After a long day at work and some food I ended up at the school across the street in the back alley. The lights aren’t great, but there are a couple good spots. The PJ shoes felt weird initially again. Kickflips did not come easy. Nothing did. Struggled with halfcab flip, heelflip. I had thought about f/s halfcab heeflip all day and wanted to land one. But between the new shoes and the big setup I couldn’t. The session was seriously terrible except a first try treflip and the fact that my feet and knees didn’t hurt at all.. until the next day when I woke up with a bad case of Plantar Fasciitis. Argh

(setup null perception 8.5 deck, venture 5.8 black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings bones v1 stf 51mm wheels, new balance numeric 533v2 brown/gum size 12, stock insoles)
(knee pain 0/10)

Work late this week.  After dinner and some soccer with Ollie it was dark.  I went to the research area wanting to skate flat in the newer concrete areas.  I started in the area that has the little 2 stair.  Oh yeah, seeing as how the vulcs ended up hurting bad last time and the 868s are just too bulky I tried some new shoes.  PJ 533v2s.  They felt very different when I started and impossible to skate.  It bummed me out.  I would kind of get things going a little bit.  I suck so bad at flatground lately.  Changing shoes almost every time I skate and the bigger setup are not helping.  I got a couple lines with 180s down the stairs and basic kickflip variations.  I got annoyed with the lights shutting off/on and went to the other new area with the wood benches.  After a slam on a fakie flip I went up to the ledge and finally had a little fun.  Noseslides, noseslide to fakie.  I slammed hard on a noseslide to fakie and screamed.  Got up and tried it again and landed it.  It was refreshing to be so upset about not landing a trick. Because lately I seem to not get upset and also not really try hard.  I got several crooks, but they were just little quick jibs. One bad back axle stall. I tried switch varial flip on the way up the hill and kickflips down the hill. It sucked dodging all of the roly polys. I got a decent feeling halfcab noseslide then a better crooks and called it a night.

(setup null perception 8.5 deck, venture 5.8 black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings bones v1 stf 51mm wheels, new balance numeric 533v2 brown/gum size 12, footprint gamechanger low profile insole)
(knee pain 2/10)

Feeling very unmotivated I headed out to this spot before Rob or Carleigh were ready to skate. I was wearing vulcs again as the bulky 868s made me feel so clumsy. This would turn out to be a bummer as my feet just ended up hurting and I hardly committed to any flip tricks. I had a couple warm up lines to get going. Manual, front 50, kickflip. Fakie 50, switch 50, fakie flip. The switch front 50 on the tiny curb was fun. Carleigh showed and after calming Ella down did a second try front 50 that was perfect. Unfortunately they all weren’t that easy for her, but she got quite a few more. Some nice kickflips, some back 50s on the lower curb. She also had some lines with shoves, nollie shoves, etc. Rob showed and had some fire. Manuals, manual body varial, nose manual 180, back 50s, etc. The photo is of a sick halfcab back 50 near the end of the session. Rob had clean snaps over the flat bar. I was amazed that I used to be able to ollie up the ledge. I couldn’t even get close this time, I did at least get up into deck check. I almost got a line that sounds good on paper. Fakie 50, switch 50, halfcab flip on flat, ollie the flat bar. But I clipped on the flat bar and fell. My feet started hurting so bad by the end. Argh. The shoe/insole game for pain sucks so bad. I am jealous of Rob who has found a shoe that works so well for him.

(setup null perception 8.5 deck, venture 5.8 black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings bones v1 stf 51mm wheels, new balance numeric 255 cream/gum size 12, spenco 3/4 thinsole orthotics and thin nb# insoles)
(knee pain 3/10 and foot pain that stopped me after a couple hours)

Fun times yesterday at the gnarliest spots on campus. @43shifty @_f_u_z_z @fullertrron #thestubborns

A post shared by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Aug 19, 2018 at 6:42pm PDT

After setting up a new board at 303 I went to the meetup curb on a Saturday with rain threatening. Rob pulled in about the same time as me and we were both surprised when the sun came out and the clouds disappeared. We had lots of people watching entertainment as parents would pull in with no clue if they were supposed to pay for parking or where to park. I was wearing the 868s again in hopes of less sore feet. They weren’t feeling great. Anyways, we skated and skated and it was fun. We both were on slappy crooks as that curb is great for it. Rob had some cool crooks popped 180 out and some that were close to 270 out. I tried a bunch of kickflip back tail stalls and got close, but never put it down. Then I started hucking slappy front crooks and they were working! Eventually I would ride out of them and man it felt cool. Dave showed. Fuzz shortly after. Lines were had a bit more. Dave did fakie ollie into the curb cut, switch front 180 off the next curb cut then front tail or front 5-0 the curb. Fuzz mirrored it with nollie into the curb cut, back 180 out the next one, switch front tail the curb. Rob did some kickflip fastplants and then pop shove noseslide to fakie.

Then we attempted to move into campus and hit something different than the normal spots. We succeeded. Rob had left. We found this perfect parking block gap to two stair. I immediately started trying no comply flips over it. Dave was on no comply to manual, spracks over the parking block, ollie up the two stair. Fuzz was chilling. I eventually started getting kinda close. Dave was kind enough to film. But I eventually gave up on the flip and just went with no comply. I got a really sloppy one and then a less sloppy one. I was too tired/sore to keep trying.

Then we looked at some other spots and Dave found this funny little angle iron ledge. My legs were so sore I could barely ollie onto it. I only managed front 50. Fuzz and Dave had more fun. Dave Did front 50, back 50, ollie the 3 then the nosestall 270, the front 50 spin 270 was epic. Fuzz had some solid back 50s, the front 50s and manualled down the block. Pretty fun day.

(setup null perception 8.5 deck, venture 5.8 black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings bones v1 stf 51mm wheels, new balance numeric 868 black/gum size 12, footprint gamechanger low profile insoles)
(knee pain 3/10)

Feeling so incredibly lazy after a nap on a Friday I had a few minutes before the family wanted to hang out so I went in front of the house to skate some flat. I had put some old 868s on that have been sitting in my closet in hopes that my feet would hurt less. It worked. I was committing to tricks again. That doesn’t mean I skated great, those shoes are stiff and weird, but it felt good to try. Although now that I write this I realize the trick list is very small. Kickflip, fakie flip, halfcab flips, bs flip. Man, is that it? I guess I had a hand down treflip, landed on heelflips, got really close to halfcab heelflips, nollie tres, even nollie flip. I went into the house feeling better so that’s something.

(setup null rabethica 8.5 deck, venture 5.8 black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings bones v1 stf 51mm wheels, new balance numeric 868 black/gum size 12, footprint gamechanger low profile insoles)
(knee pain 1/10)

Went to Douglass around sunset feeling pretty blah and not having much confidence. I felt pretty good starting out, but I felt really rusty. It’s sad how a couple days off can really mess with me. But more than anything I guess my feet hurt. My knees felt great, but my feet were hurting. Maybe too many vulcs in a row. So that made it a little hard to commit to flip tricks. I had another awkward fall doing a little front 180 off the wide ledge. I bailed the little cali grind up/down on the yellow curb several times before getting it. Noseslides on the main ledges worked. Got a tiny crooks. Front board the end of the long ledge. The main ledges aren’t lit very well so I went in on front 50 until I got a baad one. It was harder than it should be. I kept thinking I was going to do it, but my back leg just doesn’t get up there. Argh. It was made more difficult by the poor lighting. I did get one though and it felt pretty good. Then I wanted to try a line of front shove off the wide ledge, noseslide the curved ledge then come back around and try to ollie the ledge that everyone ollies. One front shove bail and a teacher pulled up and parked right by there and asked me “do you live in the neighborhood?” Not really sure what that means, but whatever, at least she didn’t try to give me the boot. I tried the noseslide then ollie for awhile. I got nowhere close to the ollie. Didn’t even feel like I made progress towards being able to do it in the future. Then I moved to the curb on the side and tried yet another line to motivate for the ollie. Front 5-0 the end of the curb, treflip on flat then ollie. The front 5-0 was hard because I never come off the end of ledges. I eventually got it a few times, but couldn’t get my feet to commit to the treflip. Argh. I eventually did a line of 5-0, no comply 180, halfcab flip and tried the ollie. It wasn’t close at all. I left. And when I left I bailed the cali grind again. Argh. What a frustrating night. I guess I did try stuff that is hard for me, but still.

(setup null rabethica 8.5 deck, venture 5.8 black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings bones v1 stf 51mm wheels, new balance numeric 255 cream/gum size 12, spenco 3/4 thinsole orthotics and slim nb# insoles)
(knee pain 1/10 but my feet were very sore)

Not wanting to miss another day of skating, but not having much time I went across the street on a warm afternoon and went after the curb. The curb isn’t as magical as it was at first, mainly because there are pebbles everywhere. But I had fun. Started with 50s. Did front and back 5-0s that were intentional. Randomly tried front 5-0 to front board. Took awhile, but it was fun. Had a few fakie 50s that I tried to turn into boardslide, but that didn’t work. Failed at switch crook, fakie back tail, kick back tail and treflips on flat.

(setup null rabethica 8.5 deck, venture 5.8 black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings bones v1 stf 51mm wheels, new balance numeric 255 cream/gum size 12, footprint gamechanger insoles)
(knee pain 1/10)

Dave, Rob, Kevin and I met up with Sean at Spring Canyon on a warm and sunny day. I was hyped to see Skelly there when we arrived, fixing the pool coping. That dude is a workaholic. He did manage to skate with us a little, but he was pretty beat from working so hard. It was good seeing him. I find this park to be hard to warm up at normally, but it seemed easier than normal today. Maybe it was Sean grinding the tallest ledge within minutes. I mean I hope there are some kind of benefits of skating with him. Rob was manualling at speed right away, Kevin was doing tech tricks, Dave was boardsliding the spine. I got a first try (really slow) back 50 on the lurb which put me in a good mood. I would soon after get a line of nose manual, front slash the mound, back 50 shove. I slash the mound as a means of speed control to slow me down for the lurb. Smart huh? Or maybe I’m just a wuss. I tried front nosegrinds for awhile and got really close, but then the potato chip session started. I tried to play with Sean and Kevin with the ollie up then kickflip on the hump, then trick on the tight qp. Rob was in on it too, he got the ollie and kickflip, but avoided the qp. I had a better line than the one showed with a front rock instead of back rock. I mean, in my head it was better, but who knows, I probably scraped my heel on the kickflip. Kevin’s lines were crazy. Doing it switch too is bonkers. Sean’s made the line look effortless, but took awhile to get the sweeper. And oh man, that slam on the nollie nosegrind (which he had never done before) was crazy. Everyone was skating, it’s hard to remember everything. Rob got a few boardslides up that ledge which is gnarly to me, but never combined it with the downhill part. Things I was happy with were finally nose manualling the main manny pad, crooks the bench, ollieing the little rail, maintaining my 100% streak of boardslides down the little rail. My flatground wasn’t that great. Dave’s line with the switch wallie was nuts. We all skated the pole jam for a bit. Kevin switch no comply pole jam was nuts. I got one sketchy no comply pole jam. Sean thinks regular pole jams are easier than no comply ones. Dave was trying them switch too. After that we tried the downhill ride on grind. Kevin, Dave and Sean did it easy. 20 minutes later I did it and it was quite fun. Then we bounced.

(setup null rabethica 8.5 deck, venture 5.8 black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings bones v1 stf 51mm wheels, new balance numeric 255 cream/gum size 12, footprint gamechanger insoles)
(knee pain 2/10)

A whole lotta fails today… 😂🤷‍♀️

A post shared by carleigh samson (@gnarlycarleigh) on Aug 11, 2018 at 8:45pm PDT

Even though we’re trying to finish up Stubborns it seems like our Saturdays have been off. Maybe it’s partly because it’s not just old guys hitting me up to skate and it’s a weird balance. With all of that said I went to Broomfield park on a Saturday around 11 and Kevin was there. Arriving soon would be Rob, Riley, Chad. Arriving later would be Jack, Carleigh, Sean, Fuzz. The session would go through waves of chilling in the shade then skate more. I started with the Dave challenge, switch feeble fakie, on the quartapotty. Kevin joined me, but he did it way quicker. Oh wait, Kevin and I played a game of SKATE first thing. I had different old shoes on, NB# 255s. They felt good. I got pink slipped in SKATE, but I did kickflip/fakie flip first tries and it was a good warm up. The switch feeble took me awhile. With the exception of one bad slam where I dove backwards into the trash can it was mostly just lame bails. Rob had shown and was warming up. Chad showed up too, who I haven’t seen in a long time. It was cool seeing him again. He hasn’t been skating much, but he still got into nosegrinds. Things are fuzzy for awhile here and I don’t remember a whole lot of what happened. Jack and Riley were shredding the black ledge. Riley did like 30 tricks. Jack did 29, but the first try back 270 front tail to 270 kickflip out first try was the hotness. It was seriously insane. Then somehow a double set session ensued. I’m not sure exactly how it started, but it got heated when Fuzz ollied the double set. Then front 180’d it. I should have just filmed it, but instead I “skated” with everyone. And by that I mean posed the double set ollie over and over until I finally landed the six stair after like 10 tries. Fuzz also boardslid the rail and ollied over it. He almost died on a fakie ollie. Riley and Jack did a bunch of tricks on the rail. Jack added a testbook hardflip and Riley did switch flip and switch heel so good. Kevin put down some rail tricks and came close to hardflip. Carleigh ollied it easy then went for pop shove and as you can see put in some work, but never got it. Then for awhile Ashlyn, Kevin and I hucked dream tricks. Kevin went for switch flip back 5-0 and got it! I went for treflip noseslide and was nowhere near close, but did finally feel like it might be possible. Ashlyn was going for heelflip front 50. She was close several tries. I know I’m missing a million things here, but I’ll just add it was an incredibly fun session.

(setup null rabethica 8.5 deck, venture 5.8 black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings bones v1 stf 51mm wheels, new balance numeric 255 cream/gum size 12, footprint gamechanger insoles)
(knee pain 3/10)

After one of the busiest work weeks I’ve ever had and feeling completely tired on a Friday afternoon I went to dog park. Dave and hopefully Rob (who ended up being too busy with work) would join. I arrived first. It was sunny and hot. I had given up on the NB# 420s. Those things are terrible for skateboarding. I was wearing some old bald Es Swift 1.5s. They are super comfy, but also kind of weird for skating. They just have a weird flick. I went through the warm up stages, doing the 3 trick line thing to motivate. Took a few tries to get the kickflip, no comply 180, fakie flip line. After that I had kickflips most tries, but not a whole lot else. Dave showed. It’s been awhile so it was great seeing him. He went in on the shoves warm up. We skated for about an hour. I struggled with halfcab flips and heelflips. Two of my more basics. I was patient though as I know I just moved up to a bigger sized board so I should expect some growing pains. I had fun hucking some ghetto birds, even committed, but never got the feet on the board. In the end I got a terrible heelflip followed by an even worse treflip. Dave got kickflips, cabs, a halfcab flip, varial flips (one was so good) and ended with a backside bigspin.

Then we went to Saul’s. It was Dave, Saul, Veronica, Tyler and Eric showed a little later. Tyler was completely shredding. Saul did a back lipslide! I have no idea what Dave was doing in this photo, I just kind of pointed the phone at him and snapped a shot. I didn’t do much, but still love carve grinds. I tried a few switch feebles since Dave challenged me to it, but couldn’t really get the speed. At least it was an excuse to finally do a rock fakie in the ‘deep’ end. Eric had a bad slam recently I guess, so was a little timid, but still had feeble fakie in the deeper end first try.

(setup null rabethica 8.5 deck, venture 5.8 black icon trucks, venom 88a bushings bones v1 stf 51mm wheels, es swift 1.5 grey size 11.5, low profile footprint gamechanger insoles)
(knee pain 3/10)