Had to force myself off the couch after a long day of work and a long week of staying up late (Dinosaur Jr twice!!!). I got to Valmont shortly before 9pm and my energy level was seriously low. I skated absolutely horrible. I felt like I had never skated before. Even kickflips felt weird. I took awhile to do front 50s on the low part, noseslides even felt weird. Flip tricks were impossible. I was wearing the size 12 PJs. They felt huge. I tried to do a few front lips after the grate, but I kept cracking my board a tiny bit worse with each attempt. So I moved down to the curb area and managed to slide a few lipslides and contemplate shoving out. But I ran out of energy and decided to leave. Ugh.

(setup null message 8.125 deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow lows, 1/16″ riser, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 50mm STF V1, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

Super exhausted from two nights of @dinosaurjr brief garage dork session. #laundrynight #day280

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Oct 6, 2016 at 6:45pm PDT

I was so completely exhausted from two nights of Dinosaur Jr. I started my laundry, opened the door to the garage for a minimum manual dork trick and ended up just trying this one for about 10 minutes. After getting one I asked Ollie to film it so I could share it with my fans (ha ha ha). I got another one in a few more minutes.

(setup null message 8.125 deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow lows, 1/16″ riser, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 50mm STF V1, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

Sunset time lapse with some dork trying to relearn lipslides. 0-1 @boredzinejp

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Oct 5, 2016 at 5:43pm PDT

Went out to do the minimum powerslide session, but ended up pushing over to the school and hitting the curb. I did a couple of slappy crooks. Then I did a nollie disaster shove out like I had shoved out of disaster several times. Josh has challenged me to front lip shove out so I tried to actually do it. I got surprisingly close. It put me in a good mood to go see Dinosaur Jr again!!!!

(setup null message 8.125 deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow lows, 1/16″ riser, thunder bushings, 3 washers inside each wheel, 50mm STF V1, new balance numeric pj 533 steel/gum)

Went out in front of the house and did a few powerslides. It was pretty fun.