@youknowmystee in York, NE. Thanks for the spot guide @ericjeckert. #nebraskaroadtripsection

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Sep 5, 2016 at 7:59pm PDT

The temp was warmer, we got close to 8 hours of sleep and we went to this bank spot as our final destination before heading home. Jack and Riley were dead from the night before. Garrett, Hayden, Joe and Eric had the fire though. Garrett filmed a gnarly dump truck and I filmed Hayden get a sick line. I had tried to skate a little before that, but it was just hucking around. I joined Joe and Eric on the steep bank after I filmed. Joe had already rattled off a few tricks and Eric was in the process of rattling off a bunch of new ones for him when I joined. Joe did kickflip to side rock and fakie bigspin. Eric did tricks that I don’t know the names of. They involve sal flips or both feet on the table blunts to fakie in the middle of the bank. I tried a bunch of no comply bigspins. I was the last one skating, I kept getting close, but not landing it. I was stressed as I was the only one skating and PMG (positive mental glen which is the oppopsite – basically self depricating/hating glen). I got a couple, but they were landed really poorly. Oh well. Then we ate at Runza and piled in the car to head home. Good trip, good people, all that. It ruled.

(setup old null bottom of the well 8.38 deck, venture 5.2 hi, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 52mm spitfire f4 101a, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

Slept good on a road trip what? It ruled. Woke up a little later then we wanted and after being baptized at the grocery store we went to York park. We all started on the mini. As you can see, the boys killed it. They were on fire. I skated ok. Didn’t get to far on my list, but managed to do more then axle stalls. While Eric filmed them rip it I kind of messed around trying to get it going. I don’t remember landing anything so it must not have been so good. Then we filmed for awhile. Hayden and Riley got some bangers then we headed to Lincoln. We went to the Bay for what was supposed to be a short session, BUT THEY WERE PLAYING DINOSAUR JR RADIO!!! Ha ha ha, I was so hyped. Plus, we got to skate it for free and there was only a couple of other people there. It was almost too much for me, I was too excited. Garrett and Hayden were shredding. I didn’t see much of Jack and Riley dipped out pretty quickly too as we were supposed to leave for the contest. But I kept skating. I started with back 50 on the slanted ledge, then back 50 on the long qp (so fun) and then bailed ledge tricks on the long ledge. I did a bunch of crooks on the center ledge and took a long time to do a front 50 (which I shoved out of once I got in it). We met Joe there and he was ripping. Front 50s every try with some twist. 50 shove, 50 to front board, lip to 50, lip to 50 to shove, etc. He was one sweaty stoked mess. After awhile I started trying my current dream trick, nollie tre over a hip. I tried it over and over and amazing tunes were playing. I added a back disaster on the little qp in the background. It was bad, but probably my first one on something other then Wells Fargo or Zuni park. I did not get the nollie tre, but there were a couple that were close. It just felt great to try so hard, have such great music playing and skate with such awesome people. The contest was a blast too. So fun to watch and rad seeing Jack and Riley do so well.

(setup old null bottom of the well 8.38 deck, venture 5.2 hi, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 52mm spitfire f4 101a, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

@youknowmystee and @siouxer666 in Kearney, NE. #nebraskaroadtripsection

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Sep 6, 2016 at 5:25am PDT

A Null mission! I was super hyped on this. It’s been too long. Jack and I met Hayden and Riley at Garrett’s house and we rolled off to Nebraska. The main purpose was for Riley and Jack to enter a contest they had been invited to. We were going to stay in York with Eric, but when we heard it was raining we stopped in Kearney. We went to the skatepark. It was hilarious. Such a small town scene. At least almost everyone had a skateboard. But there were teenage girls sitting nearby yelling at people saying they want to see a slam. They sucked. There was one young kid trying to prove the park was his by trying every trick that Riley, Garrett or Hayden did. It was quite hilarious. He quickly gave up and started asking what all the tricks were called. For some reason I just kept saying he was doing “Phantom” grinds, jumps, etc. No harm was done, it was just fun. I sucked it up. Those dudes were absolutely destroying. It was fun to watch, I flimed a little, but tried to skate as much as possible because I knew I would be doing a lot of filming. I had some fun on the mini at least, it was perfect. For some reason I kept getting in to sweepers, but couldn’t jump into the ramp. I also took forever to land a boardslide on the smallest bump to bar ever. I kind of blame my smaller setup. Argh. But that would change soon as Hayden snapped his deck so I had no choice but to give him my brand new 8.25 and setup my old 8.38 deck. It’s like 4 years old so it has no pop. We just filmed at that point anyway though. Jack got a couple of bangers and Hayden too. We moved on to York and met Eric at a mostly dark and wet skatepark. It was a mellow session. I did kickflip to fakie and b/s flip on the bank, but that was about it. Hayden ripped it pretty hard, but then we called it a night.

(setup 8.25 null riley persing deck, venture 5.2 hi, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 52mm spitfire f4 101a, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

I tried to do that birthday age number of trick things and here is what fit into one minute 🎥: @its_margarita_time_ @43shifty thanks to @its_margarita_time_ @corpoglenny @43shifty @jackspanbauer for a fun bday session 🎉

A video posted by carleigh samson (@gnarlycarleigh) on Sep 3, 2016 at 8:09pm PDT

Left work early, took a nap then headed to Rock Creek to help Carleigh celebrate her birthday. It was warm and nice out. Margaret was the first one there and we skated the ramp for a few minutes before Carleigh showed. We skated the ramp for awhile. I skated it alright, but didn’t get too far into the bag. Rob and Jack had shown too. Around then we played a game of SKATE. No surprises, but I was the first one out. I suck lately. My board felt really small too. Carleigh was working on 34 tricks on the ramp then moved to flatground/ledge/rails with us. She did boardslides, noseslides, noseslide shove, shoves, kickflips, a lot. Jack eventually beat Rob with a cab one foot. I tried doing a line of boardslide the flat bar, 360 flip on flat. I might have done that. Jack got front noseslide 270 shove then eventually with a kickflip in. So sick! Rob did halfcab noseslide to fakie so good, maybe halfcab boardslide too. The taller ledge is too tall for me these days. I got front 50 shove and halfcab noseslide going slow on the lower side. I skated flatground a lot and do not remember landing a whole lot. At the end I did land a switch noseslide shove.

(setup 8.25 null riley persing deck, venture 5.2 hi, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 52mm spitfire f4 101a, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

@boredzinejp challenged me to a 'poor man's switch 360'. Well this is as poor as it gets. I learned it right away then totally lost it. This is all I documented before the deadline. Next trick Josh is halfcab heel. This is an ode to @patsnacks #theglenandjosholdfartlongdistanceinstagramtricksuperchallenge #twotricksnospeed #mymostembarrassingpostyet

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Sep 1, 2016 at 8:27pm PDT

Got out of work early, took a nap, then added a new setup to my collection. This one was a Null 8.25 with 8″ Venture highs and 52mm Spits. I felt better then the day before. Perhaps because I sat down more at work so my legs weren’t so tired. I started at the dog park as it was about to get dark. It felt good to roll around and flip tricks were starting, but it got dark right away and started to rain. So I went to the Valmont garages and started at Redder Curbs. It was fun to cruise around it even though I didn’t seem to land anything. I wanted to do halfcab heel and that garage isn’t too great for flatground. Well, the lighting at least. So I went into Blank Curbs and went to work. It took me about 20 minutes to get the one above. It felt so good I wish I didn’t have to see the footage. Ha. In between tries I mostly posed flippers like nollie flip (kind of close), nollie heel (not close at all, but there was some hope in there) and switch tre (no chance at all). I was not in a terrible mood for once and had fun. As much as I want to skate parks, I really hate the scenes at them sometimes. I don’t like spending my skate time with kids I don’t know playing with scooters. It kills me.

(setup 8.25 null riley persing deck, venture 5.2 hi, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 52mm spitfire f4 101a, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

Feeling pretty good throughout the day I went to Longmont park right after work. I was the only one there initially. I was more sore then I anticipated and warming up was super hard. I cruised around. I stretched a little. I felt better. Starting trying some lines, tricks, etc. Did the fun line of cali grind, boardslide, boneless, back tail transfer the hip, b/s flip on the little bank. Dave showed around when I did a switch noseslide 270 shove and a fakie flip. I started thinking of the switch noseslide 450 shove for the game and immediately started getting depressed with each failed attempt. Riley showed up and immediately made me feel old. Manual, switch manual, nose manual, switch nose manual, back 5-0. Dave had a nice nose manual quickly. Then we were on the bank area above for awhile. Riley was doing lines starting with the ledge then the hips. Garrett too. Dave was trying the Creepy spin on the bank. Its’ hard because you have to do a rock fakie and get setup quickly. He got a couple though. He wasn’t hyped on them, but I think they were sick. I was trying fakie tres. Well, this was after failing a couple rock fakies which meant I needed to roll in, but I didn’t have the courage which kicked the depression up a notch. Then not landing fakie tres kicked it up more. I felt really bad being around friends, I probably hid how I truly felt pretty well, but I was really not doing well mentally. I wanted to focus my board and leave it at the park. Instead I tried to do the fun run again and stubbed my thumb bad enough to detach part of my thumbnail. It stung. Riley, Garrett and Dave were having fun. I sat and watched for awhile. Those people are rad. I hope I get out of my funk. Maybe a smaller setup will help!?!?! Ha ha. I do think changing setups hypes me up somehow though. Here I am 244 days into my goal of 366 days. 2/3 of the year gone. It’s been rough lately. I look forward to resting in 122 days.

(setup: 8.5 null message deck, venture 5.8s, thunder bushings, 52mm reed wheels, steele/gum new balance numeric pj 533)

Didn’t have the best day. After work I slept for awhile, bummed out the family complaining about how exhausted I felt and finally went outside to skate a little. I figured I had to land a switch back 3 before I could consider going anywhere. Liz came out to film me and true to form as of late I couldn’t land it. I eventually just sat my phone on the ground and got a very poor mans switch 3. My phone was filming 120 fps and there is only 1 frame with all 4 wheels in the air. Epic.

#skateboarding

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Aug 30, 2016 at 9:14pm PDT

After that I chose to skate a skatepark. I went to a very crowded Louisville skatepark. It was crowded with kids, bikers, scooters, skateboards, etc. It’s not my kind of scene at all. I was 25 years older then anyone else except the parents waiting for their kids in cars. But I was able to ignore most of them and remind myself why I am trying to skate parks more. Basically just because the ledges are easier then the crappy ledges anywhere in Boulder. I got front 50, front 50 shove, front 50 front 180 out pretty quick. Back 50 the little ledge in the corner. I had some troubles with crooks, I blame the edge of the ledge sticking up so much. I got long line of front 5-0 (was trying 50), kickflip on flat, back 50 the little ledge, noseslide down the hubba. Kickflip, kickflip to fakie and fakie flip on the bank. Had a first try halfcab noseslide. Skated the little snakerun for a bit, did a front d, posed a kickflip front d. Then started trying switch front noseslide 270 out the hard way. I would land one or two, but not good enough to use them against Josh. I even had the hilarious slam above. I also tried nollie flip and heels between tries. Got remotely close to nollie flip. The bigger board has been feeling big.

(setup: 8.5 null message deck, venture 5.8s, thunder bushings, 52mm reed wheels, steele/gum new balance numeric pj 533)

Went out to the garage feeling pretty unmotivated. Grabbed the 2 iron and spun some switch back 3 slides around. Had a few, then tried to pop them and slammed. Went inside.

Went to the research ledge not feeling very motivated on a Sunday afternoon. I felt less motivated when I saw that they sandblasted it, so I went to Valmont. I skated the low part of the ledge slowly, feeling very tired. I did a few switch front noseslides and landed on the back wheels and almost accidentally turned forward (making it a 270 out) so I started trying that. I got really close. Did a couple front 50s on the low part, tried front crooks for awhile, couldn’t do a regular crooks, got one back 50, did the worst switch back 3 slide ever, came close to 360 flips on flat. I was beat.

(setup: 8.5 null message deck, venture 5.8s, thunder bushings, 52mm reed wheels, steele/gum new balance numeric pj 533)

Met Dave at Broomfield park kind of early, around 9am. He was already warmed up and shredding. I was feeling alright and tried to catch up quick. I ended up skating the best I have in awhile, even being somewhat happy about my skating. Dave was doing lines of nollie into the bank, front 50 the ledge, turn around and trying to feeble or 50 the bump to bar. He also had some really good back 50s, slappy feebles, I forget what else. I had some lines with front 50 variations, bonelesses over the down rail, and horrible attempts at back 50. I got a lot of crooks though, a halfcab noseslide. Had better luck on the blue box with back 50s, one little slow scratch fakie nosegrind, did ok with flippers, got closer to learning slappy feeble grinds on the parking block, couldn’t get a front nosegrind on the blue ledge. I still had fun though.

Then we went to this bank to curb. I did some basics, filmed Dave get a few non-basics (feeble transfer, lipslide 270 transfer, front board transfer). I started trying front pivot kickflip out on a smaller section of the small bank to curb. I probably tried 100 of them. Technically landed it twice, but neither were usable.

One awesome day. #thestubborns

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Aug 27, 2016 at 3:51pm PDT

Then we went to this spot. I was so drained. Dave straight killed it and was the least one skating. I don’t know how he can go so long. He got back pivot, front boardslide, front lipslide. This spot is gnar. Rob had some rad boneless variations and was kind enough to film for awhile. Fuzz got a cool line and a fakie flip. My feet were sore so I mostly just dorked around and learned an alley oop fakie 50. It felt really cool.

Spot tourists at a spot that @_f_u_z_z destroyed years ago. #respect #legend

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Aug 27, 2016 at 6:39pm PDT

Then we ate, laughed and played skate tourist for awhile.

(setup: 8.5 null message deck, venture 5.8s, thunder bushings, 52mm reed wheels, steele/gum new balance numeric pj 533)