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Just did few manuals in the house while pretending to setup for kickfilp out. Or balanced on the carpet in nose manual imagining nollie treflip out. One can dream right?

Went to Blue Skies park on my gym break. It was warm and breezy. There was a biker when I got there that just sat on a bench and looked at his phone. Warming up was whatever. I like warming up with ollie to fakie on the big bank then doing cab kickturns on the little one. Then boardslides on the flatbar, front 50s and noseslides on the main ledge. Then start ollieing the flatbar and stuff. Since I was hyped on the new PJ ledge madness from the surprise NB+ edit I decided I needed to learn a new tech one. I went with noseslide shove. Ever heard of it? Pretty tech. Ha, seriously though I can’t do that trick and I spent basically 20 minutes straight trying it. I would eventually get it and it felt neat, but man I wish that was easier for me. I also had a treflip that felt good, tried boardslide shoves on the flatbar for awhile, and that was about it.

After work I went to Longmont park. Rain was threatening, the wind was blowing and the temperature was dropping. There was almost no one at the park. I was sore so started by carving around the flow bowl for awhile which was pretty fun. Then trying to ollie the hips and stuff. Just cruising. After awhile I forced myself to back 50 the 6′ foot section which is scary for me. I got it after a few ridiculous bails. It felt cool. Then I did a couple bean plants on the noping and some front rocks. Dave showed up around then. The wind was going crazy and the rain was almost making it unskateable. It ended up being kinda nice because it kept the crowds away. Dave had a cool run with a long front tailslide on the bank, rock fakie the noping then a switch f/s ollie on the bank or a cab. Then we settled into a ledge session. I really wanted to do a f/s nosegrind as it’s been a long time. I ended up getting two of them and both felt great. Really great. Dave was trying lines with b/s crooks pop out then f/s crooks. He got close! Can’t believe he can commit to f/s crooks without a wall behind him. So gnar. Then I had to head home where I played basketball with Ollie. Whew, sore legs!

(setup 8.25 null venture wides bones med bushings spitfire f4 50mm 101s)

Wow this is good. Jack Curtin is becoming an all time fave and the PJ tricks were off the charts.

Had a busy day at work then busy when I got home until Rob, Lazer and Fuzz showed up. We went to research center and met Matt there. Hyped to see these dudes! Another nice evening. Fuzz and I started out riding down the stairs. Then he did it switch first try! I’ve only done that once. Matt and Lazer did back 50s first try on the ledge. The main difference being that Matt’s was locked in and perfect. Lazers was the best one ever. He was all over the place. Feet moving on the board, the trucks not even locked in. And he landed it. It was amazing. I had a new board so I didn’t join in on the manual fun on the double pad. I had a couple slow, but fun lines down the hill and was kind of surprised how well flipping the board was working. Got a crooks kinda quick. Was gonna do more, but have a new rule for myself where I have to do at least one back 50 before I do more crooks. It was funny because I locked into back 5-0 on the first one and people thought I was actually trying 5-0. Ha. Even better was that a couple tries later I landed a back 5-0. It was really bad, but still, kinda funny because I was just trying 50. I would end up getting a back 50 as well. Matt is too good. Back 5-0, back tail, front tail, front 50, front 5-0, fakie front 50, fakie nosegrind to foward steezed out like Smolik. Rob focused his board pretty early on. That always makes for a weird session because you know it can’t last much longer. If only Fuzz wouldn’t have lubed up his bearings. Ha. Lazer got into some back tails and crooks. Fuzz a sketchy back 50, then a perfect back 50, then a really funny back 50 back 180 out fall. He also went on to land a crooks popout which he’s never done before. So rad. And that was it. Darn good to see all these dudes and skate together. Lets do it more often!

(setup 8.25 null venture wides bones med bushings 50mm spitfire f4 101)

I love PJ Ladd and I’m not afraid to admit it. This clip has gotten a lot of hate, but I don’t get it. It’s just one roll of film and him warming up at a skatepark or two. I like seeing how he warms up and he kills that bank gap. Switch varial heel? Wow. People say he doesn’t skate like he did during WHL anymore. Looks the same to me. Just doing a ton of tricks at the same spot. He’s still a reclusive skate rat that skates everyday. That’s more then most pros can say for themselves.

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Mar 30, 2015 at 7:29pm PDT

Such a nice day. Felt hot when we first got there. Dave was first and I joined him in skating the little hump. We both struggled for awhile, but Dave did back tails and back tail to fakie super good. I did a front 50 on it. Yippee. Then we all skated a ledge I’ve never skated there before. It backs to the deep end of the bowl so it’s a little weird. Dave was getting on tricks quick. He did front 50s and front 50 180. Rob had boardslide popout and almost front board 270 pop out. Dave also got into front crooks which is super crazy. I took awhile to get up on the ledge and not worry about shooting my board into the bowl, but did front 50 then front 180 down the 3 stair. That was fun. Then I went for front 50 front shove out then front shove down the 3 stair. It’s been awhile since I’ve done anything down a 3 stair. I predicted to Dave that the first one I committed to would probably be a broken board and I was right. But luckily it was still skateable. I would eventually get the line and it felt awesome (even though the shove wasn’t so great). Then we skated the mellow bank in the clip above for awhile. It was a blast. We rattled off a lot of tricks. Dave did his weird underflip, b/s flip, cab nosegrab, f/s cab nosegrab, front shove and probably a bunch more. Rob was doing cabs easy, b/s flip, no comply crailslides (I think) and the awesome b/s no comply shove above. I did mostly flip tricks. No surprise there. Kickflip fakie, b/s flip, fakie flip, halfcab flip, bigflip, 360 flip. Then we skated the main area for a bit. I got a really fun line of cali grind the ledge above the 7′ qp, boardslide the ledge, boneless on the bank, bsts on the hip (it even made the noise!), b/s flip on the little bank, almost f/s flip on the mellow bank. Man that was fun. Dave was going for a crazy long line with a nosestall revert or pop shove on the bank, back 360 over the steep to mellow hip, skate around the park to boardslide the bump to bar. He never got them all in one, but he got them all. Rob was doing no comply to tailslides, manualling the deck of the bank and more of those steezy crailslide things (I need to pay attention to what he’s actually doing). Since my board was really cracked I decided I should push it further and try a line of front 5-0 on the new ledge then kickflip the 3 stair. But on my warm up run of front 50 then ollie I finished it off. Doh. This was one of my favorite skate days in awhile.

(setup 8.25 null venture wides bones med bushings spitfire 50mm f4 101s)

After a long day of chilling, getting a few things done and some soccer with Ollie I went to the research center with some new spitfire 50mms. I was still feeling really bummed from the day before. I sat and waxed the ledge then started with some slow noseslides. My legs weren’t totally dead and I wasn’t as bummed feeling. Then I went for a line of crooks, back 180 up the curb, switch front 180 up the next curb then Ollie the tiny gap. It took a few tries but I would get it. Barely. Next line attempt was back 50, pop shove up the curb, kickflip up the next curb, but never got the kickflip. I messed around with a few flippers too and was doing alright. I was happy to get several back 50s and a treflip that felt awesome. Frontside on the ledge I messed around trying front tails, back 180 nosegrind (not even close) and switch noseslide shove out (landed on it). I was gonna leave and feel somewhat redeemed, but instead I hit the little hill for some flippers. And surprisingly it went really well. Got fakie flip, hc flip, bs flip, Ollie up the curb, noseslide. Another line was fakie bigflip, pop shove, treflip (not bolts) Ollie up the curb, was gonna try crooks but a cop was driving by so I just cruised by. Then I left. Feeling better that I had some energy and coordination after such a tough day the day before.

(Setup 8.25 null, venture wides, bones med bushings, spitfire f4 50mm 101s)

Our macbook died. Well, the hard drive became corrupted and I spent lots of the morning working on it. What a pain. I’m disappointed in Apple for the stupid upgrade path that renders a computer useless. Then Dave and Rob bailed. Carleigh and Jack went to skate parks. I was hoping my body would feel better. As much as I tried to convince myself it was, it wasn’t. I met my old college friend Steve at a bank off Pecos. Upon arriving there I noticed a trailer right in front of the bank. Ugh. You could still skate the mellow part of it so I warmed up with some basics. Oh yeah, I had new Stratfords. Well, not totally new as I’ve skated them before, but I thought 11.5 was too big for me. They felt ok this time around. I did a few variations of kickflips, struggled with varial flips. Steve showed and I was trying 360 flips. I would try them on the steepest part I could fit under the trailer on the approach to. It was pretty fun. I got a couple with my hands down before stomping one that felt amazing. Steve did pop shove to fakie, fakie pop shove and ollies. I added a halfcab flip and we both tried heelflips to fakie. I’ve never done one on a bank. While trying these my legs got stiff and I stopped skating. Then I went to Denver to film Derek. Just pushing to meet him was a chore. He didn’t get his trick. I went home super exhausted and depressed, ate a salad then went to sleep.

(setup 8.25 null venture wides bones medium bushings no washers 52mm null wheels)

Met up with Rob and Dave at Crisis. We hung out for awhile, did bidness and watched some rad old H-Street videos. Then we went to Broomfield park. Almost no one was there. After watching those videos I was some of the most hyped I’ve been in awhile to skate. Unfortunately it didn’t result in me being able to skate worth a shit as I struggled like crazy initially. Rob was keeping it mellow and feeling out his board again. He still did some good boardslides, crooks, manuals, etc. Dave was manualling the steep cement bank like it was nothing. He had a cool dropin on the hubba to the deck of the quartapotty then rolled in. So rad. I had a couple lines around the park that felt cool. Had some f/s ollies on the brick qp that felt neat and crooks up the little escalator ledge. Near the end Dave and I were trying lines starting at the top. He got a long back tail on the hump, boardslide down the rail then nose manual the black box! So good. If only he didn’t slam on the rock fakie after. Ha. I had an ok run of f/s flip on the hump, front 180 into the bank then halfcab noseslide the black ledge. I was trying for halfcab flip on the hump, kickflip into the hip then a f/s 50 shove, but I never got the kickflip into the bank.

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Mar 27, 2015 at 3:34pm PDT

Then we went to Safeway ledge for awhile. It was fun! Rob kept getting the feel back and did some switch boardslides, noseslide 270 and more. I did like 5 or 6 kick back 50s. Tried to do 5-0s a couple times, but only got 50s. Tried back 50 shove and got close. Dave and I both got front tailslides. His was good. Then we did front crooks! Well, I did little ones to fakie where I push off the wall. Dave did the manly one above!

(setup 8.25 null venture wides bones medium bushings no washers 52mm null wheels)