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Wednesday Sept 12, 2007 - Old School Session night |
| Wednesday night in Atlanta means skating at Brook Run! Another good showing but Ray Fennessey and Martin Marshall were noticeably absent. Ray
had broken his arm (again!) the week before Labor Day. Martin had knocked himself out last Friday and had stitches in his head. Lots of ripping
skating went down again! The Coffman family continue to step up their game. Shawn was flying around the bowl and throwing out a few new tricks and
some he was working on. Little Chris Coffman pulled his first rock and roll in the deep end...stoked! Petey was throwing down as usual. Zack, the returning
ATL resident, was getting his lines down in the bowl. I believe Wes was hitting some frontside deep end grinds. But the ripper of the night award was almost
a close tie....Roobs showed up wearing new 187 pads, a new helmet and a new attitude...as Wes said "Looks like someone took their cocky pills!" Roobs
was hitting lines like I have never seen him do before...very cool. But it might have been the birthday boy that squeaked by for the win?Jimmy O?Brien was
celebrating his 41st birthday and skating the bowl like he was a man half that age! The big move of the night...Jimmy finally rolled in the deep end?.FIRST TRY!
That?s a hella big drop?1 1/2 foot vert into 9 1/2 foot transition! Jimmy did it again towards the end of the session just for good measure. Past that,
he threw down some great lines with an ever growing bag of tricks. Happy birthday, Jimmy! |
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Pete leads a frontside grind around the wall
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Jimmy smithgrinds in front of an adoring fan
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Pete grinding around again
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Zack hucks up a frontside air
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No diving in the pool! Jimmy rolls into the deep end
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Pete slobs a frontside air
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You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em ....See if you can guess why Jimmy bailed this smithgrind
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Wednesday Sept 19, 2007 - Old School Session night |
| Lots going on this Wednesday...new tricks, old tricks reborn...chills, spills, and thrills...new faces, surprise guests, old friends and good times. Let's see if I can remember
it all...Wes was celebrating his 40th birthday and skating like it was HIS day...Roobs had a new found outlook (in more ways than one) now with his glasses gone and new contacts working great...Bam Bam
and another ripper made their way from Nashville to skate...shallow end coping continues to wear faster than expected and was sooooo grippy due to lack of Salba Sauce/clear spray
that you had to work for grinds...Zack had his frontside pivot stalls in the shallow locked down...Shawn Coffman re-learned Japan airs, repeated them
till they were super tweaked and then took them to the hip...deep end was super slick and took out a few folks through the night...Thomas Taylor (and crew) showed up for the first
time for a Wednesday session...Load started the night just killing it, but on one late run, he slid out and took what looked like a regular fall, but it pancaked his arm on the 'crete and looks to have broken his wrist...Raymondo broke
out his new longboard in the bowl with trucks so loose he turns on a dime and double-doubles the shallow with ease...Jennifer's son learned backside 50-50s over the deathbox...
Chris Coffman lost his chance to win $5 doing frontside lipslides in the shallow (next time, Chris! haha)...that's about all I can think of off hand. After Load's slam, the night
kinda calmed down. Many from the session moved to the parking lot. In the end, it was just Shawn Coffman and I skating the bowl. After I finally called it a night with about 30
minutes left till close, Shawn decided to start trying Japan airs over the hip. He was trying one after another....getting them super tweaked and so close to landing...in the end,
he had the determination to land them, but his body just wasn't willing any more. He'll get them next time. I packed up and said my good-byes...since I won't be back for two weeks
(next week at home and the week after in Vegas). Another fun night at the park as always......and lastly, Load, heal up quick! |
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Now THAT"S a session!...about 12 people showed for the session
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Thomas Taylor feels out the bowl with some frontside grinds
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Birthday boy Wes tail blocks in the shallows
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Roobs pops-up into a sweeper over the hip
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Shawn Coffman lofts a big mute air over the hip
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Chris Coffman zips past the crowd
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Jimmy O'Brien gets upside down in the deep end
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Backside air with ease by Jimmy O'Brien
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Chris Coffman floats frontside
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Jimmy smithgrinds up, over, and way past the deathbox
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Shawn Coffman tweaks a backside air
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Hosoi would be proud! Nice layback smithgrind by Jimmy O'Brien
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Load bows out after a brutal slam
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Shawn Coffman contorts a Japan air
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One day...Shawn attempts a Japan over the hip (bail shot but sooooo nice!)
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