I was feeling very arthritic and sore. Ugh. Met Jack at Ques then we checked out a nearby cement pond that was unfortunately wet. Then we went to the bank to curb/ledge spot to warm up. Most of the time that spot feels really hard to skate and this day was not exception. Especially in my condition. Jack boardslide the taller ledge, wallied up it, wallie to switch crooks transfer and some front 5-0s on the little one. I mostly just did tricks that don’t involve ollieing like slappy tail, switch noseslides band a few boardslides. Oh yeah, kind of did a hurricane. Then we went to a gap spot for Jack. He tried to switch front heel into a bank. Got close, but never rolled away. Before he started trying I did a couple ollie to axle stalls. Pretty fun.

@the_neviathan the switch front @rabethica was harder then i thought. I totally did it @hellagnarbrosevelt style, just not as good. Next challenge for you and @boredzinejp is a beanplant over something tiny like this. #theglenandjosholdfartlongdistanceinstagramtricksuperchallenge #andnate Thanks for filming on a hurt ankle @jackspanbauer.

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Feb 14, 2015 at 5:29pm PST

Then we went to the Research Center. I was still feeling like crap. Took a long time to get a boardslide pop out. Jack started doing the grind to wallride he wanted to film so we filmed that. He got it pretty quick. So sick! Then I asked him to try it again so I could get a photo and he rolled his ankle. Oh man I felt bad. Sorry Jack. What a weird one, we think he actually rolled it against the wall. Luckily it wasn’t a bad one and hopefully he’ll be late shoving again soon. I went and tried the switch front noseslide for awhile to keep the old guy #theglenandjosholdfartlongdistanceinstagramtricksuperchallenge challenge going. I always thought I was sliding further, but once again once I see the footage the reality set it. Oh well. Then we went to St Julien to meet up with Bernie, Riley and Nolan but they weren’t there. I couldn’t ollie much so started hucking bean plants then Jack hobbled over and filmed it. Thanks Jack! Carleigh had shown up too and did a couple steezy kickflips. I had a back 180 over it too that felt really good. Then tried to piece together a little line of halfcab flip then b/s flip over the curb. The halfcab flip was not working though and I got really tired. Then we just hung out a bit before going our separate ways.

(setup 8.25 venture wides bones med bushings no washers null wheels)

Went to blue skies on a nice morning. I was pretty tired from lot sleeping well for some reason. It was friday so I planned on keeping with the flatground tradition. There were kids in the hockey rink so I went into the empty skatepark area. I hit the banks a little to warm up then mostly went into the flippers. It started off pretty good. Halfcab flip, fakie flip, fakie bigflip, varial flip, heelflip, f/s halfcab flip, but then I got stuck. Tried treflip, nollie treflip, nollie bigflip and f/s halfcab heel. Couldn’t do them. The treflip being the most maddening. I focused on just it for awhile and eventually landed an over 40 ‘Baker Maker’. I was late on getting back to work at that point so I bailed right away. Before the treflip rage I ollied the flat bar as a test to see if the big board really seemed to help my ollies. It felt good for sure. Cool. It’s not like I can land treflips consistently on any sized setup.

(setup 8.25 venture wides bones med bushings null wheels)

T shirt at night in February alright!

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Feb 12, 2015 at 7:19pm PST

Another nice day in the 60s. I went to research center around 7pm to meet Jack and Carleigh. I arrived first. I went up to the main entrance and rode down the stairs a couple times before heading back to the ledge area. I did a couple warm up lines with some 180s off the bikepath kicker, some more 180s on flat, ollies up the curb and some noseslides. I tried a few noseslides going way faster then normal. Then some crooks not going faster then normal. Then a sloppy back 50 or two not going fast at all. Also had a couple front 50s when Jack and Carleigh showed. I was feeling really good. Rattled off a few flip tricks. Heelflips and fakie flips felt good. Didn’t try a treflip. Maybe that explains why I had fun. Had some lines with manuals on the long pad too. Carleigh was going for front 180 nosegrind and front noseslide. She was locking in super good to the front nose. Such a hard trick. Jack went tech from the start. Boardslide to switch 5-0 180 out. Front 5-0 to front noseslide and a bunch more basics. Lots of poppy kickflips and manuals and stuff. Oh yeah, early on it was warm enough that I shed my hoodie. Hope this weather keeps up!

(setup 8.25 venture wides bones med bushings null wheels)

See more from the artist Frank Zirbel here.

#superthane

A photo posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Feb 10, 2015 at 7:55pm PST

Had some new wheels because I hated those Rictas so bad and I didn’t feel like spending an hour trying to get the busted outer bearing ring out. So big wheels again, 52mm. Ha. They felt big. I did several runs on the ramp. My new wheels made the cool new zing sound on reverts and stuff. Then I did this dorky manual where I rolled fakie on flat towards my living room wall, turned to rock ‘n roll on the side of the ramp (in the flat section) then to forward and manual the flat of Rampy. It was pretty dumb and took me awhile, but it felt pretty neat.

(setup – 8.25 venture wides bones bushings null wheels)

Went to Longmont park right after work. I felt pretty good I thought. I took a few warm up cruises around the park doing nothing. The scene started to bum me out. There was a couple older rollerblade dudes. A longboarder that couldn’t even ride down a bank and would yell “on your left” or whatever anytime he was anywhere near you. And a couple kids that would try the euro over and over and not get even close. A couple other skaters at least. I thought things were gonna go decent and then I tried to front 50 a small ledge and didn’t get close. Ugh. I tried to not let it bother me and actually had a really fun line at one point. Ollie the b/s hip (I may have even left the ground), kickflip on the bank then crooks the ledge. Then I was trying to ollie onto the longer ledge with a bit of speed and failed so bad. I thought I was gonna get on it all good and all of a sudden I was doing the splits on the ledge and fell off it it. Ugh. That was when Fremont’s own Richard showed up. Great. I went over to the mellow bank at that point and tried halfcab flips for awhile. I watched Richard skate the ledge so good as a warm up. 50s and 5-0s super fast both ways. He went on to do nollie front crooks to fakie and the noseblunt you see above. I tried to skate it a little and sucked so went back to the mellow bank and tried fakie tres for awhile. At one point I was close and walked down the bank, but my board didn’t follow. It was just sitting there on the bank. What the heck? Turns out I blew out a bearing and my front left wheel was locked. I worked it out and skated a bit longer. Failed at the ledge some more. My legs were shaky. I think the cold front coming through really messed with me. I ended with an axle stall on the noping qp followed by a kickflip to fakie on the bank and called it a night. Good seeing Richard, he rips. I left very depressed. Some of the worst I’ve ever skated it felt like. Ugh.

(setup 8.25 venture wides bones med bushing crappy ricta wheels)

Good time skating with @hellagnarbrosevelt on day 40 in a row

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Feb 9, 2015 at 7:39pm PST

After dropping India off for ballet I met John at the newish ledge spot on Pearl. We warmed up by dorking around on the banked curb. I should have taken a photo. John did pivot fakie and blunt to pivot fakie on it. We both did some little grinds like feebles and stuff. it was funny. My favorite was a wallie to grind from the side. I made a comment about “I can’t believe how long we’ve skated this” and cracked my board a little on a lipslide attempt. It was fine though. Then we skated the ledges. John was quick on the front 50s. The narrowness of the ledge and slight downhill still weird me out a little. I got some decent crooks and slammed on a back 50 or two. John had a line of front 50 180 out then switch noseslide the next one. I had a couple front 5-0s that were supposed to be 50s. Ha. One of the advantages of not leveling out your ollies like you’re supposed to. I got a front 50 shove out then we played a game of SKATE. It was a long one with several attempts for tricks to be landed. I landed treflip first and he landed it too. He got me on switch front shove, but in the end I got him with high tech maneuvers like heelflip, b/s flip and fakie bigflip

(setup 8.25 venture wides bones medium bushings ricta crap wheels)

After driving down from Buena Vista and resting up a bit I got out to skate right as the sun was setting. Normally I can’t ollie for a few minutes, but I went right up the curb then did a noseslide when I got there. Also manualled the longer manual pad really quick. Went right into trying lines, but didn’t try to get tech. I like that little kicker thing at the top. Started with a back 180 over it, switch front 180 over the manhole, flatground kickflip, ollie up the curb, crooks the ledge. The wider trucks are so great for crooks. The one “tech” line I went for was b/s flip over the kicker, halfcab flip on flat, no comply front 180, switch 180, kickflip up the curb, did a noseslide (but I was trying crooks). Also started with pop shove over the hip and a kickflip after switch 180’ing the curb. Tried to manual down the whole sidewalk and didn’t get close at all. Managed a few sloppy back 50s before locking into a good one. Then thought I should try back 50 back 180 out and of course could no longer back 50. Tried a run of front 180 up the curb, fakie ollie on flat, halfcab noseslide and couldn’t get it. Did a couple front 50s, posed front smiths. I was pretty tired throughout the session from snowboarding/driving so I just left. At least I got my legs back in skate mode.

(setup – 8.25 venture wides bones bushings ricta crap wheels)

At this point the 300 days thing is still in effect and there is faint hope that I skate all 365 days. So for now I’m gonna do everything I can to get a little skating in every day. After snowboarding with Ollie at Ski Cooper we stopped to get gas on the way back to my mom’s house. I grabbed my board, did a nose stall on a curb, a no comply 180, bailed a switch no comply 180. Then did a kickflip and got back in the car. As short and dumb as it was it made me feel great to get a little skating in after all.

(setup – 8.25 venture wides bones bushings ricta crap wheels)

@nolancormier skating it all. Lunch break session. #nullskateboards

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Feb 6, 2015 at 11:25am PST

Had the day off work and went to Lafayette around 9:30 in the morning. I had the park all to myself and did lots of cruising around. That park can be really fun when it’s not crowded. I had a run in the toilet bowl that was super fun with lots of Rampy tricks in a row. Just silly ones like front disaster revert, fakie front 50, front smith, fakie back smith fakie. It was fun. I skated the little manny pad ledge for awhile. Did front 50, front 50 front 180 out, front 50 shove out, front 5-0, front 5-0 shove out and manual. Skating granite is fun. My board felt a little big at times, but that’s to be expected after the recent change. Had some fun lines starting with the ledge, then an ollie on the manhole hump and a trick on the tight little qp at the entrance of the park. I think once I did front 50, ollie, hurricane. Nolan came on his lunch break. And when he did quite a few others joined. Scooter kids, bike kids, etc. Ugh. Nolan killed it. The line above was less then 10 tries. He also had a crazy good pop shove nose manual on the manny pad. And of course slayed all the tranny in the park. The huge airs on the extension in the toilet bowl were gnar. Long grinds on the pool coping in the mid bowl. I had a fun line of wallie the rock hip, no comply 180 on flat, fakie flip on the bank, front 50 the bump to ledge. Down the hubba I only got slow noseslides. I was bummed on how scared I was to do even just noseslides. Oh well.

(setup – 8.25 venture wides bones bushings ricta crap wheels)