Got out somewhat early Jake, Donnie and I rolled to Longmont park to meet Dave. It was incredibly nice out. The park had a lot of youth with parents sitting around. Jake and Donnie played on the noping qp. I was kind of out of it and in a daze so just pushed around not doing much. We all hit the little knob bank for awhile. Donnie had some tall ollies, Dave had pivot fakie and a lot more. Dave nose manualed the ledge. Jake had some easy 50s. I bailed noseslides. We skated flat for awhile. I did pretty good except for treflip which took a long time to get a terrible one. Donnie learned nollie frontside flips. He did 3 or 4 of them. Jake got treflip quickly. Dave had some nice switch front shoves. He also did a nice line rolling into the bank then doing front bigspin on the bank. Jake worked on back 5-0s. I joined on the ledge briefly and did some really slow front 50s and crook jibs. Donnie did some huge back 180s and a switch frontside flip over the back hip while avoiding a toddler using the bank as a slide. Parents can be so clueless. Dave got a nice back big over the hip. I posed frontside flips. I eventually tired out and hucked a few switch tres on flat that were not close at all.

(setup 8.25 null logo board, venture 5.25 AWAKE lows, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, Venom 90a bushings with no bottom washer, 50mm spitfire F4 99a classic wheels, bronson bearings, Lakai Manchesters black/white 11)

Did paperwork for Jason in the morning, then helped train a new helper for Jason. I wasn’t hyped on it. Mainly I feel like I’m always on call and it’s wearing on me. I skated to/from Jason’s. On the way back I skated as fast as I could push down the path. It was fun. I felt good. Then I met Fuzz and Dave at the old mini bank and tall ledge spot. Warming up was rough as wind had picked up. My legs felt done before we even started. Fuzz and I did a lot of the same spin around on the bank to try and get the legs flowing. We all tried bean plants for awhile. Dave’s was the best. No surprise there. Dave started a caveman 50 trend on the ledge. That thing is tall! I was trying a line of caveman 50, kickflip on the little bank, then noseslide on the ledge. The kickflip never happened. Argh. I can’t believe how bad I struggled with kickflips. Dave was going off and did a crazy line of polejam out of the bank, turn around then nollie into the bank then caveman 50. He did front 180 out and also back 180 out! Fuzz front boarded it. So sick. Even though it hurt his shoulder. We messed around for awhile in the back of the building. Made a little junk jam ledge. Dave had some solid back 50s and got into some front lips. Fuzz was taking photos. I did a couple slow front 50s and ‘slappy’ tails. Then we drove around for awhile. Ended up at a school that had potential, but the snow or gravel kind of ruined it. Fuzz had a great slam trying to front 50 a mini table. Dave managed a 50. I could barely move at that point, but eventually got a tiny crook jib. And when we left I was trying to do a little plant off a ledge and hung up. It hurt way more than it should have. Ugh. I hate winter.

(setup 8.25 null logo board, venture 5.25 AWAKE lows, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, Venom 90a bushings with no bottom washer, 50mm spitfire F4 99a classic wheels, bronson bearings, Lakai Manchesters black/white 11)

@color_my_friends_in @matthouse @skateboard_chicken and I Friday fun.

A video posted by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Jan 27, 2017 at 6:01pm PST

Got out of work early on a nice day. Met Matt, Eric and Saul and had a nice mellow session. I was a little nervous since this would be my first time skating Saul’s with smaller/low trucks. But I ended up skating better then I have in awhile. Made me stand by my claim that low trucks are good for transition because you are a little closer to the coping. Matt skated it much better than he said he would. He had a lot of back 50s, frontside carves and a front tail that took a minute. Eric was shredding and entertaining as always. Back d, back axle to fakie, almost front smith in the deep end. Saul had fast lines and some long grinds on the straight wall, pumped airs over the hip, had some funny falls, kind of rolled out of a back d layback ha. I skated better than I have there in awhile. Got a front d again, some 50s, tried to pose some frontside airs over the hip, did a lot of carve grinds which are the most fun trick.

(setup 8.25 null logo board, venture 5.25 AWAKE lows, 1/16″ riser, 3 washers inside each axle, Venom 90a bushings with no bottom washer, 50mm spitfire F4 99a classic wheels, bronson bearings, Lakai Manchesters black/white 11)