This year, for my annual Red Bull trip, I flew the guys out to Denver, Colorado, where we hit some of the best concrete parks ever. We drove back in two separate cars and hit a lot of stuff along the way. From street to parks, with some weird costume parties in between, there were plenty of interesting times. I think the captions pretty much explain every story and over the course of eight days you can see that we covered a lot of ground. 2400 miles actually, along with 12 cases of Red Bull. Thanks Red Bull for helping me out, and I hope that we can continue doing this every year.
Josh Maready: Josh checks one off, lipslide
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Josh Maready: A front feeble in this taco, no comment
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Ian Gow: Ian tweeks a little grab over a fun hip in Tennessee
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Ian did this frontside hurricane in J-Ville and then another one backside in St. Louis.
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Lehman ollied into this bank after a couple of close calls.
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Chris mastered ollies into banks - this one was in J-Ville.
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Ian fell into this freezing cold water trying to save Abdias' board.
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Super back heel.
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This rail is somewhere off the interstate in south Indiana.
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Maready gets his MySpace camera ready.
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How can a shop sell stuff like this for so cheap?
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More toys for less than a twenty.
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Girls of the Halloween party. Save it - they were nice.
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Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Grateful Dead, among others, have played here.
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The valleys of the Rocky Mountains.
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Fun times at the Ashville park.
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This is the soccer course at the Holidome.
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180 to switch smith in St.Louis.
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The famous St.Louis arch.
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Overcast airs.
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Beau and Chris at Red Rocks in Denver.
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Oh God, we got in trouble for this drop-in attempt in Rome, Georgia!
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The infamous drop-in attempt.
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What would a trip be without Cracker Barrel?
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Lehman tries his skills.
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Weapons of destruction.
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Moguls.
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Beau and crew getting down.
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"Looks like Mars."
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I don't think I would swim in this pool, much less skate it.
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Not the healthiest, but I'm sure Red Bull and PBR are proud.
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Big four, little four?
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Sum1 has some graffiti skills, and it ain't Sum1.
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2/3 isn't bad.
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Legally.
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Grant has these kickflips dialed.
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The guys weren't too impressed with their contest skills the day after pot was legalized in Denver.
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It's cold in Colorado. Weird.
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Maybe Ian's expression will tell you something about this rail.
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Ian - frontside wallride back into the bank.
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SuperMormon! Sorry Josh, but you knew it was coming.
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Ian crashed after a Dane Cook marathon.
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Maready, smith, lip, 5-0, fun with steep rails.
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It looked like fun, but it was rough and long. Not to mention cold, and just bad all around.
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One of the two ships.
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The night after the Halloween party, Devo made another appearance.
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"I guess you boys don't care about the $1000 fine for climbing on the rocks?"
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Perfect 10 at the Holidome!
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The Schaefer of this contest had the look down to the ‘t.’
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This was good for a laugh - Maready and sidekick.
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Rumor has it that Paul Zitzer kickflipped it. Lehman cleared it.
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