On a cold morning I went to Boulder park before work. I wanted to go into work early and then take a long lunch, but I had a suspicion I would be too busy ( I was right). My legs were a little stiff in the cold. Pumping around was alright. I eventually tried some ollies and kickflips. Some younger skaters came and made sure not to make eye contact or say hi. I had some fun hip ollies. The big setup feels great for that. I eventually settled on a line that took too long because I kept being scared of jumping on 50s on the little ledge. Argh. But it was front 50 across and down the little ledge up top, go around the miniramp section then b/s flip the weird hip by the ledge. I got about 10 grinds and managed to land the line right before I needed to leave for work. It was a pretty great feeling even though I think I was about 3 feet above my board in the air. Oh well, the landing felt cool and the bigger setup felt great for that.

(setup 8.5 null perception deck, 5.8 venture black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, old bones 51mm stf v1 wheels, new balance numeric 345 black/white size 12, stock insoles)
(pain level 5/10 cold/sore knees)

On a cold night I went across the street to play on the curb. The motivation was to get a feel for halfcab 50 which Dave challenged me to. I played on the curb for about 30 minutes, but didn’t only try halfcab 50s. I had some fun slappy crook, 50s, nollie tails both ways. I got pretty close to the halfcab 50. I was going ultra slow, but I feel like it’s possible. I also tried a bunch of switch crook which I didn’t get, but I did get a fakie b/s nosegrind. It was a little scratch, but it felt cool. Then I went to the back and played on the rocks. It was weird how quite and crisp the air was. I felt like all the skate noise was way louder than normal. Anyway, I skated them differently. I did a few stalls at first, but rode across the narrower one, axle stall the one by the table, nosestall to fakie the middle rock. Neat. Then I started hucking kickflip nose stalls going one way and front smith or tail stalls the other way. I got really close to all three, but realize now that I didn’t land any of them. How did I let myself go home?

(setup 8.5 null perception deck, 5.8 venture black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, old bones 51mm stf v1 wheels, new balance numeric 345 black/white size 12, stock insoles)
(pain level 2/10)

Got stuck late at work, but was feeling very pent up and needing to skate. It was snowing and I was too tired to leave so I just went to the garage. I did a couple kickflips then basically hucked for awhile. First fakie varial flips which weren’t close. Switch varial flip which was slightly closer. Then treflip which I landed a couple sketchy times.

(setup 8.5 null perception deck, 5.8 venture black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, old bones 51mm stf v1 wheels, new balance numeric 345 black/white size 12, stock insoles)
(pain level 3/10 cold leg blues)

On a wet and cold night Ollie and I headed out to the garage. At first the little plastic ledge was sitting on the ground and Ollie did a few front 50s before my body was willing to ollie. Then we put it up the step and tried to grind up it, but that was dangerous on many levels and we eventually ended up with the contraption shown in the video. It was quite fun. I had done the nose manny shove earlier before the line, but settled for the 180 as it was taking too long. Ollie had fun, but only lasted so long. So I skated flat for awhile. Heelflips were really hard, I barely landed one. This big board is tough for that. I got crappy b/s flips and treflips.

(setup 8.5 null perception deck, 5.8 venture black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, old bones 51mm stf v1 wheels, new balance numeric 345 black/white size 12, stock insoles)
(pain level 3/10 cold leg blues)

After hanging with the family most of the day I went to go skating at the Valmont area. I just wanted to do a couple ledge tricks then try to hosercam film a cab flip on the mellow bank for stubborns. It started misting as I pulled in. I got a first try front tail stall, a couple halfcab noseslides and bailed front 50s. I was on a big board. 8.5 with Venture 5.8s. It felt lovely. I was craving a big board yesterday so I put together a complete from used stuff. The deck was in pretty good shape. But the mist quickly turned to rain so instead of going to the bank I went to redder curbs. They had put in some new parking blocks and freshly painted the curbs. I felt a little bad digging in, but not too bad. I mostly tried some lines. First one started wear the little bumps are. Front 180 in, switch back 180 out (all of them were terrible), front tail stall a curb, kickflip on flat, slappy crook. Then I mixed up a couple lines. Ollie the little median, curve around then back 50 the median, manual the corner of a curb, no comply the parking block. Never quite got it, the short manual weirded me out. Other line was switch front 180 the parking block then something, but the switch 180 proved to be hard and I never got past it. I got tired and played flatground for a bit. Got a first try halfcab flip, but didn’t commit to much and left feeling pretty tired.

(setup 8.5 null perception deck, 5.8 venture black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, old bones 51mm stf v1 wheels, new balance numeric 345 black/white size 12, footprint flat 5mm insoles)
(pain level 3/10 them shoes don’t have much protection)

Crew collected and rolled to Denver in Fuzz’s off road mobile. It was Jack, Sean, Dave, Fuzz and me. First spot was the carwash wallride spot kind of for Dave, but he had remembered it pretty differently than it is. Jack did some tall wallrides immediately. Then to manual and back 180 out. Dave did some good wallrides too. Then Dave and I did the wallie nollie. Fuzz chilled and took photos. Sean setup a board then put together a smooth line. I was filming at this point and Jack was getting close to a wallride shove wallride and Dave close to a wallride kickflip line when we got the boot. Dude was pretty upset considering absolutely no damage was being done. Oh well.

So we went to this nearby ledge where we ended up staying put. I had wanted to switch noseslide off the 3 stair, but never really committed to it and was not feeling confident at all. I couldn’t even do kickflips on flat. Sean was going 100mph and rattling off some smooth tailslides and stuff. Jack was putting together some crazy combos. Fuzz too. Dave came through with some solid front 50 variations to firecracker. Sean was going so fast I thought he could pop his fakie tailslide past the stairs. Jack’s did back tail then back 3 and then a back tail shove to manual first try. Insane. I slowly gained some confidence and was going for switch cheater front nose then switch 180. It took awhile, but I got it. The whole time I was wanting a bigger setup. Fuzz got halfcab noseslide then back 180, fakie 50 then switch 180. Solid. Then we bolted home.

(setup 8.25 null lazer deck, thunder 148 lights, venom 88a bushings, 2 washers inside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, new balance numeric black 345 size 12, footprint flat 5mm insoles)
(pain level 1/10 not any pain, but felt very awkward on my board)

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Got to take another half day at work. It was another beautiful day, although at the end of the session it got very windy. There was another dude when we showed up. His girlfriend was sitting on one of the bump to ledges watching as he hucked some tech flyouts. He didn’t speak much, but he was fine to skate with. Warming up took a bit. I had a goal of tailslide over the hip then 360 flip to fakie the next bank. After taking a bit to do a kickflip to fakie and getting a first try back kickflip on the bank I went in on it. I was annoyed with how small my board was feeling. Dave was warming up with slides over the hip, 180s, did a cool line with a fakie ollie to front 50 down the little hubba. We played with our lines and some other stuff in between then started taking turns filming each other. Dave was trying a line of back 50 the ledge then the ollie on to boardslide, but couldn’t consistently get the back 50. Maybe because the angle was totally insane. But write this day down in history because I got my front tail – 360 flip line before Dave got his line. This might be the first time I did something remotely quick. Dave’s switch 360 boneless over the rail was insane. I tried several ollies over the other rail and it seemed more doable this time around, but I still never committed. I blame the wind somewhat. My other line was supposed to end with halfcab noseslide, but after landing the kickflip so cleanly (for me) I just went with the cheater switch front nose. I had tried a couple crooks and felt very uncomfortable trying them. Weird. Then the wind kicked in heavy and it was time to leave anyway.

(setup 8.25 null lazer deck, thunder 148 lights, venom 88a bushings, 2 washers inside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, new balance numeric black 345 size 12, footprint flat 5mm insoles)
(pain level 3/10 right ankle still a little weird)

Had a half day to take at work. I wasn’t sure how my ankle would take it so I didn’t really make any arrangements and went to Sandstone. I arrived to a big family basically having a picnic in the skatepark. Doritos on the ground, coke spilling down the banks, toddlers sliding down the qp. At least they had a few skatebaords with them and kids would take turns riding them. My first push hurt pretty bad and I thought I’d have to quit, but I’m stubborn so I kept pushing around. It took awhile before I did much of anything. I did some nollie shoves and stuff on the mellow bank. Then the first somewhat real warm up line. Ollie over the b/s hip, ollie to fakie the flat bank, fakie shove on a bank. At this point I should mention I was on Thunder trucks again. 148s. I found out Venture will not be doing the 8.25″ anytime soon. Thunders are perfect on paper so I have some soft bushings in there and hope to just get used to them. The lowness felt good on the fakie shove. I slammed pretty hard on an ollie over the hip which kind of freaked me out about changing trucks. I cruised around the park more then after awhile stuck to the little ledge. I didn’t think I would be able to ollie into front 50, but my ankle had loosened up a lot and I was able to. I did mostly halfcab noseslides though and definitely did the best one I’ve ever done. I was up on it and slid for a couple feet. It felt great. Then I did it in a line of front 50, ollie to fakie the bank, halfcab noseslide. Then I did an even longer line. Crook the ledge up top, go into the bank and ollie the hip, kickturn the bank then noseslide the ledge, turn around front 50 the ledge, ollie to fakie on the bank then halfcab noseslide. For whatever reason the front 50 all of a sudden got super hard and it took me several tries, but when I did I got the whole line and it was fun. Last thing I tries was posing from front 270s over the hip in the back, but then it started pouring. Right as Dave got there. Doh!

(setup 8.25 null lazer deck, thunder 148 lights, venom 88a bushings, 2 washers inside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, new balance numeric black 345 size 12, footprint flat 5mm insoles)
(pain level 5/10 right ankle and general pain)

Got to Broomfield on a nice night. I had put 5.8 trucks on again, but kept my 8.25″ board. Well, it was kind of funny because I had setup a complete from old stuff and it turned out the deck I chose was totally cracked. Doh. So I swapped that out after a short warm up while Kevin went to work on the ledge. He had a goal of 33 tricks since he’s turning 33 in a couple days. I think he was at 20 when I got back into the park. Wowzers. My skateboard was feeling foreign under my feet. Partly the bigger trucks, partly because I had new shoes. NB+ 345. They seemed a little thin for me, but weren’t the cause of the frustrations I would have all night. Kevin and Mike were slaying the black ledge. Darin and Justin were on the quartapotty/manny pad tip. Garrett showed up and showed his smoothness quickly. I gave up on the big ledge and played on the little one. Darin and I were working on 3 trick lines. My first one was front 50, some trick, back 50. My back 50s were bad, but I liked the wider trucks for it. Darin’s line was good. Front tail, back tail the qp, back tail fakie the ledge. So sick. Garrett was trying to manual down the tall blue bank. That is some serious pop. My next line was front 5-0, axle stall to fakie, fakie nosegrind. It was bad. Darin was trying front 5-0 shove. I mixed in some front 50 variations, both 180s out, front shove out. We were all trying the ironman line and as is typically the case I was the last. I couldnt heelflip with the bigger board. At some point I kind of rolled my ankle and didn’t think it was bad, but as I write this two days later it’s pretty sore. Garrett, Kevin and I played a game of SKATE to end it. I got out first and did a double or nothing on fakie flip and bailed both. Ugh. Those two did a bunch of crazy tricks. Pretty blah night for me. Everyone else was ripping. I don’t think I’ll stick with the bigger setup.

(setup 8.25 null lazer deck, venture 5.8 black icon, venom 88a bushings, 3 washers outside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, new balance numeric black 345 size 12, footprint flat 5mm insoles)
(pain level 3/10 general weirdness)

After chilling and hurting most of the day I finally went to Red Hawk to meet Dave. When I pulled in there were some dudes filming. Argh. But it turned out to be Sean filming his friend Nick so that was cool. I was so incredibly sore from jumping down the 5 stair the day before. Dave and I went behind the school while they filmed and looked around a bit, did a few tricks and hit a lot of stop rocks. We went back to the main area. Those guys were skating so fast. Dave and I played on the slappy curb for awhile. It’s fun to just ride onto a grind like that. Sean did a sick quick up to nose manual. Then it was just Dave and I. Dave had some nice 50s both ways, boardslides to fakie, manuals the rock. I worked up to a few okay front 50s and too many accidental 5-0s. Had one front 50 shove that was fun. Dave went for a dream trick. Front 50 back big. It looks kinda close, but he never got both feet on it.

(setup 8.25 null lazer deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, bones medium bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, new balance numeric brown 212s size 11.5, footprint flat 5mm insoles)
(pain level 7/10 everywhere)