who were making a crack-of-dawn
exit as we carried our damp belong-
ings up the stairs.
OH. YOU'LL COME AROUND.
Though many people make faces
when the subject of pool, ditch or
ramp skating is breached, if you skate
long enough, you'll come around.
"Soul skating," as it's been known in
the past, or "hessian" as it is more pop-
ularly titled as of late, is the skating
you do once you realize that it really
doesn't matter. A lot of Colorado
skaters seem to have accepted this. The
fact is, if you're the type of person
who's too cool for a certain type of
skating, you're probably the type of
person who will eventually become
too cool for skating altogether.
THE PITCH
It's easy to get lazy and hang around
the same spots, people and area.
Familiarity breeds comfort, but com-
fort can lead to stagnation, food eat-
ing and lots of TV. Get out! Get in the
Ivan! Get out of town! Be it a cross-
country trip to an epic skatepark or a
bus ride to the next town over, get
out there and find your fun.
Otherwise you're just killing time
until the big dirt nap, and brother,
that ain't no way to live.
-Michael Burnett
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The last time I saw Jared Stoots he was six inches shorter. Next time he'll
probably have a mustache-scary ollie at the Colorado Springs bank school. Al Partanen tweaks a stale to
fakie seconds before the chain is pulled and the night time debauchery begins. Boulder, Colorado. We spot-
ted these banks at a high school right off the I-25 in Colorado Springs and Sean Robinson went straight to
work with a big boomer of a kickflip. You can't help but smile when you're blasting face-high backside airs
out of smooth concrete. Glen Charnowski is to the Crested Butte skatepark what Daewon is to the mini pic-
nic table: ruler. The sound of urethane squealing on concrete makes John Muldoon's tricky backside nose-
bluntslide revert transfer that much more rewarding. You've got to go to this park! Crested Butte, Colorado.