| Another beautiful fall weekend and perfect day for skating. Earlier in the week emails were sent out, calls were made, forums were posted on to plan this session and try
to get more folks out to the bowl. The turnout was great! More people were skating the bowl than probably any session since maybe April or so! From 1 pm onward, we had locals and
visitors alike skating throughout the whole day. We even skated into the night with the lights on for once! The sessions included locals Tim Spinosi, Chris Solomon(me...hehe),
Brian Parks, Danny, Brad Lovette, Noel (skated early and left around 3pm), Keaton, Chris and Zach (brothers and new skaters), Jason, and visitors from Gulf Shores, Tater and
Tom "Baller" Ball (making it two Sundays in a row!).
Also, Andy Rice came out to check things out and take photos through the day. He plans to start skating soon, so maybe we have another new bowl skater in the making. Lastly,
Barry Gilliland showed up near the end of the session (surprised? haha). He took maybe 4-5 runs and then bailed out on a frontside carve in the shallow and rolled his ankle. He was done
before he even got warmed up. It had been chilly pretty much all day around the bowl as it was in the shade, but when night fell, it got downright cold! Around 6pm, many
folks packed up and called it a day. The Gulf Shores guys were still skating the bowl when I left. They were driving all the way back after the session too! I was soooo tired
by the time I made it home. Another great day at the skate park had come to an end, and I am already looking forward to the next one! |
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The early session crew
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Brian P locks a corner smith (560 Kb WMV video)
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Danny warms up the coping in the shallow end
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Spinosi throwing a punch at coping
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Andy Rice and Spinosi
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Danny zips a grind in the deep
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Keaton pops an ollie grab over the hip
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Brian doing his best Ray Fennessey impersonation
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Brad rocks and rolls like old times
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The session grows as the Gulf Shores crew joins in
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Tater hucks a frontside air
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Tater loses the handle (bail looks like a frontside footplant haha)
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Healthy session underway
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Spinosi going backside for once!
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Brad chirps some coping as Danny looks on
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Danny does his tongue waggling frontside grind
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Danny lofts a big frontside air
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Brad and his backside noise maker
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Tom Ball zips by backside
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Tater gets stinky
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When groms attack (seriously....a bus load appeared!)
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Brad using G-forces to stay horizontal
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Tom Ball coming in from a backside grind
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Tater wayyyyyy lapped over frontside grind
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Spinosi eyeballs coping in the shallow end
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Tom bundles up as night falls
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Tater frontside over the hip
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The Gulf Shores guys at sunset
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Tom double trucks the shallow end
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Tom getting in some last runs as the lights come on
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Tater 50-50s around the shallow
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Baller backside grindage
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Tom teeters another grind on the edge
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Barry zips by frontside
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Barry hitting tile in the deep like old times
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The night session line up
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Tater represents for lower Alabama
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Danny and Brian doubles runs
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Brian pulls a frontside boneless
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Tom Ball looking focused on this frontside
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Tater torturing coping again
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Brad sweeps up
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End of the Session
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