Went downtown in search of a curb on a cold night and ended up in this newly remodeled alley. I thought ollieing the 4 stair would be a good start, but it turns out that I had completely forgotten how to skateboard. Well, mostly my mind was mush from taking care of Jason. I am not complaining about doing it, it’s just a lot to take on. Anyways, I had about 30 minutes before I needed to pick up India. I did some manuals, a frontside whirlybird, some noseslides on the ledge, slow ollie onto the ledge to front 180 off in a line with a halfcab flip. I was skating so terrible. I did get pretty close to a backside whirlybird, but slammed a couple of times and needed to go. I forced myself to get the little 4 stair ollie and I bounced. What a fun alley.

(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)

Went to Louisville thinking I had some energy. I had put some low trucks back on, but not the same ones, regular lows. And still a riser. My energy was quickly drained as there was a large crew of dudes filming and not really caring about sharing the park. The highlight would be when one of them tried to film a noseslide down a hubba and the filmer stood in the way of the bank. I went right by him like 5 times and he just seemed mad at me. I was more tired then I thought. I slammed super hard on a front 50 attempt and hurt my shoulder a little. That threw me off too. I rolled around the bowl a little. The low trucks carve so much better. I took like 10 tries to get a kickflip to fakie. Shortly after that I left, not having landed or tried much of anything.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 low 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)

Went to Boulder park before work still feeling exhausted from the nursing home the day before. I knew I wouldn’t be able to skate after work and I work late this week so it made sense. I was the only one there. I cruised for awhile before trying any tricks. I did some tiny ollies, etc. Nothing really new. The only thing that required effort that I really tried was a kickflip to fakie up on the deck by the bowl then a switch noseslide a little down the hubba. Then it was off to work.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow high trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratford 533 steele/gum shoes)

After a long day of helping with Jason in the nursing home I contemplated just going to sleep, but the kids encouraged me to go into the garage for the required minimum session. I did a few of the minimum manuals and called it a night.

I had a lazy morning. Slept in a little to try and cure the insomnia. It worked. I felt good. I changed my trucks to the high trucks and the wheels that were on my bigger setup. Around 10am I lazily went over to the school after telling Ollie, “I’m not coming back until I land Josh’s trick”. It took me about 30 minutes and I was back and feeling happy.

successful street session in Boulder today with a rad crew. Fulfilled my "fuckinround" urge. Carl was on fire as usual. @gnarlycarleigh @corpoglenny @fullertrron

A photo posted by Ashlyn Games (@ashlyngames) on Oct 15, 2016 at 6:22pm PDT

After some lunch I went out in front of the house and skated some flatground while waiting for Carleigh. It went ok, some tricks even felt better like fakie bigspin flip. Then after awhile I gave up and left and ended up at Valmont. Carleigh came shortly after. I had setup a little table off the curb to noseslide down to start a run before the bank spot. I got a couple of them, but the angle was really hard and the rocks supporting the side beams kept falling out. Ashlyn showed and started waxing the curb on the side of the bank. I had one line with noseslide then varial flip to fakie. Dave showed too. We were mostly just skating the bank at that point. Carleigh got a rad line (photo above) of boardslide down, ollie the wall then kickflip on a banked sidewalk. Ashlyn did a ton of tricks. Boardslide up, heelflip, fakie heelflip, no comply and some more tricks I’ve forgetting right now. Dave did boardslide up, fakie crook stall, front disaster, kickflip to fakie, boardslide the whole way down, a ton of tricks. Carleigh also did her first boardslide transfer. Then she perfected it with a few more that got better and better. I tried slappy crooks to manual down forever. Got really close, but never made it all the way down. I was getting close to fakie hardflip too when Jason pinged us asking for help. Off to the nursing home Carleigh and I went.

(setup 8.125 null message deck, venture 5.2 v-hollow high trucks with 3 washers inside each axle, stock thunder bushings, 52mm spitfire f4 classic wheels, bronson bearings, new balance numeric pj stratfor 533 steele/gum shoes)

Got out of work early and went home instead of skating. That basically sums up how bad I felt. I pushed over to the school after a walk with Liz on my 8.38 setup. I did a few crooks stalls and stuff then went home.

@iamnotacreepyjake #treflip 🍂

A photo posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Oct 13, 2016 at 5:29pm PDT

Went to the dog park after work on an absolutely gorgeous day. Seriously incredibly beautiful. Temperature, no breeze, etc. I started off terrible. Actually started to think maybe I should go to the doctor because I felt so disoriented and weird. I’m going to blame insomnia. It took me about 20 minutes to feel comfortable with kickflips. Jake showed up around then and went into a game of SKATE. I wasn’t expecting much, but ended up getting quite a few tricks. He got me on treflip and switch front shove. Also a couple of other tricks I forget. But I had landed a couple rare ones like halfcab heel and fakie heel. I ended up winning on a f/s no comply 360. I had no idea Jake doesn’t have that trick, but I certainly will remember that. Ha. Second game was no repeats. I took a long time to get a backside flip, we both failed at fakie tres, I forget what else went down, but I won it. Then I wanted to do a treflip before I left. Well, 30 minutes later I landed a crappy one. Ugh. Total damper on my first ok feeling session in awhile.

(setup null message 8.1, 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 12)

Went to Louisville park on a cool evening. I am still dealing with insomnia and trying not to nap in the afternoon. When I arrived there was one skater being filmed by his girlfriend and 3 bikers just talking to each other. It took awhile before I felt comfortable enough to do anything. Ugh. I would eventually get a line of slow front 50 the lower part of the long ledge, boardslide the low part of the flat bar, then kickflip on the bank. I tried to do another line starting with front 50 180 or front 50 shove, but it never happened. I got a couple of crooks on the ledge. Came close to nollie f/s flip in the corner. Posed hardflips over the hip. Basically still feel out of it and exhuasted. Ugh.

(setup null message 8.1, 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 12)

Went out to the garage, did a few “manuals” and a couple kickflips.

Went to Safeway after work on my way to Crisis. I was dead tired. It was absolutely gorgeous outside. I fell asleep in the car instead of getting out to skate. That’s when it really hit home to me that something is wrong. Ugh. After waking up I attempted to skate, but it was terrible. 50s were as far as I got on the list. My feet were hating me for wearing the smaller shoes again. Gotta go back to the 12s.

(setup krooked manderson 8.1, 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 11.5)