Hello again!
After my last post it finally stopped raining so Bean and I went over to skate Pier Park again. This park is insane, I can't wait to see what guys like Rune Glifberg and Omar Hassan are going to throw down in that fullpipe during Saturday's competition. We skated there for a few hours and then a couple of other Trifecta competitors started showing up. First my friend Stacey from Florida came and shortly after Steve Alba and his crew rolled up. Before he started destroying the place, Salba carefully inspected the bowl and did an intense stretching routine. He brought along a photographer and a couple of amazing skateboarders. These guys were flying all over this extremely difficult bowl with ease. After a couple of warm up runs Salba attempted to carve over the roll-in to the fullpipe, with hopes of being the second person to ever accomplish that. This was really amazing to watch, seeing as you have to be pretty high on the over-vert part of the fullpipe to be able to completely clear the doorway. He tried to do this both frontside and backside, but we left before he was able to do it. However, we did learn a lot by just watching Salba take a few runs.
Next we went back to Battleground skatepark, which was a LOT of fun. As soon as we pulled up we saw Glen Charnoski and his friend completely dominating the place. Glen had a really positive attitude and was a lot of fun to skate with. Unfortunately the left a few minutes after we got there, and I was left to session with lots of little kids who like to snake everyone. I still had a blast though because that park is just really amazing.
Well I'm waking up at 6AM again to skate some more so I'm off to bed!
Goodnight!
Amelia