A little after 9am on a smokey morning I met Rob, Kevin, Dave, Eric. Jake and Nick were there. A couple others too. It was cool. I thought I would feel good as I had a good morning work out, but pretty quickly into the session I got really upset at a failed front 50 on the cinder block shuffle. I threw my board and yelled. Then sat down and realized I need to accept how tired I am and roll with it. I was fine after that and avoided jumping up stuff. Luckily a kicker and launch ramp session ensued after awhile. But before that, Kevin rattled off a million ledge tricks. Eric got a first try heelflip back 50. Rob snapped over wally world, slappy crooks. Dave boardslide 270 full metal jacket, slappy feeble transfer. I got a wallie then front shove off Lil’ Wedgy. Kevin did switch wallie then switch back 180 off lil’ wedgy. I got his back with wallie then kickflip. I was hyped the kickflip took under 5 tries. Kevin went on to do so many more tricks. Switch flip, nollie flip, halfcab, nollie 180, nollie bigspin. Rob had a steezy bean plant or two. The tiny little mountain ramp served up some fun too and was put in front of Wally World. I got an early grab over it. Kevin halfcab, nollie 180. Dave did a crazy tail scrape and then an even crazier gap to 50 transfer. I posed treflips for awhile then came close to b/s flip off the wedge before giving up. I’m sure I missed a lot, I was kind of in my own zone of exhaustion. Then I met Nullers at Brromfield and didn’t even get my board out I was so tired. A bunch of good manuals went down right after my phone overheated. Then we went to the brick hubba. Bo, Jack and Hayden did neat stuff. Then to Central Park in Stapleton. I took forever to get a cruddy noseslide on the dry concrete ledge thinking of the many awesome ones that Jason did. Sean ollied the bench. Then we ended up at the gap to wood bench spot and Hayden slayed it. After that I drove home so incredibly exhausted. I’m not sure why I was that tired. Oh well, it happens. Goodbye 90 degree weather and hello snow.

(setup 8.38 null plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 92 custom hollow baseplate, stock bushings, 54mm spitfire f4 99a radials red/yellow swirl, new balance numeric 306 foy b/w size 12, thin 533 insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

Trying to avoid the heat I rolled up to Breck with Saul. The park wasn’t too crowded. Warming up was a battle though. I putzed around for a bit, Saul hit the bowl right away. I met up with him after a bit and had some fun lines trying to do 50s with a bit of speed. Saul was slashing the pool coping. After a bit Cass showed. I was bailing a 50 on the granite ledge when Ed showed and was right behind me and yelled “Oh come on you pussy!” Made me laugh so hard. I had gotten a couple super slow crooks and front 50s on it. The height at the end scares me and hurts to land. I really hate the setup for it having to go up the kicker. Oh well. Cass 50’d it good to start. I landed kickflip then fakie flip and thought flatground might be good, but quickly didn’t land anything else. Cass had some nice treflips. He had a really good one on the flyout then we filmed each other for a bit. He got the hardflip in like 5 tries. I got the terrible 3 flip in like 20 tries. Ed and Saul were mostly in the bowl, but I did see Ed snap some clean ollies. I tried to egg Ed on to get a rock ‘n roll in the deep end, but understood when he didn’t want to. We all hit the tiny qp for a bit. Ed had some nice boardslides then back disaster. Cass front board fakie then some fakie trick. I had a boardslide then front disaster. But I spent most of my time trying front smith to front rock. It was a battle, but it was really fun to land one again. Cass had done the blunt to fakie then did it again first try. The annoying yelling in the background was some annoying skate coach dad yelling for their kid that finally landed a backside air in the big bowl.

After some good tacos/burritos we were at Frisco park. I was very sore. I did some of those CARs exercises though and it helped. I did some pumping around the bowl with Saul and Ed. It was more fun than I remember, but still pretty scary at times and full of beginners and scooter kids. I failed at front nosegrinds on the little section again. Front 50s on the curved ledge went alright, but I still felt weird. Cass tried the front noseslide a bunch. He would get it when the camera was out. Ha ha. Ed had some rad early grab airs and close to front smiths. Saul was cruising the tall corners like it was nothing. We did the little transfer pops a couple times. Pretty fun. I enjoyed some crooks on the curved ledge. That was about it I think. Then we celebrated with a couple brews on a gorgeous summer evening.

(setup 8.38 null plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 92 custom hollow baseplate, stock bushings, 54mm spitfire f4 99a radials red/yellow swirl, new balance numeric 306 foy b/w size 12, thin 533 insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

On a hot morning I met Cass and Kevin at Commerce City park. It’s been a few years since I’ve been there. Wade would show a little later. After some flailing around we settled in on treflips for a warm up after Cass did a couple in a row. Kevin was second to get one after some kickflips too. They moved on to other tricks while I kept trying treflips. I would eventually get one that would maybe count as defense if I was 60. Cass also got bigflip, b/s flip, hardflip, heelflip. Kevin switch flilp, nollie bs flip, janoski flip. I added fs halfcab flip. That’s it. Ha ha. Wade showed around now. We mainly just hit the two ledges in a row when we kids on bikes or laying down on skateboards weren’t in the way. I took awhile to get comfortable on the ledges. I kept doing front 5-0s instead of 50s. It was funny. I would get a few alright lines for me though. Switch front nose then fakie nosegrind. front 5-0 then nollie front tail. Crooks then back 50. Front 50 and front 5-0 shoves then switch noseslide 270 shove. Close to crooks then kick back 50 or 5-0. Wade has good style. He was doing 50s super solid, front blunts, back tails. Cass had some 3 flips out of the wedges, fakie nosegrinds, front tails, front noses. Kevin nollie nosegrind, switch crooks, kick back tail, back 50 and crooks the longer ledge with the drop, switch front 5-0 and probably much more. Kevin was the last to get his line and by then it was 97 so we sat in the shade for a bit then I went to 303 and Emage. Fun earlyish skate.

(setup 8.38 null plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 92 custom hollow baseplate, stock bushings, 54mm spitfire f4 99a radials red/yellow swirl, new balance numeric 306 foy b/w size 12, thin 533 insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

This last week was insane for video parts. I didn’t think anything would top Austyn, JP Souza ripped too, then I thought nothing could top Griffin Gass, Deedz was up there, everyone loves Louie, but I’m sorry, nothing can touch this PJ clip. He is on fire, skating as well as ever. As a long time PJ fan I think this is one of his best clips EVER. Dude is skating hard and having fun.

After work I chilled a minute then rolled across the street for an old guy friday curbs session. I was the first one there. I did a few warm ups, some fun slappies, 180s, etc. Rob and Dave showed at the same time. Jake drove there ha ha. Saul a little later then Dave L. Rad crew. I skated pretty good for me. I did a lot of lines starting with front shove or kickflip off the curb. First one was front shove, slappy front crook, kickflip off the curb cut to parking lot. I couldn’t do it up the cut, but off worked. I tried kickflip off, nollie front tail or slappy front feeble then b/s flip off the curb cut, but never got the b/s flip. I couldn’t get a f/s halfcab heel. I got a really bad/slow fakie bigspin off the curb. Near the end I hucked a front heel, it felt close so I hucked another and landed it! Not sure if I’ve ever done that trick before, but it felt great even though I had some good heel touch. I got kind of close to switch slappy front crooks. Rob ripped. Slappy crooks, back 50s, back 5-0s, back 180s, bean plants, close to no comply to manual. Saul had some nice slappies on the raw curbs, slappies over the death box, feeble on the downhill two sides section, front slappies, ripping. Dave L mostly skated the upper section and was trying to piece together switch front shove, fakie bigspin then nollie lip the two sided section. Dave F gives Creager a run for the money on slappy crooks, definitely takes the cake with switch crooks. A really good sex change, switch ollies up the curb, cab off and some switch back 180 5-0s!!!! Wow. Jake lined out a kickflilp out of the curb cut with f/s halfcab into a curb cut, slappy crooks then the kickflip. Also slappy blunt, front slappies, slappy crooks and told me he would never get another letter on a heelflip. Mark his words, Sept 4 2020 “I will not get another letter on heelflips” ha ha.

(setup 8.38 null plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 92 custom hollow baseplate, stock bushings, 54mm spitfire f4 99a radials red/yellow swirl, new balance numeric 306 foy b/w size 12, thin 533 insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

On another warm day I went to dog park right after work. There were a few people when I got there, but not anything like the day before. And it cleared out actually to the point where it was just me and one other person skating. Crazy. But for awhile it was popping a bit. Eric showed up after I had been there a bit. I skated alright, not great, but nothing to get upset about. I had a few flippers early. Heelflip, halfcab flip, fakie bigflip, backside flip, couldn’t get treflip though. Once again I couldn’t really focus on anything in particular and was enjoying the less crowded park doing lines. Got kind of close to crooks on the metal butter ledge followed by nosegrind on the little metal lurb. Eric showed around then. He was on some front tails, 5-0s, heelflips quick. He committed to heelflip back 50 on the little guy and got on it, but wasn’t locked in. Still sick. We did crooks on the tall side of the black ledge. I would also get crooks to fakie on it which was my one improvement of the day. Eric left. The park was almost empty at that point so I couldn’t get myself to leave. I tried no comply flips on the parking block until I got one. Then did a little hucking. Kick back tails on the little guy. Almost got into a couple. Got a slow switch front nose shove in a few tries, switch noseslide 270 shove first try. Super close to switch flips. It was fun ending the session hucking trying to learn stuff.

(setup 8.38 null plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 92 custom hollow baseplate, stock bushings, 54mm spitfire f4 99a radials red/yellow swirl, new balance numeric 306 foy b/w size 12, thin 533 insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

After an insanely busy day at work I went to an old spot with a new complete on a really hot day. I put some wax on the ledge, but it just melted. So I kind of avoided the melted area and did stalls. I should have rub bricked it. But stalls were fun and I noticed the bigger wheels helping me get up on it. I had done some axle stalls and went in on some more. Front tails felt cool and since it was a stall why not shove out. Kickflip axle stalls didn’t really work, but still felt cool. Flip tricks went okay, nothing special though.

(setup 8.38 null plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 92 custom hollow baseplate, stock bushings, 54mm spitfire f4 99a radials red/yellow swirl, new balance numeric 306 foy b/w size 12, thin 533 insoles)
(pain level 4/10)

After work headed to dog park on a warm afternoon. Eric was there. There was a ton of people skating. Eric was ripping. Tall tailslides, close to nosegrinds. I was kind of enjoying the middle of the park somehow not getting a lot of use. Had some crooks then crooks to fakie which I don’t normally do. Got a good fakie nosegrind for me. Dave showed briefly, slammed, then left. I skated a while, but don’t remember a whole lot. I got a sketchy treflip, front 50 shove, f/s halfcab flip. It was kind of a whatever session, but I guess I have to deal with the crowds and youth if I want to skate there after work.

(setup 8.3 null curby deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 custom titanium, stock bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a tablets, new balance numeric 306 b/w size 12, thin NB 533v2 insoles)
(pain level 4/10 maybe vulcs with thin insoles isn’t the best idea)

Up kind of early I met Rob and Kevin at Thornton park along with Will, Jake and Nick. Some were skating the bowl, I avoided it and warmed up in the street. I’m writing this way too late to remember what happened. I remember a few things. Kevin ripping nosegrinds over the the little manny pad, me not doing front 50s on the ledge, scooter kids being super annoying, Rob with style manuals. At one point Will and I were trying to noseslide the “big” hubba. It’s kind of scary, it’s easy to get on, but gets tall quickly. I got a few noseslides on it. Kevin was apparently hyped and filmed me for a bit to get halfcab flip then noseslide. It was fun. Sean showed and did some basic tricks so casually and good on the main ledge. I came remotely close to back nosegrind on the tiny pad.

Then we went to Northglenn High. I filmed Hayden do some boardslides for a while. Then filmed jack do a trick I associate with Markovich, but it’s not named after him. Joe killed it with his patented trick. After awhile I started skating again. Sean, Hayden and I skated the red ledge. Sean 50’d it so casually then added some harder tricks. I struggled with noseslides and maybe a crook. Hayden invented slappy nosegrind pop out. Then we hit the downhill area. Bo was ripping and did a lipslide the bench, boardslide the parking block then the best treflip ever. Sean’s line was amazing ollieing up/over everything. I struggled to do noseslides because of the downhill approach, then took even longer to get the tiniest crooks ever. After that I think we ended up at WR high. I took forever to do a nose stall and even longer to not land a kickflip nose stall. Hayden killed it with an unconventional line. Joe with the mega pop and hardflips. Bo ripped there too with the big pops and pop shove. Long day in the sun.

(setup 8.3 null curby deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 custom titanium, stock bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a tablets, new balance numeric 306 b/w size 12, thin NB 533v2 insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

On a rainy morning in Boulder I went to Broomfield to meet Kevin and a friend from Ohio, Larry. He was rad. So was Wade. Rob was there when I got there, Jake a little alter. It was a different session. The Ohio dudes were already warmed up and skating the escalator rail. Rob was lining things out. I was kind of all over. I laughed when Larry was impressed with a no comply shove then no comply finger flip. I told him he could do the finger flip in 5 tries, but he didn’t get it. Wade was playing music, it was reggae, it sounded good. But then he put on Dinosuar Jr pandora and it brought the hype for more than just me. It doesn’t mean I landed much, but I was trying. Jake and I played a game of SAKTE. It took a long time. Rob didn’t play, but he did get his first few kickflips in months and they looked really good. I landed quite a few tricks, but Jake was too. I got him with heelflip, fakie bigflip, f/s halfcab flip and treflip. He got me with fakie 3 shove, switch back 180 (argh), creepy spin, something else. He was about to beat me with pop shove body varial, but he broke his board on a redo. Doh! He would skate my extra 8.75 setup after that. Rob had been cruising around us, doing nose manual, manuals, back 50s, front boards. Those other dudes were skating the sad ledge doing nosegrinds, crooks, 5-0 shoves, back 180 nosegrinds. I really wanted to do a front feeble to fakie for my game of SKATE with Dave. It took a long time, but I got it. Jake was trying front nosesblunts, Kevin was trying switch front pivots. Somehow I was the first one do land my trick? That never happens. It felt cool. I also did some fakie axles to fakie and a fakie pivot to fakie for the first time in awhile. I almost got a fakie 50 switch front shove after. Fun session.

(setup 8.3 null curby deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 custom titanium, stock bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 99a tablets, new balance numeric 306 b/w size 12, thin NB 533v2 insoles)
(pain level 3/10)