Sk8er 4 Lyfe: Man-Spider

Woke up and went to skate Commerce City park solo.  None of my friends like to do things before 12 p.m.

There is some really cool graffiti there.

Working on anarchy... we'll get there.

Then I went and got my hair trimmed up.  Natalie was there.

After that I headed to The Shop to meet up with Joey and Tony.

Luke came by and dropped two completes off for my project with the kids at Grace Apartments.  But more on that later... Thanks again Luke!

Joey, Tony, and I went to Which Wich.  It was my first time, quite enjoyable.  But sometimes options can be overwhelming.

Tony's so senile he doesn't know how to flip the bird anymore.

This spot... things got weird here.

First, Tony broke my heelflips down.  Basically, if your any part of your laces pass the edge of your board, your toe is hanging off too much, and Tony doesn't like your heelflips.  Switch or regular, he hates them.  Keep in mind, he can't heelflip.  But when he tries, he makes sure that his toe isn't hanging off too much.  Thanks for the advice old guy.

Joey working on his heelflips after facing harsh criticism.

Then, our new homie Sage showed up.  The first thing he did, before we met him, was yell at Joey, "Watch out!"  I knew we'd become friends after that.   Sage asked Tony, Joey, and I to ride for his team, Man-Spider skateboards.  Tony said that Joey can't because he rides for Chocolate, to which Sage replied, "Never heard of it".  Awesome.

Sage had some math homework to do, so we helped him out.  We also taught him to stop pushing mongo. See that cell phone on the table?  I took it away so that he would learn how to actually multiply, divide, add, and subtract.  Kids these days....

Here's a photo Tony took of me breaking some math down.

Then we went to these throwback ledges, where I fell really hard.

Man-Spider represent!

Where The Buffalo Roamed

I got off work and noticed this pretty cool graffiti on the side of the road.  There isn't much art going on in the suburbs, but I really enjoy these pieces.  White guilt sets in as I realize that it's my fault that the buffalo no longer thrive here.  

After contemplating how terrible I and my people have been, I picked up Shardy and we got breakfast at the revamped City O' City.

Look at that smile!

I'm backing the new look.  Nice work.

Denver Park!

After skating Denver Park for a hour, I gave Shardy a ride to work, and met up with a bunch of dorks at Dayton Park.

We drove around the area, skating some new and weird spots.  Here is a natural pyramid that really sucks.  I would not recommend trying to skate it.

This spot is pretty cool.

I'd be fine if I never skated here ever again.  Joey loves it though.

It started raining, so Zach and I proposed ice cream.  Always a delight.

Camille Was Bad

I met up with Ryan at Denver Park to catch up and skate for bit.  He brought a zucchini that he grew himself.  Quite amazing.

Big boy.

We skated over to Paris on the Platte to get some tea and enjoy each others company.  It was quite nice.

After that we skated Denver Park, and then Ryan had to go to work.  I met up with Debow and Cody to do some more skating.  Here we are at Vitamin Cottage getting our lunch on.

While we were eating outside, a man from the Associated Press asked us about our knowledge of the listeria outbreak that has stemmed from cantaloupes grown in Colorado.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, I would suggest paying more attention to what's going on in our world rather than reading my blog.  Or you can look at this article and learn about it.

A spot!

Pretty fun bank to curb thing.  Also, in the background, is the bank that Jerrod Saba taildropped in Enjoi's Bag Of Suck.

Shad came here to handle business.

After skating, Cody and I got some pizza in a nearby shopping center.

Camille must have done a bad, bad thing at the pizza place.  At least she promised to never behave like "that" ever again.

Ty Bush

Ty was in Denver for about three weeks, and stayed at my house for one of them. We had a some good times on the court outside my house.  

Later Ty.

Children on Leashes

Got to do my two favorite things this day.  Denver Park.

Chipotle.

And then onto Civic.  Always a party here.

The locals hanging out.  Eating lunch near the port-o-pottys is always a good idea.

Debow was ready for action.

But never too busy to make some new friends.

Grant, getting weird.

Kehoe and Debow were finishing each other's Jeezy lyrics.  It was beautiful moment of friendship.

Children on leashes!  Great idea!

Joey made some new friends too.  Jake and Steven were pretty cool kids, until the confessed that their favorite skater was Chaz Ortiz and they didn't know who Dennis Busenitz was.  What is happening to the youth?  We should put anyone under 18 on a leash.

Tall Ty Bush.

After Civic we went back to The Shop.  Ty wanted to "hang with his buds".

Then party time.

Group photo.  Look at how punk rock these dudes are.