  We present a calculation of the bare quasi-PDF (qPDF) of the pion. We perform
these calculations using the HotQCD HISQ gauge ensemble for our sea quarks
along with a Wilson-Clover valence quark action. Our lattice size is
$48^3\times64$, our lattice spacing is set at a = 0.06 fm, and our pion mass is
tuned to 300 MeV.
  Utilizing momentum smearing techniques, we compute the bare qPDF boosted up
to momentum 1.72 GeV. In addition we explore excited state contamination of the
three-point correlator.
