Snow!

I met up with Ty at Denver Park.  He came through Denver for the weekend on his way back from Texas.  Always a pleasure to see out of state friends.

Red Bull showed up at the park, and I reluctantly took one of the 16 oz. cans. Too much! I only drank about a third. 

We went to Vitamin Cottage as usual, and when we pulled into the parking lot, Ty very eagerly pointed out that there was snow on the ground.  Arizona must be weird. 

Jesse partied too hard and lost his iPhone.  It must be hard reverting to a lesser form of technology, not to mention his fingers are too big for those buttons.

Lunch time.

Long ledge over a gap.  Kinda fun, but I wasn't super into it.

I called it an early day of skating to go home and work on my Virginia Woolf paper.  This thing has been really daunting, I can't wait to be done with it.  

Mason Goes

Met up with Mason for an early skate sesh.  Well, early for him, around 10:00 a.m.  We got some coffee first.

Then arrived at an abandoned Edgewater park.  This place is kind of a gem, and I usually forget about it.  But it's super fun and has a lot of good obstacles.  I really like the transition here, the coping sticks out a good amount (but not too much), and you can do tricks off of the quarter-pipes into the bank, which is obviously really fun.

Mason is actively trying to better his skating, and it's working.  He was a little hesitant to skate this down rail, but after some sk-oaching, he managed a 50-50 pretty easy, then got this smith about third try.  It's rad skating with people who push themselves, and it makes you want to do the same. Mason also filmed me doing some fun tricks. So nice having the place to ourselves.

Whole Foods stop for beverages and hummus.

Visited Tony at The Denver Shop. Crushing it.

Darren showed up too.  Darren's rad, but it would have been really cool to see Paul Walsh.

We got the new 43 magazine in the shop, and I picked up a Nullozine.  Gotta support your local skate scene, keep up the good work guys.

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.

Food, Skating, Party

On Saturday I went to the People's Food Justice Summit held at Kepner Middle School in the Westwood neighborhood of Denver.  I went to learn about what organizations and communities are doing about food inequalities in Denver, because I am doing one of my independent studies on food deserts in our city.  The summit was really informative, I got a lot out of it.

At all the food events I've been to, there is always amazing food.  These people really practice what they preach and make what they love, delicious and healthy food.  I had a breakfast burrito, strawberries, apples, yogurt with granola and blueberries, and orange juice.

This is a picture of the breakout session held by Denver Urban Gardens.  They have nearly 120 gardens in the Denver-Metro area, promote farmers markets, and teach children how to grow and eat well.  Some of the people in my group attend Fairview Elementary, where they have a farmers market selling food they grow at the school.  So cool!

After I handled my academic work for the day, I had to go to Denver Park.  Still the best place ever.

Met up with these two at this abandoned mini-golf course.

I filmed Shardy nail it.

Then onto this spot.  I really hate how short the days are getting, it makes it so hard to skate more than two spots in a day.  I'm going to start skating at 8 or 9 a.m. just to make the days count.

Dinner.

I came home after skating and arrived to find a surprise. Ryan Lovell sent me a package all the way from Kansas City!

I got an Escapist shirt, some budget whiskey that was half drank, a dollar bill, a tech-deck, and other random stuff.  I'm really excited to go out and film in this shirt.

Then I went to a Halloween party.  No, I didn't dress up.  Mason did though.  Eazy-E.

Keith was Wayne.  He is also holding the cutest puppy ever.  Thanks for hosting again Keith.

 Tyler was a cat-burglar.

Omar was the karate-kid.

Mike as Bob Dylan.

Ryan and Steph as dead people (?)

Natalie as a tootsie-roll, Joey as himself wearing a sombrero.

Broken Hands and Vomit

I had a my last midterm Friday morning, so I celebrated by getting a really good meal at Vitamin Cottage.  Vegan enchiladas and kombucha.  

After lunch I met up with Ryan at Denver Park.

He was killing it!

The Greer's showed up too.

We checked out this spot.  There's a couple options here.  It's always fun to at least try to skate new things.  It gets pretty hard when you skate the same city all the time, but there is definitely stuff around if you're willing to look and try.

Classic spot, although this day is for sure my most memorable moment here.  Justin was trying a trick on the hip, and after trying it for a bit he had a meltdown, throwing his board and screaming.  We've all been there, but this time was particularly interesting because he chose to punch a concrete pillar at the spot.  He broke his hand, and was immediately in pain, and definitely couldn't skate anymore...

He begins walking away from the hip, and starts throwing up everywhere!  Here's proof!

He laid down after a while, lit up a cigarette and some of the devil's lettuce, and was feeling a bit better.  Lesson learned the hard way J-Greer.  But definitely a new classic story.

After that I went to The Shop.  Tony and Whitney hard at editing.

While they were doing stuff, I looked at the new Thrasher.  Such a good one!

David has a new ad.

Grant Taylor kills it!  Skating the middle of a rail!? Wow.

This photo is insane.  I didn't really get it until I read the caption.  He gaps out past that curb.  He must have been going so fast to clear that distance.  So good!

Tony updated his iPhone and was freaking out that he lost his Angry Birds app.  Old people should not use technology.

Then I caught dinner with Whitney, Paul, and Alex.  The dinner conversation was hilarious.

Also, rumor is The Denver Shop has a semi-locked down premier date of December 29th at The Mayan.  3 years in the making, I'm very excited about this.