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I was awoken again by the alarm that seemed to come too soon. We got to sleep in a bit today though. 8:45 am was the "lobby call" to meet. I got
up around 8 am and got down to breakfast. Once more, Patrick was there too. I was surprised anyone was going to make it let alone Patrick. Next down was Jay followed
by Kerry shortly after. We got some breakfast and headed out for the last park of the 3 day tour, Scottsdale’s Wedge skatepark. I wanted to take them there for a few
reasons. First off, it is smaller….not in the size of the park but the size of the transitions and so forth…so it makes of a good last day, easy park. Second, it is
one of the first free concrete parks in Phoenix. Lastly, the small flow area and corner section it has is unlike anything else at the other parks around as well as
most anywhere you would go period. It’s just a very interesting, little, fun, neighborhood park. We got there shortly after 9 am and got rolling around. I soon noticed
a familiar face. Finally, we were skating with Rob Locker of AZPX and Arizona Board Company! Rob was there with his son, Mason and another AZPX skater, Greg Calabrese,
I was stoked to finally get to skate with them and introduce them to my friends. Patrick, Jay, Kerry and I were all getting warmed up and use to the odd little flow
area. Patrick really seemed to like it. As he said, it reminded him more of ditch skating, and he liked it because you could keep going around forever if you wanted
too. True to form for this trip, I was getting warmed up and had a good line figured out to keep going around the flow bowl. My second time of going around and around
for an extended run, I popped out and felt that "urge". I ran to the grass and puked again. I could hear Jay go "Oh know…not again" over my shoulder. So that did it.
Out of 8 parks in 3 days, I had managed to puke at 4 of them. Yea me! Being sick sucks! Well, I called it a day and snapped pictures. Kerry had had his fill of the
smaller park and was just kind of checking out the overall park. Jay seemed to be to tired and sore to skate. His ankles were really bothering him after skating for
so much in the past 3 days. Patrick could have probably stayed all day just skating the flow area, but I think he could tell we were ready to go. I told Rob and his
crew good-bye.(I later found out from Rob that Wrex showed up just after we left….doh!) We got back to the hotel shortly after 10 am. From there, things were kind of
a whirlwind. I gassed up the van to return it while the others packed and checked out. I loaded them up, exchanged the van for a car at the rental place and said
good-bye to the guys as they headed to the airport. I headed back, grabbed a quick lunch, got to the hotel, took some Nyquil and spent the rest of the day finally
being as sick as I should have been the whole time. With that, another AoS-fest had come to a close. I think it had been the best one yet, and I am already looking
forward to the next one!
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