skate journal: friday fun at valmont and dog park with will and ted (feb 27, 2026)

After a brutal week of work I got out on a really nice, but breezy at times Friday afternoon. Will was at Valmont kickflipping the euro. I putzed around. Not remembering much just tried to do lots of ollies on banks and stuff.

Then we went over to dog park, Ted had showed up. As well as about 50 college students for a CU skate gathering. Their youthful energy was contagious. I know Will as busting his normal ledge/manual moves. I was somehow 2-2 on manuals on the little pad which is ultra rare for me these days. Somehow the lane with the benches and flat bar remained chill so we seemed to stick around there for a while. I was happy to get the wallie/crooks/bs flip a couple of times. Will had never skated the tall bench before and did like 5 tricks quickly. The nosegrinds were nuts. Ted popped up into 50s easily too. Somehow I’m not remembering much else, but we did skate and have fun.

(setup 5/10 null 8.25 sean, jessup pj grip, slace 8.25 trucks, 52mm bones v1 stf 103a, splay rev lts green size 12 with remind impact cush insoles)
(pain level 4/10)