Went to campus on a beautiful fall day. My favorite weather, lower 60s. I had spent mostly an all nighter with Jason so to say I was tired is an understatement. I didn’t want to be around anyone so I went to this area that is somewhat hidden. I had new shoes. Lakai Griffin XLK. They are too big. Ugh. I wish there was consistent sizing between brands. The sole has good flex and feel, but it’s not even remotely grippy compared to the PJ shoes I have been skating. Anyways, I attempted skateboarding. I started with a line of quick noseslide, kickflip on flat, front 180 off the curb cut, then back up the curb and up the ramp to switch nose jib. Next line was noseslide to fakie, fakie flip on flat, front shove off the curb cut. The fakie flip took awhile. Ugh. Next line took forever. Crook, heelflip on flat, kickflip off the curb cut. Seriously, took so long. Coming back the other way I did a front 50 stall while holding onto the bar, did a little shove out, then front shove into the curb cut then ollie up the lowest ledge. The ollie up wasn’t easy at all, but I had at least messed around with it earlier on.

Got in a couple of grinds today to maintain a tiny bit of sanity.

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Oct 23, 2016 at 2:22pm PDT

Then I hit this ledge for a bit and did a few front 50s. Nothing hard, just wanted to grind and feel that rush of grinding concrete. It felt good even though I struggled.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low custom hollow trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, 1/16″ riser, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, lakai griffin xlk grey/white shoes 12)

Game on! Sorry for the delays @boredzinejp. Here is a crappy version of your challenge lipslide shove and the next challenge.. front 50 no comply shove out. #theglenandjosholdfartlongdistanceinstagramtricksuperchallenge #thatwasprettyterrible

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Oct 23, 2016 at 8:33am PDT

@nolancormier #360flipoverwilly #nextleveltrickery

A video posted by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Oct 24, 2016 at 6:19am PDT

While still being consumed by Jason’s situation I went to Crisis, chatted with Fuzz for awhile then went to Broomfield. The park was mostly empty initially. I cruised around and didn’t really do much of anything other then a front 50 no comply shove out. I had Nolan record one for the game, but as Josh points out it turns out I actually did it already for the game. Doh! I had a couple of quartapotty tricks that felt ok. I didn’t have much confidence or energy. Nolan came and only skated the parking block. It was kind of funny. The 360 flip “over willy” was the hotness. Fuller showed too, he had some energy somehow. The slappy feeble on the parking block was my fav. I took off after awhile to go watch Jason.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low custom hollow trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, 1/16″ riser, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 steele/gum shoes 12)