Went to Broomfield on a whim around 8 because Will was going. Got there first, warmed up and felt okay. My warm ups were basic and went okay. I didn’t ollie much though and I never tried front 50s even. I did get a fakie 50 on the blurb though, lots of crooks and noseslides. Some other stuff. Bank to curb was fun. There was a lot of people skating, it was kind of hectic. Will had switch manual easy, some good ollies into the bank over a cone. At the end I took like 20 tries to get a kickflip and my foot was not happy. Will took less tries to get several switch flips. I tried some tres, but called it a night. My foot was not too happy about skating and not being able to kickflip at the end left me with mixed emotions. I had an 8.5/14.25 with thunders and it felt good for everything except flip tricks.

(setup 5/10 null sample 8.5/14.25 jessup pj ultra thunder team hollow 149 53 pink snot franky vans half cab wafflecup beige size 12 footprint gamechanger insoles)
(pain level 7/10 my foot sucks and I should probably not skate anymore)

Was up in Salida for my friend Zach’s 50th. Liz and I stayed at a lodge that was directly across the street from the skatepark. So I had to skate it. Had the park to myself for a long stretch, except of course some families walking their toddlers through on striders because that’s such a safe place to learn to walk. I felt off and was a little hungover. First thing I did was a noseslide on a tall ledge then axle stall on the qp with rocks for coping. After that I kinda rally stunk it up. Could not kickflip on the bank. I did manage a very slow front 50 on the ledge which I was happy about. Otherwise didn’t skate well, but that’s okay.

(setup 3/10 8.5/14.25 sample, pj grip, venture 5.8 v-cast bones medium bushings, 53mm snot franky pink wheels, vans half cab wafflecup beige size 12 with footprint gamechangers)
(pain level 5/10 )

On a nice morning I went to dog park. Bratcher was there, Jesse would show about when I needed to leave. I was there first, and skateboarding felt doable so I went for it. Lotta basics, hesitant to try some tricks. But man it felt good to be popping the board again. Got some front 50s on the lurb and a shove out which hyped me up. Had some crooks and noseslides. Did a couple kickflips. Took a while to do a fakie flip. Started playing switch rocks with Jack on the little qp. He had several, I would get one and had to bounce right away. Man it felt good to ride a skateboard again and my foot did alright.

(setup 6/10 8.5/14.25 sample, pj grip, venture 5.8 v-cast bones medium bushings, 53mm snot franky pink wheels, vans half cab wafflecup beige size 12 with footprint gamechangers)
(pain level 3/10 foot felt pretty good)

On a nice afternoon I met Garrett at dog park. He was already ripping. Kickflip manuals and trying tailslide to boardslide which he would get. Nice switch heel after too and a nice treflip or too. I really wanted to do a kickflip and I did. I had skated my 8.25 though and it felt like garbage. I did an ollie on Garrett’s board and it felt so much better. Although I couldn’t kickflip it. I also did a few crooks and stuff which felt good. Bailing kickflips didn’t hurt, but weird sideways movements did.

Met up with Cass and Kyle and Broomfield. Taylor was there as were Square State dudes. I rolled around and actually felt okay and did some actual skateboarding without popping. And it felt awesome. Slappy crooks, axle stalls on the bank to curb, front slashes on it, switch front nose the blue box, some other stuff. It was fun. Kyle ripped briefly, Cass was beat. Felt amazing to get out on the board and do some basic tricks. Then we went and checked out the new shop and it was great.

setup 8.5 14.25 slappy lows

On a warm day I met up with Kyle and Cass at a dream spot to film them. I’m not supposed to skate yet, but I couldn’t avoid doing a few ride on grinds. Felt great to grind, but man, I sure hope it doesn’t get knobbed before I can really skate it. Cass got a couple crooks shoves, front nose shove. Kyle got a tech one. Did a lap around the school looking for spots. Then we were out.

(setup 8.5 14.25 slappy lows 53 xero jogging shoes ha ha)
(pain not much pain)

Went to dog park to meet Will and Justin and say hi. Did a couple slappy crooks, a switch front nose, rode off the kickers a few times. Felt good to be on a board. Justin front nosed the top tier. Will almost front nosegrinded it. He did back tail shove on the blue movable ledge.

(setup was 8.3 venture v8 and splays which didn’t feel good)
(pain level actually like 5/10 which is high considering I didn’t really do anything)

Went to Arvada park to meet up with 98 dudes. I was incredibly sore. Never did anything at Arvada other than huck front heels on the blue bank. Cass was off again. Dan did the best nollie front 180 I’ve ever seen. Scott almost a fakie heel. Preston smith grind the bank to C ledge was nuts. Gordon was poppy.

Off to the nearby hip spot. I didn’t feel confident enough to skate the main bank. Gordon and I looked at the little one around the corner and tried to get going on it. He did a shove. I tried no comply shove and was close, but on the quick push run up I felt a pop in my foot and instant pain shot through it. Argh. I’m done for a while, this was a bad one. I watched Ladd, Preston, Dan, Joe try some tricks. They were close.

(setup 5/10 8.25 slappy lights 53mm snots strike mvmnt transit street trainer no insoles)
(pain level 10/10 sore then intense sharp pain on the outer edge of the foot)

Went to dog park incredibly sore from the long night before. Some old dudes were still there. Bratcher learned switch slappy. Cass and I were sucking and tried a warm up game of SKATE that didn’t go well for me getting letters on tricks I should do like bs flip, halfcab flip, etc. I don’t remember getting much of anything. The FOCO Nullers showed and I mostly filmed Hayden and it was cool.

We went to a weird spot. The boys killed it. We went to another weird bank spot. Less was killed.

FOCO dudes left, a few of us went to the benches off Arapahoe. Ladd, Sean and I skated. I had some okay noseslides, some questionable crooks, questionable switch front noseslides. Ladd had good 50s, really good crooks, crooks shove, almost crooks 270 shove. Sean did maybe the best looking front shoves and kickflips down the 2 stairs. 5-0s, tailslides, killed it.

Then everyone else left and Eric and I tried some no comply flips/regular ones over a tiny gap across from dog park. I would get a regular one.

(setup 5/10 8.25 slappy lights 53mm snots strike mvmnt transit street trainer no insoles)
(pain level 7/10 not wearing arch support seemed to help my recent foot pain)

On a very nice afternoon I met up with Skelly, Will and Ted at dog park. Dave would show a little later. Will and Ted were already getting it on Eric’s box. Will was killing it with nollie noseslides, nosegrind 180s, switch crooks. Ted’s front cooks were crazy good. I had some crooks, tried a lot of varial heels (inspired by Tiago!) that were not close, tried a bunch of noseslide 270 shoves that I could not get. I would stick and the bails were killing my foot. Dave had some nice boardslides to fakie and 270 out, front 50s and back 50s! One line of switch 180 5-0 the masonite pad, back 50 the bench, varial flip on flat was so good. Skelly had some boardslides, 50s the curb. I did some rare crooks to fakie and tried crooks shove but couldn’t get one. Hucked some kickflip boardslides with Dave, but never committed.

Then we went over to the valmont park. Dave would slay it like normal. Wallie over the barrier, kickflip into the bank, back tail 360 out over the hip, euro to manny the mellow bank, so many things I can’t even keep track. Skelly got close to front shoves and kickflips, had some good one foots. I was kind of all over the place, had some okay things but never really stuck to anything in particular.

(setup 3/10 8.25 royal 144s 53mm snots strike mvmnt transit street trainer no insoles)
(pain level 6/10 not wearing arch support seemed to help my recent foot pain)