My Name's 50 Tyson

Denver Park Saturday early morning crew.  Getting here at 9 is the best.

After a couple of hours of skating, I went to Vitamin Cottage for lunch.  Vegan enchiladas and kombucha again.  The best.

The crew for the day at this point.

Then we went to this alley manual pad.  Joey got a good line here!

Roman and Ernie showed up too.

Valen nailed this wallride and Ernie did a really dangerous crooked grind. The drop on the other side of that bar is at least two stories. Too scary.

Then we skated a couple blocks down to another spot.

Flatbars and a barrier.

Ernie getting another clip.

Third spot of the day.  I didn't get a photo of the spot but I did take a photo of Joey and Jesse watching this.  Youtube is the best.

Little Caesars.  Joey and I split a pizza and breadsticks.  Best date ever, thanks Joey!

Watched Kehoe and Ernie skate this spot for a bit, but it started to rain.

Debow got his though.

Then Sweet Action!

Buncha dudes enjoying the best ice cream.

Last Day Of Summer

Mason and I went and got some coffee to get ready for Skatecamp.

"And I realized that I've arrived..."

The locals are the best part of Wheel Park.

What is it that rappers say?  "Haters gonna hate" or "Once you got haters you know you've made it."  Either way the Shake Junt/bleeding peace sign/fuck The Denver Shop!!! griptape is a lot to wrap your mind around.

After Skatecamp was over I dumped the water on Coach Mellick.

Drenched.

Popsicle after party!

The Aurora Zoo added a new attraction.

Simba!

Typical skatecamp after party.

Then I went to dinner with my parents at a very upscale Boulder restaurant called The Black Cat.  My Dad got a gift certificate for his birthday.

After looking over the menu, my parents and I realized that we are what you would call, "Chili's People".  When and if we go out to eat, we want to be filled to the brim, and preferably would like to leave with to-go boxes because we couldn't finish.  The Black Cat isn't like Chili's in that the gourmet entrees were proportional and expensive.  Us simple folk should not dine at places like this.

My Mom and Dad trying to wrap their mind around a steak for two that came with the bone and was derived from The Black Cat's farm in Niwot.  A really cool aspect of the restaurant is they grow everything on their own farm, so it is very sustainable/Boulder-y.

See what I mean? Would this happen at Chili's?  Fancy, yes.  Elegant presentation, yes.  Upscale aura, yes.  Cheap and filling, no.  Choose your team.

El Pueblo

I got up at 7:30 a.m. to go on a day trip to Pueblo to skate with the crew.

Had to pick Joey up on the way.

We met up in Castle Rock with these dorks.  Jump rope and stretching to get ready.

First spot!

The session was short lived due to the fact that Garrett broke his pinkie.

"Uhhh, I think it's broke"

Garrett took it like a G and decided to keep skating the rest of the day.  We made a popsicle splint and he proceeded to get buck on this obstacle.

Greg got his too.

Lunch to celebrate the tricks already gotten.

Then we went on a Fulfill the Dream type journey to the Pueblo quarter pipe.  If that metaphor doesn't make sense to you, watch this.  And if it does, watch that anyways.

We've arrived!

The spot doubles as Pueblo's water world!

Shredding commences.

Peanut gallery.

Winners circle.

Then on to a nice gap.

Victory!

Greg got weird on some train gaps.

Last spot of the day. Thanks to the Pueblo crew for showing us around.

When we got back to Denver I went and got a nice meal by myself.  BBQ tofo sandwich!

Then I went to a party for a couple minutes.

Good work everyone!  Can't wait for the video...

End of July

I started my day off by getting coffee with an old friend, Molly.  It was nice to catch up.

After that I went to The Shop, got one of the new hats, set up a new board, and wrote this web-update. 

Burrito time at Illegal Pete's.

University banks.

New hats!

Ryan stretches for the big game.

Jan patiently observes.

The crowd anticipates, and Garrett delivers.  Good work buddy.

After skating, we headed to pho.  Jan and I arrived early and skated this bank.

Pho to celebrate.

Then we went to Ryan's for a second, it was a weird cat party over there.

Suspect for sure.

Ice cream is the only way to end a day.