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Happy upgrade @dnutz37 ! 4.5 @slaherty @baffoos

A post shared by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Sep 12, 2018 at 11:37am PDT

On another beautiful evening I met up with Kevin, Darin, Sean at Broomfield park. Mike had joined and Justin was there. Mike and Kevin were totally ripping when I got there. Sean was doing the ol’ dynamic stretching warm up. Darin was on the QP / manny pad section. My ingrown toenail had gotten really bad, I tried to skate through it, but after awhile it was kind of impossible. I mostly started with Kevin and Mike on the black ledge area. Kevin was shredding lines and skating fast. Back 5-0s, nosegrinds, nollie nosegrind, nollie b/s flip out of the bank, etc. Mike shreds. Back tail, nollie back tail fakie, bigflip. I did okay going backside, finally got the easy switch 180 into the bank easily. Had a fun crooks. But when it came to go frontside I couldn’t 50 the black ledge to save my life. So I went over to the quartapotty and lined stuff out with Darin. I was going for fakie flip, fakie pivot fakie, fakie 50. What I got was a fakie smith fakie and a fakie 50. I had a few fakie 50 attempts where I straight up missed. It was annoying. My shows were driving me nuts. Sean and Justin were flying around the park. Sean was rattling off tricks on the black ledge. Him and Kevin were flying out over the cone too. Saw Kevin switch flip it and Sean fakie flip it. Before you freak out let it be known it was on it’s side. Ha. Darin had a line of back tail the qp then back tail to fakie the blue ledge. I had given up on skating by then as my toe hurt too much. So I filmed for awhile. I need to let the camera run longer after Kevin bails because he does funny stuff. Darin went for bluntslide too, but couldn’t get it. Maybe after he upgrades to 4.5. Kevin gave up on switch flip manny after almost doing it first try. We watched Sean get a new trick, halfcab nose manual 180 the hard way. I did a couple slappy front “crooks” that Kevin filmed and it totally inspired him to try one more switch flip manual and land it. So sick!

(setup 8.25 null perception deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, stock white bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, es swift 1.5 blue/clear shoes size 11.5, stock insoles)
(pain level 8/10 ingrown toenail)

After work I met Dave at the basketball court ledge spot. I did some stretching and debating which shoes/insoles to wear as one dude shot hoops then left. Dave and I rolled in around the same time and started the warm up process. Another dude joined us. He did no comply 180s and front 180 fakie 50 right away. Dave and I were still working on the ol’ noseslides and stuff. Well, Dave got on a front 50 in the corner pretty quick, but didn’t land it. Then another couple dudes showed up. A skater and his filmer. I’ve seen the dude once before and he back noseblunted the Broomfield double set first try. Great, back to struggling around people that are very good at ledges. It was cool though, maybe helped to warm up a little. I was feeling a little uncomfortable about committing to tricks because I wasn’t wearing orthotic insoles. But it felt good. I managed a heelflip, first try 270 flip, halfcab flip, one very slow front axle stall, a few crooks, a couple switch front noseslides (slappy style of course) and a lot of bails. Dave impressed the masses with a first try slappy crook, noseslides to fakie, halfcab noseslides, kickflips, varial flips. The other dudes filmed some cool tricks. Front 180 fakie 50 creepy out. Other dude did a line with crooks nollie front 180 heel out then did crook inward heel out. Whoa. It was cool to see, embarrassing for me, and a struggle. But overall I still had fun and was hyped to skate with Dave.

(setup 8.25 null perception deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, stock white bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, es swift 1.5 blue/clear shoes size 11.5, stock insoles)
(pain level 2/10)

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It was absolutely great seeing these dudes today! #nullumni #classof2005 #hulslegend

A post shared by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Sep 9, 2018 at 6:00pm PDT

On a hot morning I met up with Cass, Jeff, Kevin and Tyler at the York St spot. I had switched to Gamechanger insoles in hopes of some board feel. It was better for sure, but it made for a lack of confidence that was compounded by skating around such rippers. I took a long time to commit to any grinds. Kevin said he was struggling too, but a very early front nosegrind begs to differ. It hasn’t been too long since I’ve seen Jeff skate. He got a first try front blunt up the granite ledge. I was surprised at how good Cass looked on the ledges after all he’s been through. Front 50s, front 50 shove, front tail. It’s also been awhile since I’ve seen Tyler skate. Man it was great seeing him rip. Back 5-0 front 180 up the granite, kickback tail, kick crooks, halfcab crooks the tall ledge. Kevin got quite a few tricks too, the back smith being a stand out banger. I would eventually get some crooks up and down the granite. Doing it down was really fun. 303 Cody showed up and was crooking like crazy. Jeff was going in hard on front blunt backside flip out. He would get one, it wasn’t perfect, but it was still sick. That was it for skating, felt like I hardly skated.

(setup 8.25 null perception deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, stock white bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, es swift 1.5 black/clear shoes size 11.5, footprint gamechanger orthotic insoles)
(pain level 3/10 but my knees would act up bad later)

Up early on a Saturday and motivated to finally get the trick Dave challenged me to. Nollie back shove to manual. I went to this spot on Pearl & Foothills I haven’t been to in a long time. There are a ton of different little manual pads and other fun options. I tried to go in right away on on the nollie shove manny on a normal, but very low manny pad. I was hating it. I started skating around and having more fun. Then I noticed this bump to manny and went back in on the nollie shove manny. Obviously it didn’t involve as much pop, but there was still a crack you could hang up on. I got one pretty quick with some heel drag. I would try a few basic flippers in between. I like that when I finally landed it I said “YES!” It did feel pretty great and was a relief to not get another letter. I skated around the area for awhile. It’s pretty fun. Manuals going the other way on the same curb were fun. I went over to the 1-2-3 stair area. It’s a total street spot, not easy to skate at all. Cracks, short runways, everything. I took a bit to get front 180 up the 1, switch 180 down the 2. I wanted to line it out with ollie down the 3, but the angle was hard and there is a huge crack there. I took a few tries to get an ollie down the 3 and then I lined out a manual and a little ollie over a curb and then tried to ollie a cone I had placed after a little bump earlier. I was hoping for the cone ollie first try. Nope. It took several tries. My feet and knees weren’t feeling so good. I had tried some old Pinnacle Powerstep insoles and they didn’t feel very good. The board feel was also terrible with them. I hucked a few flippers as I went back to the starting gate. Ollies are hard for me. When I finally got it I was bummed to see I kind of went over it sideways. Oh well. I was happy to get it.

Then I went to research ledge. I was incredibly sore when I got there. Saul was biking by and we chatted about turtles for a bit. Ha ha. I didn’t think I’d have much of anything and was on limited time before India was to show up at home. I stretched a bit and felt better then went for some slow noseslides to rewarm up. They started working. Then crooks. Couldn’t get back 50. Somehow managed a very slow front 50 jib. Hucked a few flippers, but my feet were hurting and I didn’t want to commit. Ended it on a fun crooks and called it a day.

(setup 8.25 null perception deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, stock white bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, es swift 1.5 black/clear shoes size 11.5, pinnacle powerstep orthotic insoles)
(pain level 6/10 feet and knees)

Had a pretty chill Friday at work for once. I went to dog park around 3:30 and it was super nice out. Warm, but with a hint of autumn cool air. I took off my shirt and enjoyed the sun. I did some of the ol’ dynamic stretching then started in with the nollie / fakie shoves, 180s. My new “I’m ready to skate” line is kickflip, no comply 180, fakie flip. I was trying it pretty quick, the fakie flip took a few tries though. Then I went for it, the Ironman line. Kickflip, heelflip, treflip. Much to my surprise the first few heelflips worked so I had to commit to treflip before I was ready. I got the line in under 10 tries. Although the heelflop was terrible, it landed primo and rolled over. After getting that line so quick I lost a little motivation. I went for halfcab flip then nollie tre. I got a first try halfcab flip which hasn’t happened in awhile, but could never get a nollie tre. I actually ended up struggling with the halfcab flip too. I mixed in some other flippers when I bailed the halfcab flip like nollie/switch flip/nollie varial flip. Never got them, but the nollie flip was super close. Also had tried to start with fakie bigspin then pop shove. Tried another line of fakie flip then halfcab heel. Never put my feet on the halfcab heel. I noticed how scared I was to commit after awhile and my knees started hurting. Oh yeah, that’s why I don’t normally skate vulcs.

(setup 8.25 null perception deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, stock white bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, nb# 212 tan, 3/4 spenco orthotic thinsoles and old lakai insoles)
(pain level 3/10)

As I said recently, I’ve been trying to avoid post-work naps for awhile. Today my body really wanted one and I denied it. After dinner and some soccer with Ollie I went to Broomfield park on a gorgeous night. As I pulled in I noticed a lot of bikers and then Rob came back to his car and said he was out after a warm up slam. Doh. He ended up sticking around for a bit, but after a fall ollieing over the parking block it was over. Luckily there were a few other skaters there to mingle with. Justin, Kyler, Chase. Justin was ripping as he always does. Both 180s to fakie manuals. I’ve never talked to Kyler before, but he has a mean front nosegrind. I got hung up on a switch front 180 into the mellow bank. I don’t know why that’s recently been a struggle. I was wearing the thin 212s again and noticed I have very little confidence in them. I also noticed that after a night in the garage on the putter my 8.25″ deck felt huge.
I went on to do nothing new or out of the ordinary. Actually it was probably a setback overall. Eh I did almost get a line of front 50 back 180 out the blue ledge, fakie axle fakie the quartapotty, then fakie 50 switch 180 out. Just didn’t get the 180 out. I left when another group of bikers came and posted up near the quartapotty.

(setup 8.25 null perception deck, venture 5.25 awake lows, stock white bushings, 3 washers inside each axle, 51mm v1 bones stf wheels, nb# 212 tan, 3/4 spenco orthotic thinsoles and old lakai insoles)
(pain level 2/10)

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@miafest learning switch front heels on the quarter. 🎥 @danwieland @carampworks

A post shared by Tom Asta (@tomasta) on Sep 1, 2018 at 3:39pm PDT

All it took is one trick. On a qp even. Dude rules.

Love this so much. The kid in green never even aimed once. He just lined them up. Oh man so funny.

On a rainy night I cleaned out the garage then busted the putter out. I started trying nollie flips, than switch flips. Got incredibly close to switch flip. Literally landed on it and stepped off. Doh! Oh yeah, I was wearing some NB# 212s. Since I’ve been forced to use the stiffer insole again it makes the boardfeel with cupsoles almost non-existent. They felt good. I also tried a few nollie inward heels. Then I gave myself about 10 tries to do a treflip on my regular board and got one.

(setup 7.5″ putter & normal 8.25″ setup)

Feeling like a Monday I went to Saul’s after dinner. Saul, Tyler and Ian were there. Ian went in on back lips over the hip and got a few as well as some other crazy tricks first try. Saul was shredding like he does. Tons of grinds in every run, more standing up on back 50s, less carve grinds. Some frontside carves, layback front rocks on the parking block qp. Tyler goes for it. He had some sketchy makes, some sketchy falls and totally shredded. I was kind of all over the place. I was struggling at first since I was on my Saul setup, but had a few okay runs getting some of my normal runs. I tried to do a few front disaster to sugarcane. Got kind of close. I haven’t done that in awhile. Eric showed up and circled the bowl a few times before diving into it. Ha ha. He tried to cali grind into it and it didn’t go so well. He would get it though (see photo). He was grinding longer and faster than I’ve seen in the past. We ended trying some front rocks on the qp. Fun mellow night.

(setup Saul setup 8.5 null indys 52mm ojs bones bushings)