Feeling tired after a late night at the CSU game I rolled towards Longmont and stopped in Niwot. Said I would warm up at the mellow bank spot to begin. Did some manuals across it, some ollies out/in, was feeling fun. Struggled a bit with shove it, then took a long time to do kickflip fakie and started to lose my mind. Like what the heck I could not kickflip that board to save my life. Would eventually get a couple and fakie flip, one b/s flip. Could not get varial flip, fakie tre, back heel.

Decided to leave for the nearby ledge spot, but it had a dumpster in front of it so drove around a little and found the new flyout bank spot that looked so incredible. And it was. But I SUCKED. Couldn’t get a front shove out to start, took a while to get kickflip. Went in front heels, never flipped enough. Went in on treflips and never got bot feet on and lost my mind. There was no one around, except of course the one freak out I had where I threw my board and screamed. Dude came out of nowhere. It was funny. Unlike my skating.

(setup 0/10 8.25 null time warp, jessup ultra, indy titanium 144, 52mm spitfire pink/green 99a class, vans half cab wafflecup beige size 12 custom insoles and currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 6/10)

On a very windy morning in Boulder I drove to Longmont and met Dave at a very nice and calm Indian Peaks. 10 minutes later, it wasn’t so calm and the wind would get much worse, but we still skated. I hadn’t skated the front in decades so it was fun. The manny pad is better than it looks, the waxed up curb was fun, the flatground is good too. I hucked a lot, landed very little other than manual, a couple kickflips, halfcab flip and a nollie front crook (no grind) which I believe is a GleNBD. I liked how my board popped, but I was like 1/20 on kickflips up a curb which did not sit well. Dave had nollie crooks, fakie crooks, spracks to manual, cabs, 5-0 180s, crooks, he was ripping. After I left he did a switch manual on the pad!

(setup 5/10 8.25 null time warp, jessup ultra, indy titanium 144, 52mm spitfire pink/green 99a class, vans half cab wafflecup beige size 12 custom insoles and currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

After work on my daughter’s 26th birthday I went to dog park. Well, I considered Valmont, but there was a toddler birthday party and lots of strider bikes. Dog park had a few heated college rippers. It was tough to decide but I went dog park as it’s easier to hide. Ended up not being that bad. I made up for that. It’s been a few long days since the session so i don’t remember a whole lot other than I skated like dog crap. Trying to remember anything I did worth a crap and I can’t. Had some normal crooks, noseslides, 50s on the curb. Dave showed. At least the vibe was better. We stuck in the back and lined out the qps and the huge metal grate manny pad. Dave had a line of something like axle to fakie the smaller qp, flatground cab, switch manual the grate. So sick. I couldn’t land any flip tricks. Only thing I liked was a wallie off the round metal thing up onto the pad. I was really scared to do it though. I left after that.

(setup 1/10 8.25 null timewarp, jessup ultra, venture 5.6 v-hollow, spitfire f4 99a 52mm pink/green classic, vans half cab wafflecup beige size 12 with weird custom insoles and currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 5/10)