A little sample of the fun had yesterday. @hayden.don.miller @garrettswheelers @monico_dan_can #yesmonicowasplayingbillyjoel

A post shared by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Sep 18, 2017 at 6:42pm PDT

@monico_dan_can !!!

A post shared by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Sep 17, 2017 at 3:51pm PDT

Jack and Hayden met at my house at 7am and after swooping Garrett up in Denver we were off to Trinidad to meet up with Monico. We met there because it’s halfway for both of us. We arrived at the park to Monico with his camera pointed at us and Elton John playing. Cracked us up. Hugs and board exchanges later we hit the park. We started in the lower part. Man that park is wild. Weird lumpy transitions with cracks and holes in spots. I didn’t skate down there much, mostly just posed and watched the ripping. Jack did some cool nose stalls going up the bank to hubba, kickflip nose stall first try. A couple broken decks later he was chilling. Ha. Garrett flowed, but wasn’t feeling it too much either. Monico was jumping on the rails/hubba right away and doing flippers all over the place. Man he’s good. Hayden popped some lofty b/s ollies on the oval lump, airs over snowboard jump, grinds and apparently jumped over Monico when they were trying to film lines.

Then we skated the ‘street’ section. It would have been more fun for me had the first step not been mostly wet. I had some fun 50s and came somewhat close to a slow switch front crook. Hayden’s nose manual is ridiculous. Garrett never quite got the line, but the Powell Magic is funny either way. Monico was shredding so hard. The 180s up and switch/fakie tricks off came quick. The front 50 up the weird corner ledge took a minute, but wow.

We left the park looking for some street spots. I joked how we should find a 15 stair for Monico. Well to my surprise a few minutes later we did. And he skated it! It was surreal to there filming Monico get buck. Well, I didn’t really film because my daughter had taken the memory card out of the camera and forget to put it back. Argh. Luckily Jack got a killer angle. Thanks Jack.

After a stop at Zumiez so Jack could be an Independent shirt (ha) we hit Pueblo CSU. Jack setup a new board, Garrett and Hayden played on the ledge area and I went to go skated this little bank spot. They all came and joined me. That thing is so fun. I was doing lots of back 5-0s, took awhile to get some front 5-0s, posed some front nosegrinds and back hurricanes. Hayden did some crazy bluntslide combos. The bluntslide body varial was crazy. He also did no comply tailslide easily too. Garrett had some blunts too, tailslides, and posed the photo above. Jack was struggling then did a b/s flip nosegrind like it was nothing. Amazing. I think he got a noseblunt too. We skated this bench to bank area. Jack got a sick manual popped into the bank, Hayden with a crazy fastplant then hardflip. Garrett got a nose manual, but cheated the landing a little. I posed some 360 no complys out. Man I felt bad.

Then we hit the newer Pueblo park. It’s pretty neat, but most of the stuff we all wanted to skate is right in the same area. Jack and I were really struggling. I came super close to focusing my board. It took me 20 tries to get a front 50 on the tiny bank to curb. Garrett was ripping. Solid basics that look good. Front tail, front noseslides. Hayden did some really crazy stuff. The front noseslide bonk thing, wallie 50s, 5-0 t fakie the China bank. Last thing I tried was a back 50 on it that took too long. I guess I at least went over the hip thing. Jack shut it down with manual up, manual down kickflip out then later ollie up kickflip to switch manual down. So sick. Fun day with the Nullers. We got a good thing going.

(setup null spanbauer 8.38″ deck, venture v-light 5.8, bones medium bushings, 3 washers on the outside of each axle, old 51mm spitfire f4 classics, new balance numeric 212 sand 11, spenco 3/4 thinsoles, footprints 5mm insole)

Super random and awesome day with @ollie.gillingham and @skateboard_chicken

A post shared by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Sep 16, 2017 at 3:41pm PDT

Slept in for once on a Saturday which is 8:15 am these days. Felt nice. My nuts were fine, but somehow I actually hurt my right ankle yesterday. Not bad enough to prevent me from skating, but enough to need additional stretching in the morning. Saul biked over and we piled into my car with Ollie. We went to Triple Nipple which was surprisingly crowded. This made warming up in the cooler weather even harder. Ollie and I played on the little qp up top a lot where we did the double front rocks. Ollie also did rock ‘n roll and halfcab over the hip. He skated around the park and didn’t seem too bothered with the masses. I struggled to get it together, took a long time to get a tiny crook on the ledge. Saul was bummed on the crowd too. It wasn’t like people were jerks or anything, we knew a lot of them, it’s just a small park and hard to skate when it’s crowded. I saw him hit some fun lines though which is exactly what that park is about.

After a 303 / donut stop we randomly chose the Mott’s. When we got there Ric and Christian were there. So sick. As well as a few other rippers. Ollie only took two runs in the bowl. Saul was quick on long grinds like it was nothing. I get thrown off by the tile. My brain thinks as soon as I hit it I’m on the coping. So it took awhile to get a few little grinds, but I had fun. Ric was shredding. Grinds over the hips, smiths. Christian makes transition looks really fun. Ha. He can do all kinds of grinds/slides anywhere. Seeing the Mott’s skate was rad too. Ashley is killing it so soon after having a baby. Those two are good people. Then we needed to bounce.

(setup null spanbauer 8.38″ deck, venture v-light 5.8, bones medium bushings, 3 washers on the outside of each axle, old 51mm spitfire f4 classics, new balance numeric 212 sand 11, spenco 3/4 thinsoles, footprints 5mm insole)

Before work trick tip: How to sack yourself on a ledge going slow. #ouch #

A post shared by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Sep 15, 2017 at 9:07am PDT

Woke up early on a Friday when I have the late shift at work (9:30am). I decided to hit Erie park hoping it would be empty (it was) and got there a little before 8am. There was some puddles from spinklers, but it was mostly perfect. Warming up was of course a battle being so early, but probably went better than expected. After a few tiny ollies and boardslides I started to try some stuff. Got a line with crooks on the main long ledge, kickflip on flat then manual the little box. I would end up getting a lot of crooks, that ledge is great. I had a lot of fun doing little ollies to fakie and fs/bs ollies on the banks around the park. I was actually surprised at how much fun I was having doing dorky little things throughout areas that normally have people flying through. I had an ollie up a level that felt great and made me happy I chose to ride a big board again. Ollies to fakie on the banks were feeling great. Couldn’t get a cheater back 50 on the tiny box. On the main ledge I ended up getting a few tricks. Noseslide, noseslide to fakie, boardslide, front board, the worst front nose ever, switch noseslide, switch front nose, halfcab noseslide, crooks and happy to say a couple little front 50s. I just haven’t been able to pop that trick at all lately so it felt cool to get a couple even if that was it. The last challenge was to noseslide a taller ledge into the bank. I setup my phone for extra courage as I was scared and I wanted a screengrab for the blog. I got one, but wanted to clean it up and the next one didn’t go so good. I got sacked pretty good. At least t’s funny to watch.

(setup null spanbauer 8.38″ deck, venture v-light 5.8, bones medium bushings, 3 washers on the outside of each axle, old 51mm spitfire f4 classics, new balance numeric 212 sand 11, spenco 3/4 thinsoles, footprints 5mm insole)

Late night mission for me. Meaning 8:30pm. Ha ha. I had put together the complete I had in Cali again and put myself on probation – no more changes for a month. I went to the ledge wanting to work on the basics. Got a couple really bad back 50s, was near 100% on crooks. Also got noseslide, noseslide fakie, boardslide, switch front nose, switch front nose to forward, a completely terrible halfcab noseslide. Didn’t really skate it uphill. Maybe just a switch noseslide. Didn’t do much for flippers, mostly because I couldn’t land a fakie flip.

(setup null spanbauer 8.38″ deck, venture v-light 5.8, bones medium bushings, 3 washers on the outside of each axle, old 51mm spitfire f4 classics, new balance numeric 212 sand 11, spenco 3/4 thinsoles, footprints 5mm insole)

Got to hang with two of my favorite dudes in the 🌎 tonight! Thanks for ruling @corpoglenny and @andy_weiss

A post shared by Chris Jones (@sweetmalarkey) on Sep 13, 2017 at 9:50pm PDT

After work, driving, MRKT, Chipotle Dave and I rolled to Northside for only my second time being there after dark. The lights are really good except on the ledge. The crew there was so sick. Hayden, Jaeson, Andy, Chris and many more. Trying to skate was super hard and painful so I mostly just talked for awhile which was fun. I filmed Hayden a little. Tried to get going in the back corner with little hump ollies and barrier axle stalls. Chris Jones had some sick tailslides on the china bank, bonelesses, boardslides, more. Andy was rolling in everywhere, almost got kickflip pivot on the weird bank that gets steep at the end. Dave was all over the place. He said later he was struggling, but he was ripping as far as I could tell. Pivot/transfers on the barriers, manuals, slappy feebles, much more. I finally at least tried hard for awhile with a line of wallie, little slash the china bank then alley oop kickflip on the bank. Got close. Andy and Chris were gonna leave, but instead we all started trying 360 flips on flat. Andy was first. Chris was second. Dave and I never got one. I came close, but I’m not 70 years old so landing 270 with both hands down doesn’t count. I was incredibly frustrated with my skating and my setup, but seeing all of those dudes was great.

(setup 8″ null monico deck, venture v-hollow highs, bones medium bushings, 52mm bones stf v5, nbnumeric 212 sand, spenco 3/4 thinsoles, 5mm footprint insoles)

Went across the street after an active day ( swimming, gym, basketball, work) wanting to skate a little and check out the new area. It was darker than I had hoped. The little wallride area is cool though. Did a few of these, never really did them on an actual wall before.

(setup 8″ null monico deck, venture v-hollow highs, 88a venom bushings, 52mm bones stf v5, nbnumeric 212 sand, spenco 3/4 thinsoles, 5mm footprint insoles)

Feeling a little groggy I met up with Rob and Dave at Crisis shortly after noon. After some bidness we went across the street. All 3 of us had new decks. Dave and I had the board that Rob designed and Rob had some random Christian Death board. Ha ha. I had setup an 8″ Monico deck after enjoying the small board the day before, but I went for high trucks with bigger wheels. Anyway, warming up went good. I probably skated my best the first 30 minutes then started feeling really warn down and tired. Rob was getting at it and almost got back 108 fakie 50 shove out first try so we setup Hosercam. It because a battle, but in the end Rob was successful getting it super good. I hucked a Safeway dream trick, kickflip front 50, but never committed. I had some fun back 50s, struggled with fakie 50s. Dave rattled off all kinds of tricks. 50s, 50 nollie shoves, 50 180s, 5-0s, the Blaine trick, halfcab noseslide, and mostly a halfcab noseslide 270 out. Rob went on to do back 50 bean plant out, front tail body varial, just straight ripping. I had a couple flip tricks early on that felt good, but the roughness of the asphalt there is starting to not feel great to try flip tricks. I sat for awhile. A couple other dudes joined. Dave was trying front crooks and would land it once the camera was turned off.

@fullertrron boosting #thestubborns

A post shared by Rob Helmstetter (@43shifty) on Sep 10, 2017 at 3:05pm PDT

We bounced to the bank spot. I felt better there then I thought I would. After some warming up I filmed Rob and Dave get some lines involving tailslides, bean plants, front shoves and bonelesses. Good stuff. I struggled with ollies to fakie, boneless, b/s flip (Dave beat me to it) and then hucked a b/s heelflip for a bit at the end. I never got very close. Dave boosted huge bonelesses. Dave and I had some fun chinese nollies out of the sidewalk and some close calls. I guess that’s about it, the dudes stacked clips. Oh yeah, I ended trying a bigflip and didn’t get very close. Argh. I went home and fell asleep for a long time. Guess I was feeling a little sick. Ugh.

(setup 8″ null monico deck, venture v-hollow highs, 88a venom bushings, 52mm bones stf v5, nbnumeric 212 sand, spenco 3/4 thinsoles, 5mm footprint insoles)

Went to Research Ledge on a busy day where I was feeling paralyzed by my setup OCD. Lows vs Highs. Small board vs big. Riley had stopped by and encouraged an 8″ board with lows so what’s what I did. It felt whatever. The first kickflip still took several tries and I still wasn’t able to front 50. I did manage a few sloppy back 50s, noseslides. Struggled with some lines, may have gotten a bad one or two. I was riding a super old 8″ board that was razor tailed, so some of the lack of pop can be blamed on that. Didn’t get a treflip, but did get a first try heelflip that felt very easy, almost fakie heelflip. It got really windy for awhile and I just tried really slow noseslides trying do the 270 shove out. Didn’t get close. Did a couple more crooks and rested. Tried to get halfcab noseslide next, but it hurt so I left.

(setup old null 8″ board that I don’t remember the name of, venture custom hollow lows 5.25, way to hard venom bushing 94a, 52mm bones stf v2 that felt big with low trucks, 1/16″ riser, new balance numeric 212 burgundy size 11, spenco 3/4 thinsole, footprint 5mm insole)

Finally kind of getting the desire to skate again I went to Boulder park before work since I have the late shift. There was a few people when I got there. All skating. It was rad. After being annoyed by my big setup I grabbed my small one. It felt whatever. I wanted to hit the ledges a bunch, but I was too sore. I really didn’t do much of anything actually except make myself do a couple front 50s on the bump to ledge. Bumps weird me out.

(setup 8.25″ null spanbauer deck, venture v-hollow 5.25 highs, venom 88a bushings, 3 washers on the inside of each axle, 52mm bones stf v2, new balance numeric 212 burgundy size 11, spenco 3/4 thinsoles, FP 5mm insole)

Super fun and exhausted trip ender yesterday. @fullertrron @gnarlycarleigh @the_neviathan. Not shown @jackspanbauer @_f_u_z_z @43shifty @harperbenjamin

A post shared by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Sep 6, 2017 at 7:24am PDT

Last day in LA. We piled into the van with all our bags and headed to Stoner park. There was only a few people there! It was so rad even though we were all dead. Rob went off. He was going up and down the curbs, ledges non-stop (it wasn’t until the end of the session that we filmed). Back 50s, manuals, front tails, front noseslides, halfcab noseslides. It was so sick. Jack took the opportunity to learn new manual tricks. Kickflip nose manual and fakie bigpsin manual to bigspin out. Whoa! Fuzz had some tall 50s, but mostly just enjoyed the sun. Carleigh was ripping. Kickflip up the curb (I think?), boardslides, back 50s and ollied the bump to bump more than once. Nate almost did a dream trick of nose manual up, turn front 180 to switch manual down the MJ ledge. Dang! He beat me to kickflip up the curb, manual trick, something off the ledge. This session made me start to question my big setup because I couldn’t front 50 to save my life ( I only got one, but it was really fun). In my stubborness I decided to make my legs hurt more by trying a 3 trick line on the 3 ledges in a row. I got noseslide, boardslide, crook bonk. Tried noseslide to fakie, halfcab noseslide, crooks, but never got it. The ride on grinds down the 3 stair were really fun, that line above was at the end of the day and I was super destroyed tired. I didn’t really see Dave much, he was busy skating the bank to ledges and transition. Oh, he did do an amazing manual to boardslide 270. Oh and Ben Harper showed up after awhile and was super nice to talk to. He was having a front shove day and squeezed in a few treflips and a super smooth heelflip off the little ledge. Super fun session even if my legs didn’t really work.

We kind of skated Venice after that. Nate earned trick of the trip as we rolled up to the boardwalk. Some random security dude called out ‘nollie lazer flip’ and Nate did it. It was epic. We all yelled. Carleigh had some nice noseslides in the park, but other then that i don’t remember anymore skating. What a fun trip. The journal entries are written almost a week later and can no way live up to the aweosmeness of the trip. Love these people.

(setup 8.38 null spanbauer deck, venture 5.8 trucks, venom 91a bushings, no bottom washer, spitfire f4 101a 51mm classic wheels, 3 washers on the outside of each axle, nbnumeric 212 burgundy, spenco 3/4 thinsoles and FP 5mm insoles)