Went into the garage for my 5 minute minimum. Did some basic manuals. Called it a night.

Today's Tour de parking garages summed up in 60 seconds. With @43shifty and @fullertrron. Can't wait for warmer weather.

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on May 1, 2016 at 6:42pm PDT

On another cold and snowy day I met Rob and Dave at the bottom of St Julien. The garage is dark, boring and depressing. Rob and I were over it immediately. But good ol’ Dave brought the hype. Rob mastered wallie nollies. Dave did regular, switch wallies, regular switch no complies and made the parking block death trap look way less scary then it is. My line in the clip above pretty much sums up everything I did, with the exception of getting close to noseslide transfer and a slappy crooks or 5.

We went to another garage where we stayed for awhile (the one with the angled curb). Saw Rob do some proper slappy back 50s all posted on top, slappy crooks, front slappy slash. Dave was doing switch tricks like above. I was kind of in my own world. I was trying to get used to some new shoes and trying a long line I would probably never get. No comply a tiny curb, nollie 360 flip on flat, quick little manual, front 50 the parking block, ollie the little trash can, 360 flip. Yeah, I was dreaming. I never got the nollie 3 flip, but I did get almost every other part of the line (except the one other hard trick – 360 flip). I messed around with some other flippers.

@corpoglenny ripping

A photo posted by Rob Helmstetter (@43shifty) on May 1, 2016 at 4:07pm PDT

Last up was this garage. I did a few slappy crooks, Dave and Rob did some long back 50s. Rob and I were pretty beat. Dave was still going nuts and filmed a banger (saved for The Stubborns).

(setup 8.25 null awkward vector, venture lows, bones medium bushings, 3 washers on inside of axles, 51mm stf v2, Es Sal black/gum)

After a fun morning with the family I set out to enjoy some dry crete. The snow had stopped falling and cleared up immediately. Unfortunately it was replaced with a cold breeze. I started by riding down the long stairs a few times. It was sprinkling/snowing a little constantly, but not enough to stick. I didn’t wax the ledge at all. Probably not a good move. I got noseslide, struggled a bit with noseslide to fakie, crooks first try, never a good locked in back 50, halfcab noseslide, front board pop out, jib bonk front noseslide, a front 50 that took way too long. I tried a lot of flatground in between that I didn’t land. Although I was pretty good on my heelflip ration which has been rough lately. The wind was messing with everything for sure. After awhile I skated the spot in a way that I hadn’t before. Fakie bigflip on the sidewalk below the ledge, pop shove off, then tried a front crook on the ledge. The fakie bigflip took a long time and it was making me mad and the wind was getting to be too much so I left. It started snowing harder around then as well.

#sickofcoldweather #sickofskatingingarages #iwouldlikesomecheesewithmywhine #ohwaitidonteatcheeseanymore

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Apr 30, 2016 at 5:05pm PDT

So I went to this garage. I was determined to land 10 rare(ish) flip tricks. The warm up trick was b/s flip. I hit my hand on one of the beams. It spooked me and after that I couldn’t really do a trick without worrying about hitting my hand. Even if I timed it around a beam. Ugh. So I went to the lower part of the garage next to it. The concrete was rough, there was a huge puddle and my mood was bad. The only thing remotely fun was trying front pivot kickflips out on a curb. I got close. The best trick I did was probably not focusing my board. I am so sick of this cold weather. Yeah yeah, I know, you should expect this in Colorado. I don’t care. I’m sick of it.

(setup 8.25 null awkward vector, venture lows, bones medium bushings, 3 washers on inside of axles, 51mm stf v2, nbnumeric pj stratford 533 white/gum)

Went into the garage on a snowy night. So sick of this weather. I had some motivation to skate. I did some manuals to get warmed up, took a few tries to get a kickflip then just hucked nollie flip and switch heels over and over. Never got close to either unfortunately.

(setup 8.25 null awkward vector, venture lows, bones medium bushings, 3 washers on inside of axles, 51mm stf v2, nbnumeric pj stratford 533 white/gum)

It was supposed to snow for a few days. I didn’t have to be to work until 9:30. It was still dry out. So I went to the Boulder park in the morning. There was another dude there when I arrived. He was having fun getting carvy with it. I cruised around a little, did a couple very basics in the mini section. Struggled with front d which bummed me out. Did a horrible beanplant. Did some ollies over the hip and a kickflip. Tried to front 50 the down ledge and totally couldn’t. It bummed me out. As did carving around. I spent the rest of the time trying cabs over the tiny hip until I got one (as shown above, I man as partially shown above). I’ve never really done cabs before so I’m trying to learn them.

Then after switching back to lows (with a riser) I went to the trusty Valmont garage. I was a little sore from skating earlier in the day, but not too bad. My first wallie over the parking block was not a rock stop slam so that was good. Kickflips came pretty easy. Soon I was trying a bunch of stuff. I really didn’t land much (as usual), but I was trying hard. Got close to nollie flip, varial heel, hardflip, switch flip, nollie 360 flip, 360 flip. Got halfcab flips, heelflip, fakie flip, b/s flip. On the tiny curb I made myself lock into halfcab crook. I did a few, they felt rad. Also some front tailslides, front crook stalls. Then I was forcing myself to ollie the newspaper stand or do a 360 flip. After a bailed 360 flip I went to push and something was weird and my board shot off. Turns out I broke the truck. Doh. I haven’t done that before. Good thing I have some older ones I can use to setup.

(setup 8.25 null awkward vector, venture v-hollie hi’s in the morning, venture lows in the evening, 3 washers on inside of axles, 51mm stf v2, nbnumeric pj stratford 533 white/gum)

Went into the garage after celebrating Ollie’s birthday. My legs had some juice and I could have gone for a real session, but I just did the little spins and stuff and called it a night.

Went to these ledges on a cool night with sprinkles threatening to move the session indoors. I was incredibly stiff when I started. As I tried some silly pivots to fakie on the banked curb this old lady’s dog was barking at me something fierce. It was this little brown poodle looking dog. The lady was cool, she said she hoped I wasn’t scared of dogs. Naturally I said I wasn’t, but maybe this dog. She laughed. Normally people like that hate skating, but she was cool and wished me a good night. I got some noseslides going, ride on front 50s on the escalator part, a kickflip or two. It became a struggle to do anything else though. Got a few crooks. Most just bonked off right away, but I had a few that grinded for awhile. Kind of got a line with crooks over one gap and then noseslide 270 out over the next, but the 270 was in no way legit. Not very close to front crooks, front tail, front smith or even back 50 really. After awhile I left. It wasn’t raining, but it was cold and I kind of just wanted to skate flatground.

So I went to the Valmont garage. I set my board down, took one push and went to wallie a parking block, but hit a stop rock and slammed. I was close to a board focus. This time of year it’s hard to be excited about parking garages. Shortly after a truck pulled in and this guy stopped when he saw me. I was like great, a kickout. Instead he told me to have fun and enjoy the warmth. Whoa, cool! I stubbornly kept skating and would eventually have a couple highlights. One was a line of switch ollie a parking block, fakie flip on flat, halfcab flip on flat, kick back tail the tiny curb (it felt really good though). Another line was pop shove on flat, 360 flip on flat, kickflip front 50 (sloppy as it gets, but it’s been awhile). Other then that I didn’t get much of what I tried. No nolllie flips, proper cabs, nollie cabs, switch heels, or another kick back tail. Those lines did cheer me up though.

(setup 8.25 null awkward vector, venture v-hollow light 5.2 hi with 3 washers on the inside of the axles, venom 88a bushings, bones stf 51mm v2, nbnumeric pj stratford 533 white/gum)

Worked an 11 hour day. Didn’t have the energy to get out and skate so just went in the garage for a little minimum. I think I just kind of spun some cabs around and other stuff.

(setup 8.25 null awkward vector, venture v-hollow light 5.2 hi with 3 bushings on the inside of the axles, venom 88a bushings, bones stf 51mm v2, nbnumeric pj stratford 533 white/gum)

Long ass hike with Liz starting at our house. So fun.

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Apr 24, 2016 at 4:31pm PDT

Went on a long walk hike with Liz and was super sore and tired after. Went for a short minimum in the garage. Posed some more cabs without ollieing. Maybe I will one day land a real one.

@boredzinejp I challenge you to the boardslide run along. Inspired by @louiebarletta. Takes a bit to figure it out, but I know you will. #theglenandjosholdfartlongdistanceinstagramtricksuperchallenge

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Apr 24, 2016 at 7:39am PDT

Up early on a Saturday morning that was super nice out. Did some yoga, ate and then left to go skate while others woke up. I went to this bench to try a boardslide ghost ride for the game of OLDFART. At first I thought it would be impossible. Mainly because I couldn’t even ollie high enough to get on the bench initially. Slowly I would boardslide further, then enough to start trying the jump off. It took me about an hour before I got the last one. It was a blast to land it though.

Then I met Rob, Dave, Fuzz and Austin at the new bank spot. It was funny because another old guy showed up randomly. And he was on a Null board! A lot went down, remembering it all is impossible. We skated this for a long time. Rob and I warmed up with the ol’ no comply bigspin. Austin did all wallrides and wallies real quick like. Who invited the young guy? Fuzz had the steeziest halfcab flip in history. Dave got wallie over the hip which he’s wanted to do for awhile. I struggled with kickflip fakie so did bigflip first try. Rob came close to wallie nollies. Dave did his pop shove body varial and wallrid over the pipe. Fuzz called out his primos and landed a wallride or two. A lot more went down, it was a really fun session. Dave and I were the last ones standing and tried switch flips on the bank for awhile. Dave got real close. I was happy to huck it. Rob had to take off.

Today ruled.

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Apr 23, 2016 at 10:21pm PDT

Then we went to this random pond spot Dave hadn’t skated in 20 years (literally). We were sketched at first, but it ended up being chill. We totally experienced the initial “how do you skate this?” feeling, but ended up getting some goods. I spent my time trying kickflips over the hip (not another kickflip). Dave and Austin stalled out the tall part of the ledge. Austin had some crazy transfers and a front blunt on the ledge. Fuzz had a sick nose pick along with some epic tail stalls (ie, not epic). Dave rattled off a ton of tricks and ended with a line that had a pivot shove to fakie. So sick! Dave left.

@nolancormier kickflip fakie. 📸 @_f_u_z_z

A photo posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Apr 24, 2016 at 7:01am PDT

After that it was chill mode. We watched Nolan and Garrett skate this spot. I filmed them get some tricks. It was fun. Then it got cold and we called it a day.

(setup 8.25 null awkward vector, venture v-hollow light 5.2 hi with 3 washers on the inside of the axles, venom 88a bushings, bones stf 51mm v2, nbnumeric pj stratford 533 white/gum)