skate journal: broomfield park fun with sean, kevin, darin (oct 20, 2020)
I met with Sean at Broomfield park around 4:30. Kevin and Darin and others would show in an hour or so. I had put softer bushings in for my change of the day. Overall I liked it, but it did take some getting used to. After some warming up Sean and I played a game of SKATE. It was another game where I got pink slipped. I don’t remember the tricks, but it wasn’t as bad as it sounds. Sean just landed some good tricks quickly. Then we hit the black ledge. Sean of course flew through his routine. Surprisingly I got on almost all front 50 attempts. I had some good crooks. I even lined some stuff out with a b/s flip out of the bank, boardslide down the little rail first try. I was feeling alright. Kevin showed and Darin too. Around then Kevin, Sean and I got stuck trying treflips because Sean wanted to learn relearn. I would get the first one, but it wasn’t very good. Kevin and Sean got fakie tres. I got a nollie tre that made me feel even better. Kevin and Sean got regular tres. Kevin went on to get nollie and switch too. All 4 tres! I came incredibly close to fakie tre. But then we moved on. We were at the manny pad for a while. Darin did bluntslide as Sean nose manualled it. Sean had a crazy line of front 180 the double set then fakie manual the manny pad. Kevin switch nose mannied it easy. After a while Kevin and Sean left. I tried some qp lines with Darin. He did back tail then back tail fakie. I did a few fakie pivots to fakie followed by some halfcab heel noseslide hucks. Most of which were not close at all. I came incredibly close to a switch flip. 303’s ‘Bama showed. It’s fun seeing shop dudes skate and rip. He is one of those dudes that goes for it on every try. Fun night.
(setup 8.38 null plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 titanium hanger with cast baseplate, venom 88a bushings flat boardside washer, 52mm bones stf 103a v1, new balance numeric 212 b/w size 12, nike sb zoom air insoles)
(pain level 4/10)