Had a somewhat busy day at work and was super tired when I got home. Instead of resting I had to unload another 250 boards which took a couple hours then I had to bolt immediately to 303 to sell some of them. I was so tired and barely made it before closing time. After that I met up with the Crisis crew at a ledge for a bit. A couple of the Crisis dudes busted some moves. I kinda posed some hardflips and watched Carleigh stand there and watch her board go into a drainage gutter. It was amazing.

So yeah, we were both already a bit tired, but we headed downtown and had some fun. We started around 17th & Welton and quickly ended up at a tall marble ledge that was absolutely perfect. So perfect it was kinda spooky. Is it a big bust or something? We ended up skating it til we felt like leaving so maybe we got lucky or maybe it’s gonna be a regular spot. I was able to do back noseslide first try then almost every crooks I tried after that. Carleigh pulled some magic out and did a back noseslide yanked up into fakie nosegrind. She didn’t call it in advance, but oh well, it was sick. She also got back nose shove and I got front 50 before getting frustrated wanting to do more.

Next we ended at this metal pole/barricade thing. It’s like a low trash can and I wanted to ollie it soooo bad. I actually almost put it on my list for 40 years, but since it was Denver I decided against it. Carleigh gave a couple goes too, but couldn’t commit. She has the luxury of not knowing how to pose ollies over stuff (I’m seriously jealous) and couldn’t commit. I took awhile to get close and had a couple that were really close. One that I landed on even. Carleigh was stoked for me and yelled loud. It was awesome. I thought I could do it. But between lots of Rockies game pedestrians and me getting tired I didn’t have it anymore. Doh. I’d like to. I did have some good feeling kickflips in between tries as well.

We ended it with a little flatground session. I got quite a few tricks including my favorite which is the fakie bigflip. I know I don’t pop it, but I love the pivot around at the end. Love it. I struggled on treflips and Carleigh got really close to front shove on flat which she’s only done once or twice before.

Maybe even crazier than Carleigh.

Skated flat for awhile in front of the house. It was a super nice night and there was lighting and a storm in the far distance to the south. My legs were sore from standing all day at work again. I got into it after awhile though. I still dislike the Fusions, but I plan on skating them to their death (which might not be so long judging by their destruction already). Kickflips still felt weird and it took awhile to get some other tricks I normally land like fakie bigflips. But in the end I did a couple lines I was hyped on. Fakie bigflip, pop shove, treflip (tre was HORRIBLE). Heelflip then nollie treflip (maybe my best one evs). I also got a few other tricks like fakie flips and halfcab flips. I tried a few hardflips and didn’t get close, but still managed to hit the side of my ankle pretty good. Oh well, it was a fun little session.

It’s nice to get a few of these where the dude can actually skate alright.

We had made plans on this one earlier in the week. I knew I’d be up in Buena Vista for most of the day, but back in time for a late skate with a fun crew. It ended up being as fun as we had hoped. We started out across the bridge on 16th, walked over and started at the black slanted slabs that I’ve never skated before. Fuzz had already been skating and was warmed up and ripping. Lipslides up, down, manuals up /down, bluntslide up and a nose manual up which he hasn’t done before. Carleigh was trying to line out a boardslide down followed by noseslide up which would be sketchy because the slabs aren’t even and it could stick. She may have gotten one noseslide I’m not sure. I dorked around and got a couple things I was hyped on. A line of wallie the corner of an electric box stand then a manual up a slab. It wasn’t pretty. I also ollied into them a few times, but could barely do that. I also did some kickflips out of a little curb cut and slammed on some front pop shoves. Slamming felt good though. My new shoes felt better and I’m getting somewhat used to them too. Still not as hyped on them as regular vulcs though.

We peeped some big gaps. Fuzz ollied a rail. Then I tried to ollie a little bench which took awhile. I was having lots of fun though and a little kickflip into a curb cut felt great. Some more cruising around. We ended up at a little downhill backside ledge. Fuzz back 50d the lower part, then did the higher part too. I posed some noseslides before trying crooks. I eventually got the crooks even after a Teva wearing jock borrowed my board and almost noseslid it. Pretty funny actually. Fuzz also did a slappy on the lowest one then noseslide the taller one. I tried for that too as Carleigh felt out some front 50s after she made friends with a big M&M in the store window.

More cruising. Ended up at the 16th St mall and a really fun spot that was a bump and about 20 feet later a 4 stair. Fuzz did kickflip bump, ollie 4 stair first t trough a crowd. It took me a few tries, but I honestly blame a couple of my attempts to lack of effort due to the distraction of several scantily dressed women. Whew. I got the line too as did Carleigh. Oh wait, she slammed on the 4 stair, but we all know she could do it. We bailed out quick as we knew 16th st is a bust.

We stopped at 7/11 for some snacks/drinks. After that we were pretty beat and decided to play tourist and look at the big 4. Man it’s huge. We got warmed back up by riding down the long six stairs and ended up at the Tabor Center which ended up also being a blast. We all ollied the 3 then did ledge tricks. Fuzz did front 50 pretty quick then chilled in the nice warm air. Carleigh and I battled our tricks for awhile. I finally got front board and she did noseslide. I had done the front board once probably 6 or 7 years ago. I was hyped. We all were. Such a fun night and crew and spots and weather and everything one could ask for.

After lots of chores/cleanup around the house Ollie and I set out across the street to the school. We played on the long two for a bit and I hadn’t done much more than some sw front 180s off when FedEx came with a delivery so I went home to help them unload. Then I came out and did a couple kickflips and a heelflip before leaving for Buena Vista.

On a super nice friday evening Carleigh, Dean and I rolled toward Arvada to sell some boards at Community then Crisis. We hit this school I remembered for some reason and ended up skating a long time. Well, I did at least. We started down below at the rainbow ledge area. After some warming up and rolling around and over the rainbow Carreigh and I settled on some stuff. She did switch front 180 then noseslide and she was getting on the tall part. I was trying to front 50 the whole thing, but due to cracks had to get on right at the very start which was a little odd. I never got past the top. I had some little crooks down coming back and a few non-popped 3 flips.

Then we went up top. I posed a bigger gap for a bit before settling in on a line to this thing. Carleigh ollied the 3 block straight on and over the first ledge. Sickness. I was trying a line of kickflipping off a curb above, then ollieing onto this thing, one push and ollie the 3 block. It took forever. Literally. I was having a lot of trouble with kickflips. I guess I’m still getting used to the new shoes. Plus the crack in the landing didn’t help. I also had lots of problems ollieing onto the ledge as there was a big crack then I would basically have to ollie and turn 90 degrees backside then one push and ollie. I had a few close ones before finally getting the whole line right after Dean said we needed to leave to get to Community in time. Glad I got it, but it shouldn’t have taken that long.

When you pop ollies as high as I do these types of photos are bound to happen.

See much more on Carleigh’s blog.

Another day of standing all day at work all day followed by more yard work. Whew I was tired. I quickly setup a new board before the session. This was mainly because I had one day to decide if I liked some new eS Square Two’s with the Fusion sole (Fuzz was gonna order Sole Tech the next day and I might have wanted more of these). So I setup a snappy new Abstract deck to go with the shoes. And wheels because it’s been awhile and I’m pacing to have the perfect setup in Boston in two weeks. Aka shoes should be perfectly broke in and then I’ll setup a new board (Yes I’m a total new board pansy now. I mean not to Janoski’s level or anything, but I do have a pile of boards in my room).

Enough gear talk. We started out with a game of SKATE in the alley next to The Med. My new stuff felt decent, but I was definitely off. Jake won. Then we cruised around a bit. Well, Jake pushed down the street. I bailed kickflips. Next was the rooftop of the white ledge parking garage. Jake tried some wallies out of a corner. I tried and landed a line of kickflip, manual, ollie a tiny gap (man that is one tech ass line). Then we cruised down the garage, hit the white ledge for about 2 seconds before security rolled by and we bolted to the Wells Fargo qp where we stayed awhile and it was fun. Jake did 5-0 fakie quick (maybe first t?), blunt to regs quick and a blunt front 270 or two as well. I was all over the place. Some tricks were first t like back smith, back nosegrind, hurricane, front 180 fakie 50 fakie, yeah. I tried a bunch of kickflip 50s and failed. Jake posted up by the window so I could try back smith to fakie and I eventually got one. Before leaving I ollied into front pivot on the qp and then out of nowhere did two front pivots to fakie. I was so blown away that they came easy. We hit the manny pad for a while. I did manual and nose manual and we were trying more but it started sprinkling and I wanted to do a quick run down the super fun brick area with the 3 stair, but I failed and then it started raining a bit harder. Doh. Then Jake and I went and grabbed two beers at Catacombs and I got home late. Ha. Fun night. Oh, and those Fusion soles are weird. I can’t say whether I like them or not yet, they are different then any other shoes out there though, that’s for sure.

this rules

After reading some depressing articles like this I decided I don’t want to sit for 8 hours a day anymore. I mean my Dad did just die of a heart attack and it says you are 54% more likely to die of a heart attack if you sit all day. So why not? It’s been two days straight and although my legs feel a bit tired, they feel way better than they did after sitting all day. Maybe one of these is next?

That would rule.