"Altitude Sickness: Monsters in the Mountains" Article

5/25/2020

As soon as we saw this new moonscape in Frisco, CO, we knew Winky was gonna put a hurtin’ on it—and he didn’t disappoint. Coping-kicking backside boneless, crater to crater. Erick is outta this world

Teenagers need a lot of sleep and Trey Wood sacrificed a shower and breakfast most mornings to get an extra hour of shut eye. Seemed to work. Kickflip melon, Rocky Mountain high

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He skips walls too

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Two boards a year, Winky wastes not

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It was like Hatchell was in a contest run at the Arvada park except the buzzer was Hambone yelling, “Time to roll out!” He threw out this nosepick nollie flip and was the first one to the van. Ben for the win

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Lukas Miller dove straight into the Duck Pond. 5-0 grind in, Denver Dangler approved

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Ben takes a front blunt to the death seat and lives to tell about it

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Jesse Lindloff skips the seat all together—game-faced frontside invert over the chasm

This wall at the end of the Arvada snake run is sky high. Didn’t stop Lizzie from finger flipping this lien to tail. Who you calling Bro, bro?

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Nailed it

Schaar takes a foot off to get Lizzie's back. No-comply tailslide

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Next session, Sam Beckett set it off with a backside classic, the kickflip Indy

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You can almost hear the tail smack in this photo. Rune, Madonna

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Lizzie throws a stalefish in with her eggplant, which is gross for the dinner bowl but great for the park dish

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Looks like he’s on the mend. Beckett, Indy fastplant to fakie for the makie

He’s got a killer skunk stripe but he sure doesn’t stink. Rune, switch back Smith in the deep. How does he keep getting better?

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We wish you could see the Indy air Jesse landed before this varial sadplant. Oh wait, you can—it's next

Wish granted, Beanwater is badass

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We renamed Breckenridge “Brecken-rage” ’cause it’s a rowdy-ass ski-resort town. Erick stretches it out at the best little skatepark in Texas. I mean, Colorado

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Classic moves on modern art—Lukas, ollie grab to fakie

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Which side will cave first?

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Lukas and Erick were running wide-ass 58mm wheels and had no problem charging this BMX track. Not all double 360s are 720s

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Schaar had some skinny 54s and kept eating shit as soon as he’d roll off the ramp. He put this kickflip down just before the sun gave up and rode it all the way to the sage bushes. Turns out dirt do hurt

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The safest part of the trip

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Former Tulsa, OK, skateshop owner and current Denver, CO, resident Brian McNair was our local guide. On top of lining up the best parks and backyard sessions, he also laid down some heavy Smith grinds, including this one at Jesse’s bowl outside of South Park

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Every Southwest excursion requires one human sacrifice. Sorry, Erick

Leading the charg while avoiding the chunked-out coping, Rune sends a frontside air to the sun

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He heard there was gold in the hills and went digging in Leadville. Don’t worry about the BMXers, Lukas is here to destroy your park

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Everyone got a little footloose on this trip, Erick was no exception. One-footed Andrecht on a breaking block

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Erick's full of surprises, like this finger-flip fake out to tail

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It was pitch dark when we got to the hot springs and we didn’t realize how many people were already in the water ’til Hambone shot this photo. Sardine party hardy

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Caught between the fisheyes, Joe and Chris put Beckett's deep-end front feeble in their crosshairs

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Tom, tailgrab nosegrind from high to slightly-less-high

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Tom went fly fishing in CO and reeled in this stalefish. Jesus, how many times can we make that joke? Keep buying the mag and find out…

Thanks to all the locals and Monster for the support.