@the_neviathan nollie lip pop #coloradicalsabbatical2017

A post shared by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Jun 10, 2017 at 10:44am PDT

First spot of the day – Joey Clams kf manny the top and then the roller coaster ride to the bottom #weekendatgrennys2tokyodrift #coloradicalsabbatical2017

A post shared by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on Jun 10, 2017 at 11:22am PDT

Up pretty early to skate! It was already very hot outside, but we got to Wilville sometime around 9am. I was on a wider setup so my shoes didn’t feel so big. It helped. There were two separate sessions going on. The manny pad and the ledge area. I went in between both. The ledge was popping. Nate, Joe, Damon, Josh were killing it. Nate nollie front lip pop out, boardslide pop, boardslide pop to fakie. Joe boardslide pop, halfcab boardslide pop out. Damon fakie nosegrind back tail, tried cab back tail. Josh front tail fakie, crooks, boardslide pop out. I got noseslide. Pretty sick huh? On the manny pad Matt got nollie varial heel manual to the bank, Dan was trying a fakie shove fakie manual, Eric pretended he wasn’t ollieing at all when he turned into manual. I tried switch 180 manuals for awhile. Didn’t get too close. Then Josh, Joe and I tried kickflip manuals for awhile. I started off feeling pretty good about it then started totally losing kickflips. What the heck. I started hating the bulky 868s. Josh got one perfect. It was so sick. At that point I gave up. Joe kept with it though and nailed one. Sick!

Day 3: I'm cramping as I write this! Rad-making in a ditch! Spots 1: Willville 2: 287 ditch 3: Crisis curb 4: Red Hawk 5: Brian Ball mini Ditch rippers: @corpoglenny, @neilsoffire @gnarlycarleigh, @_f_u_z_z, @nolancormier and @jackspanbauer #ColoRadicalSabbatical2017 #weekendatgrennys2tokyodrift #theditchtookoutmyshin #jpskatecrap

A post shared by Joshua Pluger (@boredzinejp) on Jun 10, 2017 at 10:11pm PDT

Then we went to 287 ditch. The crew grew larger and I grew more tired. Fuzz, Rob, Neil, Nolan, Carleigh, Jack joined us. It was hot and I was not feeling it. Josh bashed his shin and wasn’t feeling it either. We sat next to the human crap and watched others. Gross. Jack and Nolan did double noseblunts. Nolan almost got back noseblunt, then did nosegrind on the parking block and switch nosegrind too. Insane. Jack had some moves. Front tail shove, hurricanes, bigspin manuals. Rob front tailslide. Joe kickflip rock ‘n roll. Eric boardslides and surprisingly no staple guns that I can remember. Carleigh with bluntslides and tailslides. Neil was in the back doing his patented ollies on every wall and trying to get things working. Fuzz had some fast and steezy noseslides.

We gathered at Crisis. After awhile we broke in the newly repainted parking blocks. I did a bunch of slappy crooks as did Rob. Jack hurricanes. Boardslides by all.

Got a solid couple hours in before the cops gave us the boot

A post shared by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on Jun 10, 2017 at 5:18pm PDT

Then we went to Red Hawk where the crew got even bigger with Riley and Garrett joining. It quickly turned into the Riley demo. First try out of the car manual the stage then immediately to switch manual. He was going full speed into switch manual and fakie ollied into the rock. Unbelievable. There is no way I can remember what all everyone was doing. I was feeling off and kind of trying to hide, but it was hard with everyone there. I had one good crook and that was about it. Josh front 180’d up the stage and nose manual the rock. Neil had an incredible line with front lip then front nosegrind. It was great seeing Neil shred it. Jack and Riley did quick ledge tricks then ollied the 10. Remember a few days ago when Jack thought he broke his toe? There was so much ripping going on. Matt did quick up to nose manny the stage. Joe did front lip to front 5-0. It was quite incredible seeing so many great friends ripping so hard. Unfortunately we got the boot.

Party at Brian's ramp #coloradicalsabbatical2017 #weekendatgrennys2tokyodrift

A post shared by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on Jun 10, 2017 at 6:42pm PDT

@nolancormier taking cues from @brianfrancisball #coloradicalsabbatical2017

A post shared by Null Skateboards (@null_skateboards) on Jun 11, 2017 at 7:24am PDT

Fortunately Brian’s was right there and we went to his ramp to skate and bbq. A lot of shredding was had there too. I enjoyed it and had a couple okay runs for myself before retiring to food and mosquito bites. It was fun watching Nolan and Riley there. Brian is so good on the ramp too. 360 drop in?!?! I think everyone did their tricks. Neil almost got killed by a board shoot out, Dan did get killed by one. Fun ender for a fun day.

(setup 8.38″ null machine deck, venture 5.8 wides, venom 88a bushings, green spitfire F4 52mm classic 99a wheels, 3 washers on the outside of each axle, nbnumeric 868 12 black/gum with old stock NB# insoles)

@fullertrron is too good #coloradicalsabbatical2017 #weekendatgrennys2tokyodrift

A post shared by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on Jun 9, 2017 at 11:30am PDT

@boredzinejp knows how to rock #coloradicalsabbatical2017 #weekendatgrennys2tokyodrift

A post shared by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on Jun 9, 2017 at 11:50am PDT

I felt pretty lucky to have been allowed to sleep in all the way to like 7:30am by Fremonsters. We were at Evergreen by 9:30 am or so. Crazy. I love Evergreen park. The crew was Ollie, Dave, Matt R, Joe, Eric, Dan, Damon, Jake, Josh, Chief (who just slept in the car), Rob, Neil so if I miss some tricks let me also say I’m writing this a week later. We were there 2-3 hours. It was hot, but not too hot. I was annoyed with how big and bulky my shoes were and how they made my board feel so tiny. I struggled and the only tricks I got were super sketchy and terrible (b/s flip, halfcab flip, f/s halfcab flip). Joe got his first ever halfcab flip over the hip. Matt and Damon did nollie big heels. Josh had front big and a nice frontside flip. Dave had back bigspins, 360s, front shoves. Dave, Jake and Josh killed the steep qp. The ledges were skated. Dan had 50s to manuals. Eric got the drone angles. I wish I remembered more.

Best skatepark #coloradicalsabbatical2017 #weekendatgrennys2tokyodrift #oververt

A post shared by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on Jun 9, 2017 at 4:38pm PDT

Then we went to Golden. It was my first time there. It was incredibly hot out, but it kept the crowds down. I mostly slacked initially as I was super sore and took a little nap in the shade. The visitors were hyped and skated hard though. Carves in the Big O replica. Ledges, wallies, lines, speed races through the park. Josh and I skated the tiny qp for awhile which was my fav part of it. He got pivot to fakie which he hasn’t done in years. I didn’t. I got a front pivot to fakie though. Ollie did some stuff too. Then we joined the race around the park to ride up the stairs. I was feeling extremely clumsy. Ollie skated almost the whole time. He was pumping the Big O, doing ride on grinds and showing up Joe. It was rad. Eric was grinding the tall qp. Josh slashed the tall bank. Ollie showed up Joe with a f/s halfcab. Matt did a bunch of manual tricks. Damon front boarded the big rail. Chief pumped the Big O for a bit, but it hurt his knee too much. Neil must have been hurting because I don’t remember much Neil action.

@mattrief getting blunted in an amazing backyard bowl #bettercallsaul #coloradicalsabbatical2017 #weekendatgrennys2tokyodrift

A post shared by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on Jun 9, 2017 at 8:14pm PDT

Then after some food and driving back to Boulder we went to Sauls. The crew swelled to a big size. Eric F, Lazer, Nolan, Jake joined. Everyone seemed to have fun. I didn’t skate much as I was sore and I felt like others should enjoy it. Saul showed how to do the quickest grinds back to back to back to back. So sick. Nolan slammed on his first wall, so you know it’s tough to skate. But he ended up totally slaying it. Dan was ripping, lots of disasters. Eric boardslid around a corner. Josh front smiths and disasters. Lazer looking good. Dave displaying his large bag of tricks. Matt Rief with the slam of the night. Eric F ride on grind into the bowl. It was a really fun session.

(setup 8.25″ null spanbauer deck, venture 5.2 high v-hollows, venom 88a bushings, bones sft v3 52mm wheels, 3 washers on the inside of each axle, bronson raw bearings, nbnumeric 868 12 black/gum with old stock NB# insoles)

A small sample of yesterday @boredzinejp @ericjeckert #coloradicalsabbatical2017 @idrawmazes @ditchlife

A post shared by glen gillinghammer (@corpoglenny) on Jun 9, 2017 at 6:04am PDT

After being in so much pain just skating a little the night before I tried something new. NB# 868s with old stock NB insoles. At first the crew was Joe, Damon, Rob, Neil and me. We played a game of SKATE. My new shoes were feeling great and I actually got first try heelflip and halfcab flip. I ended up losing to Damon, but it was a good warm up. Then I went to get Josh and when I got back the rest of the Nebraskans where there. Eric, Matt and Dan. After a quick hello the shredding commenced. Josh, Eric and I hit the steep bank for a bit. Josh’s front disasters were sick. I took a lot of tries for the front rock. Jack showed. Carleigh showed. Remembering what everyone did is impossible. Especially several days later. I will say I was impressed with how hard Rob was ripping (back lip the parking block!). Jack too. I guess it’s more expected with Jack, but it’s always kind of mind blowing.

First spot #coloradicalsabbatical2017 #weekendatgrennys2tokyodrift #momsspaghetti

A post shared by Eric J Eckert (@ericjeckert) on Jun 8, 2017 at 8:50pm PDT

Then we went to Stonehenge. I was incredibly sore. Too sore to kickturn on the barrier. I hucked some pivots and stalls on the bank to curb, but not much worked. Josh, Dan and Eric were hitting the barrier. Josh did a feeble on it. Dan fakie tail and fakie disaster. Eric rock to fakie. It rained for awhile. Eventually it dried up and we hit things again. I got a terrible no comply to tail on the bank to curb. Josh did nose picks. Joe had some moves too. Nolan showed and after a few warm up bank to curb tricks went nuts on the barrier. “Hey Glen, should I do the blunt bigspin again?” Dan also did fakie tail revert. Eric decked his boardslide fakie. Richard showed and did front tail revert. Damon did frontside feeble. Nolan did everything.

(setup 8.25″ null spanbauer deck, venture 5.2 high v-hollows, venom 88a bushings, bones sft v3 52mm wheels, 3 washers on the inside of each axle, bronson raw bearings, nbnumeric 868 12 black/gum with old stock NB# insoles)