Hey There!
Yesterday was a fun day filled with a lot of skateboarding. We started the day off with an early morning session at Battleground skatepark. We've come to find that no matter how early we arrive, the bowl is always filled with little kids just cruisin' across the flat bottom. We ran into Morgan Burgess from Ohio who was doing flawless 540s in the deep end.
Afterwards we headed to Pier Park, and a bunch of Trifecta competitors started showing up. First, 11 year old Cason from Florida showed up with Buck Smith, a Florida legend. They were skating really well, and Buck Smith was actually doing roll-ins into that beast of a bowl. Cason managed to backside ollie over the doorway in the fullpipe, but on his second attempt the board shot out from under him and he ended up sprawled on the flat bottom and went into a fit of seizures. A bunch of people hopped into the bowl and sat by him as we waited for the ambulance to arrive. It was a horrible thing to witness and I refused to skate that park after they took him out of the bowl. Then, my friend Gaby from New Jersey drove in from the airport with Leah from Florida. As we were about to leave, we spotted Omar Hassan with his girlfriend, Nicole Zuck.
We still had a few hours before dark so we decided to head back to Battleground. After skating it for awhile, the Bacon skateboards team arrived and proceeded to completely destroy the bowl. Also, Creature's Steve Reeves rolled in and did a bunch of his signature no-comply tailslide reverts, which is the coolest trick ever (I wish I could do them!).
We started the next day with an 8 AM session at Pier park (theres no better way to wake up than to a giant, energy-devouring full pipe) Afterwards we headed to Lincoln City, which is about two hours from where we're staying in Portland. When we got there we saw Steve O., the head Trifecta judge, and Steve Stedham, the legendary Powell pro. During the fun-filled session many more people showed up including Gaby, style king Nolan Munroe from New Hampshire, Stacey, Leah, Omar Hassan, Nicole Zuck, and 9 year-old Alize Montez and a bunch of great skateboarders that I didn't know. We stayed there for awhile and then it started getting really packed and became a snake session so we headed out and now we're going to eat Thai food!
Tomorrow is the first of the three trifecta competitions at Lincoln City! I'm super excited! Wish me luck!
Amelia