So excited to set up a Riley deck that I went for a full new complete!

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Jul 27, 2016 at 6:01pm PDT

It seems like every single post I start by saying how tired I am. Well after an 8 hour drive, a short bike ride and some food I went out on a totally new complete for a brief session. I felt better then I thought I would though. I hate having a brand new complete so wanted to skate it initially on a ledge and not show up at a park with a brand new complete. A few noseslides in a huge mob of people went by following Pokemon or something. It was weird. I got a couple of crooks, a couple bad back 50s, couldn’t halfcab noseslide or front crook. Did a few real basic flippers and hucked some nollie and switch flips that felt close. Did a line of front 180 up the curb, fake flip on flat, switch front nose. Got tired and left. Not bad considering how tired I was and everything was new, even my insoles.

(setup 8.1 Null Riley deck, venture low v-hollows, stock thunder bushings, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, 52mm Reed wheels, New Balance Numeric Quincy denim/gum)

Had one of those long and tiring days of walking around in museums. I got dropped off at the park with no warming up or anything. It was pretty hot, but crazy humid. Joe’s shirt was already a wet rag. He was grinding the ledge already. I wasn’t even comprehending how to ollie that’s how bad I felt. It went on like this for a bit. Joe landing a good ledge trick, me doing something like a switch noseslide. Joe did so many tricks, front lip to front 50, back 50 to boardslide, fakie 50 fakie shove, fakie 50 fakie bigspin out, he was landing everything. And for the second time skating with him in a row he said it was extremely rare that he lands that many tricks. We tried some tricks on the bank for awhile. I came close to switch front shove after Joe did it easy, we both tried b/s hardflips, I did a front lip on the qp, Joe also did a fakie bigspin. Another dude was there that was fun to skate with trying big frontside flips over the hip. Matt showed, we chatted, he had the new Riley board and it looked good. I was feeling crazy from the heat. That humidity was insane, I couldn’t breath. I thought I was going to throw up most of the session. Matt ripped with back 5-0s so easy. I had to leave, it was short, but fun.

(setup 8.1 Krooked Manderson deck, venture low lights, standard thunder bushings, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm STF V1, Etnies RCT navy)

After a long drive from Woodruff to Omana I got out for a brief session at the parking lot next to Liz’s parents house. It’s nothing special. I had almost no energy, no pop, no desire to skate initially. I carved a parking lot, did some axle stalls on the curbs, then said I needed to do 20 tricks before I went in. I ended up getting warmed up and not feeling so bad. I skated slow though and most of the tricks were done terribly. There were some real basics like 180s and some less basics like b/s flip. Oh, I did a cab though! That’s rare for me. Couldn’t end it with nollie tre so settled for something more basic like shove rewind.

(setup 8.1 Krooked Manderson deck, venture low lights, standard thunder bushings, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm STF V1, Etnies RCT navy)

Did two kickflips in the driveway after a bunch of swimming. They felt good. Vulcs are good for kickflips.

Ollie skates bigger quarterpipes then me. Woodruff, WI

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Jul 24, 2016 at 8:56pm PDT

Ollie and I went to the park for our agreed upon time of “25 minutes” (which turned into 45 minutes). I was a little hungover, it was hot and we had the park to ourselves for awhile. Ollie mostly just did that line above. I was more on the quarterpipe tip. Did a few tricks on the little qp like front smith, disaster, axle stall to fakie, etc and ended with the hurricane that took quite awhile.Oh yeah, a local showed up for a bit. He was a total small town skater and it was rad to see him. He was trying front foot impossibles in huge shoes on everything.

(setup 8.1 Krooked Manderson deck, venture low lights, standard thunder bushings, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm STF V1, Etnies RCT navy)

Ollie skates bigger quarterpipes then me. Woodruff, WI

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Jul 24, 2016 at 8:56pm PDT

Up early in the morning getting my skating in before the family woke up. I started off not feeling very good and then switched into some old vulcanized shoes I had found in the closet. Some Etnies RCT. They are neat looking and in good shape, but a little small. Anyways, they felt a lot better and I stayed in them. My first sign of life was a line of f/s ollie, heelflip on flat then kickflip over the b/s hip. I had some little 180’s and stuff over a piece of wood, but I mostly just did flippers. Oh yeah, most of the obstacles were totally wet from dew so I couldn’t skate them. I had to use my foot to dry off the hip which was the least wet obstacle there. Did a lame fakie bigspin, some nollie 180s, a rare cab, a couple b/s flips, a f/s halfcab flip that took awhile to land. I had hucked quite a few other tricks like nollie tre, front heel, cab flip, but never got too close. Then I went and picked up some coffee for the Mighty LZA as it was her birthday.

(setup 8.1 Krooked Manderson deck, venture low lights, standard thunder bushings, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm STF V1, Etnies RCT navy)

After a 10 hour drive we stopped at the Woodruff, WI skatepark for a brief cruise. Ollie and I did a few kickturns, manuals, axle stalls, etc. It was a minimum day for sure, but nice to shake the long drive stiffness off a little.

(setup 8.1 Krooked Manderson deck, venture low lights, standard thunder bushings, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm STF V1, eS Swift black/white)

Had a blast in the 95 degree/95% humidity at the York park with @ericjeckert @joerhamilton @damon1819

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Jul 20, 2016 at 5:38pm PDT

After almost 7 hours of driving I met up with the dudes in the early afternoon heat to shred it up. It was 95 degrees with 95 percent humidity. Luckily Eric had brought a cooler full of ice and gallon jugs of water for each of us. It ruled. I pumped around a bit then stretched as I was so stiff from the drive. Everyone else was ripping immediately. Eric skates that park like he lives there. Because he does. Ha. We hit the ramp for a bit, the curb for a bit then kind of spread out to everything. Joe and Damon rattled off tricks on the mini bank to ledge while I just did front 50 and front 5-0. Joe has front smiths so good. I tried some stuff, but mostly tried mutes over the wedge over and over and over. Got so close, would think I did it, but there really wasn’t match of a grab. I would get a couple, but they are brief, quick single finger grabs. Luckily skateboarding doesn’t have an officiating crew like weight lifting making sure that grabs meet regulation. I got one in a run with a frontside flip and a high five to Joe. Pretty awesome. We skated for four hours in the heat. I don’t know how since I really didn’t land much of anything, but it was fun. Those guys got a bro line and we saved my footage for the OLDFART game.

(setup 8.1 Krooked Manderson deck, venture low lights, standard thunder bushings, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm STF V1, eS Swift black/white)