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.

Another Day, Another Earth

I met up with Whitney at Denver Park, and special guest Jamie Craig was there.

He's been stacking clips lately...

I got hungry, so we cruised to Vitamin Cottage and I got my lunch on.  Delicious vegan fettucini and a kombucha.

Zach and Kehoe were there too.

Then we cruised to River Spot.  Segways!

Kehoe, Jesse, and Debow chilling.

Whitney tried a line for a bit...

Until he messed up and his board went in the water.  Bummer wave!

Debow and I filmed this guy though.

After that I picked Mason up to get ice cream and see a movie.  Sounds like a date!

Another Earth was awesome.  Here's the trailer. It's quite good, and really makes you think.  I recommend it, although Mason and I had different opinions about the ending (I liked it, he didn't).

After the movie, I went over to Patrick's house.

He cut my hair.

Fights with Girls

I went to the new Northglenn park.  Very fun!

Chad, Shardy, and Jamie ripped.

Then Shardy, Chad, and I went to Chipotle for lunch.

Then we skated Zuni park.

The three of us had a good time.

The parks were fun, but we needed some street action.

The homies got some warm ups...

Then the cops showed up because it was reported that we were, "fighting girls with our skateboards". The cops were super cool once they realized we were definitely just having a good time and not fighting anyone.  They sweated J Greer a little about his socks though.

Horchata!

Then we skated downtown for a bit.

Cory ready for action.

Greg Knight showed up super randomly on his bicycle.

Whitney tried to get down here but it started raining.

Then Shardy and I got some pizza and watched the Hot Wax video.

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...