skate journal: granby park dodging rain (july 5, 2022)
On a very hot morning Rob, Neil and I hit the road, picked up Cass and made our way to Granby. We arrived to a mostly dry park with rain showers threatening. None of us had even really seen this park before. There were a few kids on bikes. The hype was real and the approaching rain made for a frenzied and fun session. I was skating good for me and got a backside flip over the hip 3rd try. The bank to curb was perfect, but a little narrower and rougher on top than it looks. It’s hard to remember the difference in the sessions. Cass had front nose and tail on the bank to ledge, bigspin over the hip. Rob front tails the bank to curb, slappy crooks, manuals and nose manuals the little pad. Neil popping everywhere, manuals, nose manuals, noseslides, one foots. I lined out the noseslide and b/s flip as the rain teased us, almost got first try nose manual front 180 out. Neil took a bad slam on a wet pump bump. I took a bad knee tweak on an attempt to noseslide fakie the ledge off the manny. It was worse than I initially thought and would leave me hurting for round two after the rain and the next day.
After some chilling at a brewery and a dollar store broom investment we went back to the park. We swept puddles as a kid sprayed his little brother. Some dry patches started to form and we skated a little on the bank to get warmed up and I quickly realized my legs were toast. I didn’t really do anything beyond slappies. I don’t really remember what was different for others either, but they were having fun. The rain settled in and we went back to Winter Park and had a fun night of bro’ing down.
(setup 8.3 null vhs, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 cast base titanium hanger, bones 52mm 99a stf v3, new balance numeric 272/440highs)
(pain 2/10 initial session 8/10 second session)