This one is for you @boredzinejp #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on May 29, 2016 at 11:49am PDT

The Fremonsters and I hit Memorial Park in CO Springs to start a nice day. Chris was there! After a brief run or two through the park dodging kids we quickly decided to get out of there and skate the vert ramp! Ha. It was a blast though. We all pumped it. Chris did a mini demo and showed us some inverts that were gnarly! I was super hyped on early grab airs that I just learned a few days prior. Great warm up.

Just got rained out, classic CO trip #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on May 29, 2016 at 1:48pm PDT

Then we went to the bank school with steps to grind. Most of us skated the mellow steps for awhile. Some of us, like me, stayed on the beginner section the entire time. My list of tricks I landed is so expansive. Front 50, sketchy back 5-0. Yeap, that is it. Got close to crooks at least, but it started to rain. Everyone struggled with the smaller section though. Even Nolan couldn’t back tail it first try. Fuzz had some nice front 50 back 180s. Matt did a bunch of tricks including front tail, front 5-0. Nolan had crooks and front nosegrind. Rob, Fuzz, Dan, Joe, Nolan had a bank session going. I didn’t see them land a whole lot. Ha. Rob did a crazy no comply bigspin grab. Fuzz did Sal flips. I think Nolan did 360 flip to fakie. Dan got close to fakie inward heels. It started to rain and Joe did a front 5-0 on the bigger set of steps. Sick!

@mattrief gettin dem angles #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on May 29, 2016 at 5:36pm PDT

After some lunch we ended up at Harrison, one of the best spots ever. Everyone had fun carving around to get things started. That spot is so awesome. People settled into tricks. Nolan took awhile to do back tail which was kind of surprising, but he had so many amazing tricks. Rob had some rad lines. Joe did a fakie 50 amongst many more tricks. Matt filmed. Eric did transfer to tail and a long back 5-0. Fuzz had a rad Sal flip transfer. I took a long time to get a kickflip, did a GleNBD of early grab back 5-0 and came close to noseslide 270 shove out. Dan kind of had fakie crook.

Then it was the last spot of the trip. The OG park. I was so excited to skate the little ledge. Joe challenged me to a game of SKATE which he eventually won. It was a good warm up. Most people were done skating. Fuzz was rolling fast around the park with an old homie that was there. Joe and I kept skating the ledge avoiding the dumbest group of beginner bikers I’ve ever seen. They were biking around trying to clap their hands. Anyways, I can’t remember all that Joe did, but it had tricks like fakie 50 back halfcab out (thats what he beat me with), front lip to 5-0, front 5-0 to front board. I was skating pretty slow and without confidence, but I managed to get some back 50s, back 5-0, front 5-0 shove, front nosegrind, got into front crooks, close to kick back 50. The session ended with me doing a b/s flip over the mellow hip and Joe doing a Creepy spin over the hip. My favorite day of the trip.

(setup 8.25 null awkward vectors deck, thunder 147 lights stock bushings, 3 washers on inside of axles, 50mm bones stf v1, Es Swifts black/white)

Frontside to fakie at a crusty Denver DIY #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on May 28, 2016 at 1:01pm PDT

Stoprockville, CO. #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on May 28, 2016 at 1:08pm PDT

Up not quite as early we met everyone at York St. The soundtrack from the get go was stop rocks stopping and annoying everyone. Matt and I played in the back for awhile on the polejam training section. We would do a pole jam then had a game of SKATE going on the way back. Matt won it. Doing pole jams was fun though. They were really mellow and easy. A lot of ledge action was going on. Some crazy quarter pipe action which I sat and filmed for awhile. The crew was huge. Like 30 deep. We were there for a long time and am completely at a loss how to document it. I know Fuzz and I got crooks on the metal ledge. Joe got a line with a front smith. So much going on.

30 deep. 90s style. #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on May 28, 2016 at 6:05pm PDT

Then we went to this school. I thought the crowd would thin out, but it turns out that everyone went there. We were like 30 deep! It was a rad 90s vibe. I hung out in the back ledges with Carleigh and a couple others. Carleigh got close to front 50s. I did crooks and got close to back 50, but then we got the boot.

Math Reef nizzle slizzle #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on May 28, 2016 at 6:11pm PDT

Repost from @cookiegrinder13 good times with the #weekendatglennys crew!

A video posted by Hayden Miller (@youknowmystee) on May 29, 2016 at 10:16am PDT

Off to Valdez where I continued to skate like crap around a million people. I tried to skate the regular ledges, but the crowds really god to me. I played a game of SKATE with Joe and he beat me then tried to pose kickflip noseslides. Matt noseslid the ledge. Dan front 50’d it. Hayden did boardslide shove. Richard almost did back 5-0. Fuzz kept the landing clean. Neil, Illya and Joe jumped on the regular ledge.

(setup 8.25 null abstract 5 deck, thunder 147 lights stock bushings, 3 washers on inside of axles, 50mm bones stf v1, Es Swifts black/white)

Wake and skate. #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on May 27, 2016 at 8:40am PDT

Up early in the morning and off to skate. We hit this spot. True to this spot we were met with a rotating bunch of retired folks alternating between angry we were skating and happy to see us making use of this “art”. Matt got a sick line. Eric and I did rocks to fakie. Other tricks were felt out, but not landed.

Got to meet Ben Raybourn @choadped in Ft Collins today, crushing it here with @kevin_kowalski #weekendatglennys

A video posted by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on May 27, 2016 at 2:39pm PDT

Then we hit MRKT, got food and hit Northside after a rain shower. I started really slow. Others were doing the up/down ledge/manual. Dan went up and back. Joe grinded it. Rob had a boneless over the top. So much more I don’t remember. We tried a line of cali grind a hump, kickflip on flat, front 5-0 the weird ledge in the corner. I was the only one of us that didn’t land the 5-0. The park was quite crowded and then the Indy team showed up making it even more crowded. There was so much going on, I can’t even begin to remember much of it. I know I wasn’t happy with how I skated.

@launchskate 😀 #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on May 27, 2016 at 2:52pm PDT

Then we hit Launch for a bit. I took a run and bailed. Then I did a few flatground kickflips with Dave and then I just went and sat with Andy. I guess Dave took a really bad slam. Seemed like people were having a good time. Jack and Carleigh joined.

@gnarlycarleigh with a belly flop and the make #weekendatglennys

A video posted by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on May 27, 2016 at 8:08pm PDT

Got pink slipped in a game of SKATEBOARDMAG with @waywardnephew #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on May 27, 2016 at 5:18pm PDT

@corpoglenny stackin' letters against Chris Haslam in SKATE #weekendatglennys

A video posted by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on May 27, 2016 at 9:25pm PDT

Then we went to Spring Canyon. The park was empty when we first showed, but quickly filled up. Everyone was skating. I saw Dave do a nice front nosegrind, Rob die pushing, Carleigh die in the bowl and do a nice pole jam, Riley and Garrett joined and killed it, man there is way too much to remember. The only trick I was proud of was a front nosegrind on the little ledge. The Indy team showed again and after awhile I challenged Chris Haslam to a game of SKATE. Rather then do it when I felt good I did it right after sitting for awhile and getting stiff. It was a blast though. He was cool. I didn’t land much, but it didn’t really matter, we were having fun and he said he’d rather skate flatground anyways. He just rattled off trick after trick while I posed them.

Cool down session @mattrief

A video posted by Joe Hamilton (@joerhamilton) on May 27, 2016 at 9:09pm PDT

Make them stop. @ericjeckert carve over the light. #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on May 27, 2016 at 9:09pm PDT

After a nice long dinner we stopped by Loveland park and it had kind of cleared up after some more rain. It was freezing. So cold. The Fremonsters said we would only skate for ten minutes. Yeah right. Until the lights shut off 45 minutes later. Eric and I hit the snake run for a bit. Some “street” stuff was skated. Eric and I skated the bowl. He got the carve over the light in a few tries and I was getting close when the lights shut off right after I went down the waterfall. It was some of the most scared I have been on a skateboard. I thought I was going to die. Loveland was more fun then I thought it would be though.

(setup 8.25 null abstract 5 deck, thunder 147 lights stock bushings, 3 washers on inside of axles, 50mm bones stf v1, Es Swifts black/white)

It's on. Spot #1 #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on May 26, 2016 at 5:54pm PDT

And it begins… #weekendatglennys

A photo posted by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on May 26, 2016 at 6:32pm PDT

The Fremont dudes come out every year around this time. They arrived on a cool evening and we went right to skating. This was the first spot and it ended up being well received and a great start. I’m writing this 5 days after it happened so remembering everything is impossible. I remember I felt very stiff and awkward and even kickflips were hard. Similar to last years trip the first footage came from Eric and I doing doubles. This time he rode off a junk kicker and I showed him up with an early grab. Ha. Damon was then supposed to show us both up, but he couldn’t get the ollie over the whole kicker. Eric and Joe had been playing SKATE on the bank. Matt was rattling off ledge tricks. Dan was lining out heelflips to fakie and fakie nosegrinds. Matt and I filmed lines. I got one I was hyped on. Slappy crook, noseslide, kickflip on the bank. Matt got blunt transfer things, nollie front tail, nollie flip out of the kicker.

The one and only @buffalogums #weekendatglennys #totallyamake #seriously

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on May 26, 2016 at 8:13pm PDT

Then we went to this little gap without much runway. I did early grab drop early grab and tried early grab drop to early grab back 180. Damon tried to fakie ollie it. Eric did double drop rocks. Joe tried for two quick 180s in a row. Matt did quick ups. Dan shut it down with a weird board balance dance that was so sick.

Spot 3 bangers #weekendatglennys

A video posted by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on May 26, 2016 at 11:40pm PDT

Last up was this ledge spot and this clip pretty much sums it up. I guess it doesn’t show that I took 30 minutes to land anything and then landed all my tricks in a few tries at the end when the sprinkler was shutting things down. Oh yeah, Matt House had joined us.

(setup 8.25 null abstract 5 deck, thunder 147 lights stock bushings, 3 washers on inside of axles, 50mm bones stf v1, Es Swifts black/white)