| Spring is here and with it, the perfect Spring weather! This Easter Eve was ripe for a great session. The temps were in the mid-60's, and the sun was shining
with no chance of rain. The word was spread, calls were made, emails exchanged...but in the end, it was only a small group of us "old guys" that
showed up to enjoy the day at the park. Oddly enough, we all kind of showed up at the same time around 4....except Patrick who had been there since 2pm...and was not bashful
about reminding us all of that over and over and OVER! haha Today, I was on a mission...get over my stupid hangup about frontside grinds. I do them, I have no problem with them,
but for some reason, I hate them and am always apprehensive to do them again. I made a point to work on that. After my initial runs and getting all my "regular" tricks
out of the way, I did nothing but lines consisting of frontside grinds in the shallow and frontside airs in the deep (working on getting those out too...stuck at coping for
some reason). So for me, it was a bit of a "work day" but didn't feel like it. I was having a blast! The only disappointment I had was that Patrick didn't skate longer
with us. As I said, he had been there skating since 2 pm (not to mention, for some dumb reason, Jason had told him that we all went to Montgomery without him). Other than that, the
day was big fun! Eddings was entertaining as always. Spinosi has started working on rock and rolls...or should I say, his fear of trying them there. Jason was working his lines and
grinds. Steven and Scott were working their street wizardy on the handrails. And we had several "first timer" groms that learned to drop in the bowl. All and all, another fun day at Vets! |
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My new deck and griptape art for Easter
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Detail view of Early Cuyler from Squidbillies
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Steven k-grinds the 5 stair rail
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Another view of Steven's crook
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Bowl line up
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Only glimpse of Patrick Jackson skating the bowl
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Eddings asked for a good shot of his grinds
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Is that a backside double-trucker by Jason?!?!
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Jason grinding the deep end
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Another grind shot for Eddings
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Groms o'plenty
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Mark was pulling some nice, long laybacks tailslides...3-4 full coping blocks...Check out the dust!
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Jason has backside grinds down now...time for frontside!
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Dennis holds it down inside
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Tim and Patrick start up a parking lot session
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Tim possibly ranting about something
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Tim and Patrick enjoying some laughs
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Tiny grom enjoying the day..he said "hey watch this!"
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A parting bowl shot
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End of the Day
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