skate journal: frederick and thornton with fremonsters and more (may 14, 2022)
Up early on a gorgeous Saturday with Matt, Zoey, Joe and Eric we went to Frederick. We met Cass, Dave, Will, Rob, Kevin, Nick. The park was never too crowded. I was in pain from the slam the day before, but not as bad as I had anticipated (until later). I’m writing this four days after the session so it’s going to be impossible to remember everything. I’ll start by saying Matt was shredding right out of the gate. The feeble fakie on the bank to curb was sick. We definitely were posted up on the mellow bank/bank to curb for a while. Will had a nice front heel. Rob with the style beanplant/boneless variations. Joe beat me to fakie flip, but I may have beat him to halfcab flip. Eric had the boardslide on the bank to curb. I was trying lots of nollie tres over the hump and got really close. Also close to nollie varial flip to fakie on the mellow bank. Kevin rattled off a bunch of bank flippers and killed the ledge even doing kick back tail. Cass couldn’t get the front nose bigspin, but did get lots of f/s halfcab boardslides to fakie on the flatbar. Near the end I tried a few of those hang on loops which are fun, but after my chest/ribs would really start hurting.
We went to lunch then hit Thornton. There was a kids large birthday party in the nearby park which lead to lots of kicks looping the pump track around the edges. It made for a weird dynamic of feeling way busier than it was. My chest was killing me, I never did anything and after a while I sat down. Joe hit his head slamming on a front 50 on the weird ledge, got up and smithed it. Matt ollied the hydrant. Kevin slayed the way he does. There was this lady there totally shredding. The treflip down the little drop was amazing. Cass got inspired and shut down the session with a textbook hardflip down the drop. Fun day, but that slam yesterday really messed me up.
(setup 8.25 null spanbauer, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.6 cast plate v-hollow hanger with royal bushings flat top washer, bones 52mm slims 99a stf, new balance numeric 425 black/gum 11.5 with half splay insole)
(pain level 6/10 ribs/chest)