skate journal: neil visit day 3: estes park skatepark with joe, rob, neil and dave (july 13, 2025)
On a Monday off of work we headed to Estes. It was awesome cloud cover most of the time, not a single scooter kid, it was epic. After warming up some the rain hit a bit and we played SKATE which Dave won.
Rob: ripped. front 50s, back 50s, manuals, gap to back 50, noseslide the bump to ledge, poppy backside ollies on the steep bank
Neil: hurting, mostly sat this one out
Joe: front 50 front board then kickflip to fakie to show us he arrived. Gnarly line of a grind then full speed boardslide the flat bar. Front 50 180 the bank to ledge.
Dave: Demo Dave in effect. Fakie tail the hip gap to curb, manuals, nollie shove tail the hip then pole jam, I don’t even know so many tricks and lines, ended with kick back tail the hip
Glen: Warm up line got me hyped of back 50 the curb up top, ollie the little a-frame, crook the ledge. Noseslide the bump to ledge then kickflip, kickflip fakie and bigflip. Backside flip the small hip after the a fun grind on the china bank, treflip flyout, fun line of kickflip then noseslide down to end it.
A lot more skating happened, it was a fun day. Hard to write about it all.
(setup: 8/10 8.3 aces 52mm orange spits, last resort cm002s currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 4/10)