Life has been tough lately. Thank god for kickflips. Day 300 in a row.

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Oct 26, 2016 at 6:53pm PDT

Went to the Dog Park for awhile in the early afternoon on a gorgeous day. Motivation was tough. I wanted to do a 360 flip but never really got one. I landed one with some hand down action and cracked my board, but never a clean one. I ended up trying nollie big flips for awhile and getting close. I finished with a couple kickflips then went to the Boulder Manor thinking things would be better with Jason’s situation. I was shortly devastated by how much worse it became. Ugh.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low custom hollow trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, 1/16″ riser, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic 101a wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 navy shoes 12)

After a very difficult day of watching Jason and working I finally set up the garage putter. A 7.5″ 303 board and 42mm wheels. I had some new PJ shoes too. I took a few tries to get a kickflip then mostly just tried nollie flips. I quickly ran out of energy and was getting so many texts about Jason that I called it a night.

(setup garage putter 7.5″ with 42mm wheels, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 navy shoes 12)

Went to campus with some type of energy even knowing the impeding night of being with Jason at 4am. The dude rules, but these sleepless nights are taking a toll. I don’t know how I ended up choosing this spot, but I did. When I first arrived there was one guy shooting hoops by himself. I skated between the courts as a large buck deer ate grass and laughed at me. I started a little slow, then started landing tricks for a bit. Heelflip, halfcab flip, fakie flip all came quick. I would do two tricks. One way I really wanted to do halfcab heelflip then 360 flip. The other way I wanted to do heelflip then b/s flip. I ended up struggling with everything at that point. Two other guys showed up to skate. They were learning how to ollie. They were having a blast. It ruled to see them trying. I came close to a few more tricks, but ran out of energy. Never got treflip or halfcab heel. I can’t really expect to skate good under these circumstances. Oh yeah, I wore my old PJ shoes because it just seemed like the thing to do.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low custom hollow trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, 1/16″ riser, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 steele/gum shoes 12)

Went to campus on a beautiful fall day. My favorite weather, lower 60s. I had spent mostly an all nighter with Jason so to say I was tired is an understatement. I didn’t want to be around anyone so I went to this area that is somewhat hidden. I had new shoes. Lakai Griffin XLK. They are too big. Ugh. I wish there was consistent sizing between brands. The sole has good flex and feel, but it’s not even remotely grippy compared to the PJ shoes I have been skating. Anyways, I attempted skateboarding. I started with a line of quick noseslide, kickflip on flat, front 180 off the curb cut, then back up the curb and up the ramp to switch nose jib. Next line was noseslide to fakie, fakie flip on flat, front shove off the curb cut. The fakie flip took awhile. Ugh. Next line took forever. Crook, heelflip on flat, kickflip off the curb cut. Seriously, took so long. Coming back the other way I did a front 50 stall while holding onto the bar, did a little shove out, then front shove into the curb cut then ollie up the lowest ledge. The ollie up wasn’t easy at all, but I had at least messed around with it earlier on.

Got in a couple of grinds today to maintain a tiny bit of sanity.

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Oct 23, 2016 at 2:22pm PDT

Then I hit this ledge for a bit and did a few front 50s. Nothing hard, just wanted to grind and feel that rush of grinding concrete. It felt good even though I struggled.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low custom hollow trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, 1/16″ riser, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, lakai griffin xlk grey/white shoes 12)

Game on! Sorry for the delays @boredzinejp. Here is a crappy version of your challenge lipslide shove and the next challenge.. front 50 no comply shove out. #theglenandjosholdfartlongdistanceinstagramtricksuperchallenge #thatwasprettyterrible

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Oct 23, 2016 at 8:33am PDT

@nolancormier #360flipoverwilly #nextleveltrickery

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Oct 24, 2016 at 6:19am PDT

While still being consumed by Jason’s situation I went to Crisis, chatted with Fuzz for awhile then went to Broomfield. The park was mostly empty initially. I cruised around and didn’t really do much of anything other then a front 50 no comply shove out. I had Nolan record one for the game, but as Josh points out it turns out I actually did it already for the game. Doh! I had a couple of quartapotty tricks that felt ok. I didn’t have much confidence or energy. Nolan came and only skated the parking block. It was kind of funny. The 360 flip “over willy” was the hotness. Fuller showed too, he had some energy somehow. The slappy feeble on the parking block was my fav. I took off after awhile to go watch Jason.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low custom hollow trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, 1/16″ riser, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 steele/gum shoes 12)

Went to the dog park before work on a nice morning. Right as I pulled up so did the van of painters. Doh. I thought I would be bumming them out, but it turns out that one of them (Chris) skates and is friends with LBR and everything. So rad. He took out his downhill board and had me ride it. I fell off because I’m used to pivoting on the tail, but there is no tail. Ha. So I skated, but I was kind of in the back corner trying to stay out of their way. I did not skate well, but not horrible. I got a few of my normal ones. Kickflip, fakie flip, halfcab flip, varial flip, 360 flip with a hand down, fakie bigflip, maybe a b/s flip. I ended with a nollie tre that put a huge smile on my face. Man I love that trick.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low custom hollow trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, 1/16″ riser, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 steele/gum shoes)

Went downtown in search of a curb on a cold night and ended up in this newly remodeled alley. I thought ollieing the 4 stair would be a good start, but it turns out that I had completely forgotten how to skateboard. Well, mostly my mind was mush from taking care of Jason. I am not complaining about doing it, it’s just a lot to take on. Anyways, I had about 30 minutes before I needed to pick up India. I did some manuals, a frontside whirlybird, some noseslides on the ledge, slow ollie onto the ledge to front 180 off in a line with a halfcab flip. I was skating so terrible. I did get pretty close to a backside whirlybird, but slammed a couple of times and needed to go. I forced myself to get the little 4 stair ollie and I bounced. What a fun alley.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low custom hollow trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, 1/16″ riser, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 steele/gum shoes)

Went to Louisville thinking I had some energy. I had put some low trucks back on, but not the same ones, regular lows. And still a riser. My energy was quickly drained as there was a large crew of dudes filming and not really caring about sharing the park. The highlight would be when one of them tried to film a noseslide down a hubba and the filmer stood in the way of the bank. I went right by him like 5 times and he just seemed mad at me. I was more tired then I thought. I slammed super hard on a front 50 attempt and hurt my shoulder a little. That threw me off too. I rolled around the bowl a little. The low trucks carve so much better. I took like 10 tries to get a kickflip to fakie. Shortly after that I left, not having landed or tried much of anything.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, 1/16″ riser, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 steele/gum shoes)

Went to Boulder park before work still feeling exhausted from the nursing home the day before. I knew I wouldn’t be able to skate after work and I work late this week so it made sense. I was the only one there. I cruised for awhile before trying any tricks. I did some tiny ollies, etc. Nothing really new. The only thing that required effort that I really tried was a kickflip to fakie up on the deck by the bowl then a switch noseslide a little down the hubba. Then it was off to work.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow high trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 steele/gum shoes)

After a long day of helping with Jason in the nursing home I contemplated just going to sleep, but the kids encouraged me to go into the garage for the required minimum session. I did a few of the minimum manuals and called it a night.