It was so nice out. Almost 50 degrees with almost no breeze. It felt like spring. I found a dry patch (smaller then the photo above) and went to work on tricks. I started with no pop shove tricks, then got to kickflip and started to try and go past that. Struggled with b/s flip which bummed me out. Never got heelflip which bummed me out. Tried some PJ shoes I was wearing in my car for awhile and had the same luck. Clearly it’s not the shoes. Left to try and find something more motivating and found this spot. Tried some lines there and almost focused my board. Went to the nearby two stair that was dry (but the curb up/down was wet). I struggled to front 180 down it and couldn’t ollie up it. I big part of the reason is because of the terrible cracks. I went home super bummed on how I’ve been skating.

(setup 8.5 null ollie deck, venture wides 5.8, pink/purple spitfire 52mm 99a F4 conical wheels, venom 88a bushings no bottom washer, new balance numeric 598 black/white shoes)

Feeling energetic from not skating much and after a long drive to/from Denver selling boards I searched for dry and ended at the Valmont garage. There were a couple of younger skaters when I got there. They were having fun, it was cool. I had long johns on so felt a little stiff because of that, otherwise pretty good. One dude was doing long front tails. Made me want to learn them. I had a few slappy crooks, slow 50s, kickflips. I was skating ok. Those dudes left after awhile. I lost a little energy, so kind of just started dorking around trying slow treflips (never got one) and started hucking switch front crooks. I did the first one I tried. But it was even more terrible then the one I posted. But it was cool. I felt good about that at least.

(setup 8.5 null ollie deck, venture wides 5.8, pink/purple spitfire 52mm 99a F4 conical wheels, venom 88a bushings no bottom washer, new balance numeric 598 black/white shoes)

Went into the garage after my first two day break from skateboarding since 2014. How insane is that? I had fun. Got some kickflips going, var flip, fakie flip, halfcab flip, but got stuck on heelflip. Then went inside. I felt better about my new setup at least.

(setup 8.5 null ollie deck, venture wides 5.8, pink/purple spitfire 52mm 99a F4 conical wheels, venom 88a bushings no bottom washer, new balance numeric 598 black/white shoes)

Colorful new gear for the new year. Been holding onto the @idrawmazes griptape for something special. These are my first colored wheels in a long time. I'm hoping they lower people's expectations of what I can do on a skateboard. Haha. 8.5" null ollie graphic Venture 5.8s 52mm Spits F4 conical Bronson bearings Venom 88a bushings #christmascomplete

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Jan 1, 2017 at 6:38pm PST

@jackspanbauer 😍

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Jan 2, 2017 at 7:34pm PST

After my first day off in 366 days I met up with Jack at the Engineering building on campus. Nolan, Dave and Mike would follow shortly. I was on all new stuff and it felt insanely awkward. Even new shoes. I never once felt good on my board and quickly realized that the 366 day burnout was still in effect. Luckily I was with some fun people. Jack was ripping right out of the gates doing a line with a trick up the first 3 stair then noseslide pop out up the second one. Dave filmed it. I did a couple of terrible back 50s off the ledge, that was about it. Jack went on to get all kinds of stuff. Tricks that we initially were filming for Stubborns, but is so good it’ll probably go towards Null. Nolan Had some cool no comply combos and basic ledge tricks. Dave had some good slappy noseslides. We ended up getting the boot so we moved on to the bank to curb. My setup felt good for a bit ollieing up the curb easy. Jack had to go to work. Dave, Nolan and Mike all got tricks for The Stubborns. I had a couple of fun street plant drops off the nearby ledge/rail.

Some days crews young and old converge to skate a crusty curb in the freezing cold. With @maxgarson @fullertrron @gnarlycarleigh @cookiegrinder13 @wwwwiillllllllll @jackspanbauer @nolancormier #skateboardingisfun

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Jan 5, 2017 at 5:51am PST

Then we went up to this curb. It had started getting really cold. I did nothing on it. Mike had no comply 5-0s and the boardslide 270. Dave and Nolan did a million tricks. I somehow only got a couple of Daves. We had heard some skate noises up on the bank to fence that was nearby. Shortly after that Max and Will rolled by and joined us. It was rad. Both of them ripped it. Shortly after that Jack and Carleigh joined. Such a rad crew. I was frozen solid and not really skating. Everyone else was ripping. We moved down to a new ledge spot that Max, Will and Jack destroyed. Dave got in on it too. I was so cold it was ridiculous. All in all a weird day. I skated terribly and didn’t like my new setup, but being around a rad crew is always fun.

(setup 8.5 null ollie deck, venture wides 5.8, pink/purple spitfire 52mm 99a F4 conical wheels, venom 88a bushings, new balance numeric 598 black/white shoes)

This board flipped 360 degrees, but no spin can top @corpoglenny 's 2016 366 Days of Skating, Leap Year Edition. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night, Corpo one-ups USPS and literally skates #everydamnday. Null Skateboards. Nothing. Nada. No day left behind. The secret to longevity? The secret to happiness? Push. Fall. Jump. Skate in the garage if you have to. The Corpo way. Congrats on meeting your goal, bud! Cheers to 2016, and here here to inspiring us all for a rockin' and rollin' 2017! Over and out. @monico_dan_can #skaterownedandoperated

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Dec 31, 2016 at 8:47am PST

Started the day off with a bit of flatground in front of the house. And by that I mean just a few ollies and basic tricks. The treflip was filmed a couple days ago.

Then I went to Southern Hills. It was anti-climatic and solo, but whatevs. I was kind of sucking, but forced myself to do some flatground and that cheered me up a bit. I got a heelflip which felt good. It’s been way too long for that trick. And a few crooks which are always way fun.

Then I met Dave, Nolan and eventually Riley, Carleigh and Garrett on campus. We started at the meet up curb where I did a million slappy crooks and a ‘slappy’ front tail shove. Nolan goofed around with quite a few tricks. I think he said he did his first ever fakie back nosegrind. But since he’s young he called it a switch 5-0. Sorry Dave, but I forget what trick you tried a bunch. I did see him get close to some switch tres of flat. That is going to rule.

We moved into campus about 50 feet. Riley had joined us and was trying a weird ollie to narrow ride to gap 50. He never quite got it. We ended up stacking some clips for a bit. I got a dork line of 4 wheel drive a parking block, kickflip up a curb then front 180 down the 3 stair. Nolan did something like drop to bluntslide the parking block, airwalk on flat, then kickflip the 3. Dave no complied the parking block to sidewalk gap. Riley had a line with a boardslide down the 3 stair rail and also a front 180 to fakie manual off the 3 that was nuts.

We've had some pretty intense sessions lately. Here's @siouxer666 @garrettswheelers @nolancormier and homie @gnarlycarleigh skating some lawn trim. #skateboardingisfun

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Jan 3, 2017 at 7:44pm PST

Then we went to the rock spot. A few basics were done on it. I did front tail to fakie, Dave ollied it, Riley did back tail. Garrett and Carleigh joined us. Then I noticed you could gap to grind on the plastic landscape trim and a super fun session ensued. I mean it took me about 50 tries longer then anyone else to “land” a 50, but I did eventually do it. The tricks Nolan and Riley were doing were crazy. Riley was popping his tricks like two feet high just to stick half the time and flip into the grass. It was hilarious. Nolan did a 50 body varial 50 early on that elevated the session and made so much more seem possible. Riley landed a switch flip to grind, switch heel to 50 first try, so much more. Carleigh had several good 50s and then tried kickflip 50 for awhile and got one. So sick. I kind of got a couple early grab grinds, but better yet were the hang ups when I didn’t make the huge one foot gap. Garrett somehow kept his white shirt clean. The no comply 180 to fakie 50 was rad. This was the end of the day. Then we went and had a fun night out in Boulder. 366 days done! I’m looking forward to giving my mind and body some days off of skating.

(setup 8.5 null message deck, Venture 5.8s, Venom 88a bushings, old 52mm Spitfire F4 99a classic shape wheels, washers outside, old swiss bearings, NB# PJ 533 maple/black)

Went to Saulside/Chicken Bowl/no official name yet on a nice afternoon after working from home. I felt pretty hyped to be skating for my 365th day in a row, but kind of nervous that I would get hurt with one day before the ultimate goal. I started off ok it seemed, but didn’t really do anything that stood out except a baby step up to back 50 over the hip. I’ve never skated with Mark before. He is really fun to watch skate. He does some gnarly stuff, skates fast, has crazy falls. It’s rad. He even shot his board into the neighbors yard. When Saul does the quick grind runs it’s so sick. They are so fast. He tried some frontside moves and got a good back 50 on the gnarlier flat wall coping. Dave was on fire. As you can see in the clip, he attacked the hip. The back 5-0 over the hip was so good as was everything else.

(setup 8.5 null message deck, Venture 5.8s, Venom 88a bushings, old 52mm Spitfire F4 99a classic shape wheels, washers outside, old swiss bearings, NB# PJ 533 maple/black)

Went in front of the house on a sunny, but cool day. The bigger board felt pretty huge. Warming up went ok actually. I got kickflips, fakie flip, halfcab flip then started working on 360 flips. Then I basically just did 360 flips. Well, tried 360 flips. I landed two of them. One with a hand down, another clean one. I’m saving the clean one for something special. This one is just funny.

(setup 8.5 null message deck, Venture 5.8s, Venom 88a bushings, old 52mm Spitfire F4 99a classic shape wheels, washers outside, old swiss bearings, NB# PJ 533 maple/black)

Thought of this trick at some point during the day and figured it would be a good no ollie garage thing to try. I had setup an old 8.5″ deck I had (can’t setup new stuff until 2017!). I basically tried it for about 20 minutes and landed a few of them. “halfcab” nose manual shove. At least I had fun.

(setup 8.5 null message deck, Venture 5.8s, Venom 88a bushings, old 52mm Spitfire F4 99a classic shape wheels, washers outside, old swiss bearings, NB# PJ 533 maple/black)

Went to campus after dinner on a nice night in the upper 40s. I had some new shoes. Yes, stupid me bought some new vulcs since the Es shoes were so dead. I hated them immediately. NB# Pro Courts. I did a few slappy crooks in the meet up lot, then moved into campus and ended up at the long manual pad. It had some snow in spots, but the middle was good. I got manual in a few tries, nose manual in a few more tries. Was trying some other tricks when some janitor came out and said “I see kids going nuts here all of the time and I see you struggling to get up the curb”. Cool. Thanks dude. As if I wasn’t already burnt out and tired enough already. Tried a line of ollie off the ledge, flatground kickflip, then manual. And I didn’t even get it. I went to the banked ledge. Couldn’t even slappy 50 it. Had some fun mini bank rides though. Then I tried to do a few flippers, but couldn’t commit to fakie flip as I was too scared to commit. My side was hurting which is something happens when I skate vulcs. So I focused my board and left.

(setup 8.38 Null Riley deck, Venture 5.8s, Venom 88a bushings, old 52mm Spitfire F4 99a classic shape wheels, washers outside, old swiss bearings, NB# pro courts)

I wish I had every Monday off work. Relearned crooks to fakie earlier while skating with @fullertrron Then rolled with @skateboard_chicken and the entertaining @color_my_friends_in. #day361

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Dec 26, 2016 at 6:09pm PST

Feeling decent I went to Red Hawk to meet Dave on a decent winter day. Sunny without wind, but not warm. Dave was in the back which I had never even looked at before. There is a bunch of flatground, some weird rocks to ollie over some rad mini hubba that have a dirt runway, etc. I had decided I needed to wear vulcanized shoes again and rocked some old Es Accents. . So it felt really weird for awhile. Dave and I played a game of SKATE that lasted a long time. Dave landed on two switch flips, but didn’t ride away. That would have been so awesome. I forget what else we did or even who one. Even though I wasn’t skating all that well I was still having fun. It was kind of mind blowing how much better the board feel is with vulcs.

Then we went to the front with the ledges. Oh yeah, Dave was riding an 8″ setup. It was funny seeing him on a smaller board. It seemed like he was having problems locking in to tricks, but he wouldn’t blame his setup at all. He did get a really good front 50 back 180 out, noseslides, and ended with a really good front 50 front shove out. I didn’t have my normal struggles of getting up onto the ledge frontside, but I took awhile to lock into 50s and grind them. I posed some slow front crooks, got a really slow back 50, and a few crooks that were really fun. Dave left and I tried crooks to fakie for awhile until I got a couple. I also did switch crooks going back and never got a good one, but had a couple little jibs.

Then I went to Saul’s and joined Saul and Eric. They were both ripping already. Saul’s lines get faster everytime I see him skate. Eric was landing back d’s and staying on more of his back 50s. I struggled keeping my speed for awhile then just kind of did what I’ve done there before. It’s always so fun though. Pool coping is fun to grind. Eric had some funny falls, all of which I seemed to capture on film.

(setup 8.38 Null Riley deck, Venture 5.8s, Venom 88a bushings, old 52mm Spitfire F4 99a classic shape wheels, washers outside, old swiss bearings, es accent black/white)