This video really makes me want to skate!

Messing around with the new GoPro (G.P. from here on out). Tried to get all @drpurpleteeth on @gnarlycarleigh before posting up for a rare and new one. #day341 #imburntout

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Dec 21, 2015 at 2:30pm PST

Went to Southern Hills around 1 after a day of mostly slacking. It’s the shortest day of the year and my body mostly just wanted to hibernate. I got to Southern Hill first and didn’t have much motivation at all. Carleigh came after awhile and we mostly just did some stuff on the curb. I had tried to wax it, but it really didn’t grind much. I did a couple back 180 nose pivots that felt like they could grind, but didn’t. I filmed Carleigh to try and get all close and annoying like @drpurpleteeth. I guess you have to get even closer. Carleigh also had a couple good noseslides on the bench. Then she had to leave and I thought I might too, but I ended up staying for awhile trying noseslide shoves. I tried the frontside ones first and they took me awhile. Between tries I would either pose front or switch crooks on the curb. Technically I think I landed both, but not really. I was actually kind of motivated about skating though. After I got the f/s one the b/s one came much quicker. Then I left. It wasn’t cold, but it surely felt like winter. The wind would kick in at times and it was draining. The front nose shove is the first one I’ve done outside of my garage.

(setup 8.38 null venture wides bones medium bushings 52mm spitfire f4 99a nb# pj stratford 533 brown/gum)

Woke up early and motivated to skate. I wanted to redeem the crappy session the day before. I went to campus around 10am in search of dry. I passed on the engineering area as it was too dark. I found this, waxed it some more and started the warm up process of slappy noseslides and stuff. Before long I tried a line. Front 50, go around to the right, kickflip on flat , ollie up the curb, come back and manual the low part of the ledge from the flagstone. I was hyped. Then I went a little harder. Front 50 front 180 out, halfcab flip on flat, kickflip up the curb, nose manual the manny pad. The nose manny felt extra rad because it felt more just like a nosebonk and I’ve never really done that trick. Then the line that would take me forever. Front 50 shove out, fakie flip, switch 180 up the curb, come back and ollie the little curb to drop. No tricks in that line came easy and when I got it I was rather stoked. I sat for a minute and contemplated leaving, but I’m too stubborn. I went for a line of front 5-0, 360 flip on flat, front 180 nose manual. I only landed one 360 flip though and it was the very first one and I bailed the front 180 noseman. Then a cop drove by and posted up behind the building. So I left. I pushed/walked around a little looking for more, but decided to go home instead as I was pretty sore and tired.

(setup 8.38 null venture wides bones medium bushings 52mm spitfire 99a f4 nb# pj stratford 533 brown/gum)

Drove to Denver to sell boards at Emage and 303. I thought Denver would be drier. It was not. So after tons of Christmas shopping and selling boards I ended up back in Boulder. I was going to stop home and grab Ledgy, but I figured I might get stuck. So I drover around looking for dry. I found a decent patch of somehwat downhill asphalt out in the industrial park and went with it. It had a parking block where I warmed up with some different stalls. There was also a little loading dock to do a quick little half push before riding off. I mostly tried some downhill lines. First one was pop shove, kickflip, back 180. It took awhile. The kickflip was killing me. Ugh. Then I tried varial flip, no comply 180, fakie flip. The varial flip almost resulted in a focused board. That trick is the worst. I would eventually get the line, but it took a toll on me. Then was halfcab flip followed by b/s flip. That one took awhile too, but it felt good when I did it. Then I tried to start a line with 360 flip and never landed it. I left frustrated thinking I was going home. But I drove around looking for some more dry spots.

This spot is always dry and I ended up dorking around. It’s obviously really mellow, but when most spots are covered in snow, you gotta do what you gotta do. I started with some side rock variations then tried to do a rock kickflip to fakie. I got really close and then the one I landed was not really to fakie or regs, it just kind of came out and stopped sideways on the bank. Oh well. Rather then leave as the sun set, I stubbornly decided to do 10 flip tricks on the “bank”. I thought it was a bad omen when the first trick I tried, kickflip to fakie, took over 5 tries. Bs flip, fakie flip and halfcab flip all took longer then they should too. But then it started to become fun. F/s flip, fakie f/s flip, varial flip to fakie, fakie varial flip. I randomly decided to do a “bank” trick I’ve never done before. Sex change. And it felt rad! I decided to torture myself with trying 360 flip to fakie which ended up coming pretty quickly, but I put my hand down. I got a few more, but every time my hand touched. I blame the mellowness of the bank. I was sweating at this point too and it felt good.

(setup 8.38 null venture wides 52mm spitfire f4 99a bones medium bushings nb# pj stratford 533 brown/gum)

Hyped to find some dry. #day338

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Dec 18, 2015 at 5:10pm PST

Left work early since I’ll be off for a week. It felt somewhat warm in the 40s and I was thinking I’d just be skating flatground somewhere. But low and behold there was a window of dry at the research ledge! The runway had some wet, the angles were different, it wasn’t easy. I did a couple noseslides and a boardslide before crooks. The crooks felt really rad. At this point I was hyped that I was able to skate outside and grind a little. Then I started trying back 50s. UGH! I tried to do them with less angle then normal. Well actually, I didn’t really have much choice since the snow effected that. Plus I had to get on a little later which was taller. I would end up getting a few really bad ones, but I mostly just got bummed. I did a few more crooks to ease off the pain. Tried a few flip tricks on the sandy sidewalk above the ledge. Even kickflips were hard. Couldn’t do a treflip. Ended by trying halfcab noseslide and couldn’t believe how hard it was for me. I got super bummed, but kept at it until I landed the worst one ever. It’s tough being so stubborn.

(setup 8.38 null venture wides bones medium bushings 52mm spitfire f4 99a nb# pj stratford 533 brown/gum)

In today’s fast paced world of online video parts I tend to forget about a lot of parts. So I’m trying to blog more of them so I can check later on at the parts I really liked. This weeks winner is Chris Luhring in Corridor Of Shame 2. This dude is a powerhouse! Go pick up the dvd.

Flo Mirtain has become a favorite. This is a perfect example of why.

Was feeling kind of sick after a tough night of food poisoning or something. Took a nap after work and then messed around in the garage for a bit. I had watched Felipe Gustavo’s part in 1947 and thought about a dream trick of mine, 360 flip noseslide. So I just went out and hucked it for about 15 minutes. I never got even remotely close, but it did feel remotely possible. I’ll keep hucking it in the garage. I also hucked more flip tricks I can’t do. I guess I feel dumb doing tricks I know how to do in my garage because everything is so slow. But I don’t feel so bad hucking in hopes of being able to do some of these tricks out in da streets.

(setup 8.38 null venture wides bones medium bushings 52mm spitfire f4 99a nb# pj stratford 533 brown/gum)

New promo that showed before the Crisis video premiere.

Starring:
Jack “late shove” Spanbauer filmed by Corpo Glen Gillingham
Nolan “token transition guy” Cormier filmed by Glen Gillingham
David “or is it Dave” Lopez (wheel team) filmed by Rudy Garcia
Max “Rando #4” Garson (wheel team) filmed by Cameron Youngman
Josh “natural” Steele (wheel team) filmed by Cameron Youngman
Monico “tries harder when he skates with Sheckler” Candelaria filmed by Tony Tomita
Riley “about to be able to skate again” Persing filmed by Glen Gillingham

Edited by Glen Gillingham
Art Direction by Rob Helmstetter
Song choice by Jack Spanbauer so if you think it’s too mellow blame Jack.

Same setup as last night. Hucked kickflip noseslides one way and rotated through just about every flipper going the other way. I didn’t land anything. Hucking is fun. I even hucked tricks like switch hardflip and switch varial heel which I have 0% chance of landing. Got closer to kickflip noseslides.

(setup 8.38 null venture wides bones medium bushings spitfire f4 99a 52mm nb# pj stratford 533 brown/gum)

On a cold and snowy night I did not want to try for a parking garage so I went into the garage. After some warm up manuals I started hucking. I managed to actually noseslide the ledge and do a tiny crooks on it. Then I hucked kickflip noseslides for a long time. Going the other way in the garage I would mostly huck switch heels or nollie heels mostly. I went a long time without landing anything. I got remotely close to switch heel and very close to kickflip nosestall. Kind of hyped to have a little area where I can try that trick at least.

(setup 8.38 null venture wides bones medium bushings 52mm spitfire f4 99a nb# pj stratford 533 brown/gum)