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)