Got to Denver park at 8:30 feeling exhausted, unmotivated and cold. I also quickly realized how stupid I am to think that an 8″ works for me again after a week of skating in my garage. I slammed rolling off a ledge and one point after my back foot slid off the back off the little nose. I did not skate well at all. I got an axle stall on the double up bank thing, a halfcab flip that took a lot of tries, a couple slow front 50s on the little ledge in the corner and not much else. Dave had some moves. Wallrides, ollies in the dishes, etc that were cool. Yesterday he wasn’t feeling very well, today I wasn’t. Simon joined and we went to this famous spot.

Simon early morning boardslide to fakie

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Oct 25, 2015 at 9:09pm PDT

Simon and Dave went for it. Dave got remotely close to boardsliding all of it, but he is goofy footed so has a disadvantage in speed. Simon noseslid and boardslid to fakie it. So sick!

I on the other hand was SUCKING. After filming those guys for awhile I tried to front 50 the concrete ledge above. It took me forever. It was ridiculous. It also took me too many tries to boardslide the metal one. I did get a noseslide first try at least.

A couple @jackspanbauer highlights from today's amazing #slappyslalom. Thank you so much for hosting such a fun event @badeggskatezine! Guest appearance from @charleydavidson

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Oct 25, 2015 at 7:03pm PDT

And of course some @nolancormier clips from #slappyslalom. How the heck did he grind through that wiper? #contestmakenosepick Thanks again @badeggskatezine!

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Oct 25, 2015 at 7:48pm PDT

Then it was off to Slappy Slalom 5! Aka Slappy Ending. Where I didn’t hardly skate at all. I mostly just watched everyone rip. There was so many obstacles and people it was insane. Nolan and Jack killed it. Everyone did. It was a blast to watch. Near the end of the day I finally did a few lines. Did the little rainbow rail. Did the same line as last year. Slappy crooks, manual the crisis box, boardslide the long pvc slider.

@matthouse back nosegrind

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Oct 26, 2015 at 5:59am PDT

Then it was off to here where everyone was tired. Matt killed the ledges though. Nosegrind, back tail, front tails, etc. Bernie had some moves too. First try front smith front 180 out. Nolan proved he isn’t just a tranny skater. Scotty had some crazy good treflips, nosegrinds and almost front hurricane on the elevated curb. I got one crooks, small boardslides and felt tired. Tried noseslide 270 shove for awhile and failed. Bernie did a fakie manual fakie flip out on the long low manny pad. Nolan did kickflip nose manual. Bernie and I tried fakie bigflip manuals for awhile, he got one. I never even flipped the board up there. Argh. I was really hating my small setup by the end of the day and my wheels had a huge flat spot from the two powerslides I did at Slappy Slalom.

(setup 8″ null venture lows 50mm ojs westgate emericas grey)

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