180, 5-0s, all looking good. I tried some layback front rocks. I thought I was committing, but they never stuck with my feet. I filmed Jack stomp a nosepick/impossible line really quick. Then Garrett work for hurricanes. Jack also did a nosepick shove which was ridiculous.
A short drive to Albuquerque later (ha ha) we ended up at UNM. We had Nolan and Monico with us!!!!!! We went to a fun plaza area with some plastic ledges and tall concrete curbs. Everyone messed around for awhile. It was fun to watch. I was feeling very tired, but since I wasn’t filming tried my best to actually skate. Had a fun switch front nose. Then pieced a dork line of halfcab noseslide, kickflip on flat, front 180 a 3 stair. Monico bounced. Everyone but Sean played no comply SKATE. Looked fun. I think Hayden one after they changed it to sudden death. Sean ollied a bunch of stairs. Jack did a sick wallride. Then we hit the parking garage with Nick and Dean. Sean had a nice front 50. Jack back 50 flop out, kick back 50. Fun night.
(setup 8.25 null nolan deck, Venture 5.6 trucks, venom 88a bushings , spitfire F4 52mm 99a green swirl wheels, 2 washers inside each axle, new balance numeric 306 Foy b/w size 12, footprints gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 3/10)