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I’ve been recovering from a slam in March that was much worse than it should have been. Hung up on a 6’ quarter pipe (long story… but short fall!), fractured my hip and tore all three glute muscles. The doctor’s official diagnosis was “you literally busted your ass.” It’s been a slow recovery and skating has been sporadic, painful, or intensely frustrating (and sometimes all three). But I can feel the slight progress each time and privately celebrate the small wins. I turned 58 today and this was my gift to myself: my first kickflip since the incident. This community has been a catalyst for me to push through and get it done. Thanks for being so supportive of each other, and please do not go gentle into that goodnight. Get out there and skate at whatever level feels comfortable. Do a kickflip… or a kickturn! Keep the stoke alive. We’ve come too far to let go now.
For the record: this took much longer than I anticipated. Nothing comes easy anymore, which makes it even more rewarding.

‘09 was a good year

Threw myself at the ground to get used to it and cruised for a bit. This is day one, literally. Any tips are welcome! I feel like I'm a bit on the older side (25) so that's why I look like Big Bird while skating I think.

Wdyt?

Just fun clips ig I wanna find a skatepark with a less intimidating half pipe then the one I got here so I just used the ramps to drop next time tho half pipe drop in

Some mid shit some cool shit

Purchased from vinted so i am not 100% sure

Fu lines in Oregon 🤙😎

Since i started getting better at skating, i go through pairs of shoes every few weeks or so. The thing that is really frustrating to me is that most of the times one of the shoes is still perfectly skateable.

I tried a lot of different solutions to the problem bit none of them really worked out. If there are any possibilities that are not in the list, please let me know!

1. Shoe Goo (Or similar products)
I used shoe goo a lot to repair holes on my shoes. The one problem i have with it is that when you use it on an area of the shoe that you flick with, it completely destoys my flick. I think i notice it particularly strong because i normally skate vulc shoes that have a great flick and the downgrade by the shoegoo is big.

Maybe thats less if a problem if you are used to skateshoes that have a outsole that sticks less to the griptape anyways. Id love to hear your guyss experiences.

2. Skating switch
I know this would propably the best solution but i just cant get myself to skate as much switch as i would need to wear both of the shoes down at the same time.

3. Buying really durable or heavily discounted shoes
I dont know how many times i googled „most durable skateshoe“. There are some out there that are quite durable and hold up a lot longer than your normal vans shoe. But in the end, i didnt find a shoe that was so durable that it solved this problem.

Buying cheap shoes is an option but most often cheap shoes are of lower build quality, dont skate that well and get destroyed faster. Apart from that, it still feels wrong to throw away a pair of shoes where one of the shoes is still perfectly usable.

4. Buying only one shoe
This would of course be the easiest solution to the problem. I know that there are shoecompanies out there that iffer single shoes (the only one i remember is cariuma), but the majority does not. So unless you want to skate cariumas, this is not an option.

Do you know any other shoes brands that offer single shoes?

5. Find somebody to switch shoes with
I always thought it would be perfect to know somebody with the same shoesize and opposite stance that you could swap/buy new pairs of shoes with. For me personally, i never knew somebody with that combination so this was not an option.

Is there maybe some forum/website/discord that i dont know about where you could find somebody with same shoesize+opposite stance?

TL;DR:
I keep destroying only one skate shoe while the other stays perfectly usable. I’ve tried Shoe Goo, skating switch, more durable shoes, looking for brands that sell single shoes, and finding someone with the opposite stance to swap shoes with — but none of these really solved the problem. Does anyone have a better solution?

This was probably the hardest trick to learn some far. Freestyle is so relaxing to me.

So me and my old lady’s DCFS “Case Manager” says we need accountability partners because we popped dirty and now we have to do “supervised” visits. Whatever, I got my accountability partners.
It’s Wednesday afternoon my PO wanted me to put in 2 applications this week. So I killed 2 birds with one stone. Applied for the position of ripper at the park and made 2 accountability partners. I will learn B/S lip slides and kill this teener.

I've been getting better at ollies, I can get it in the air fairly reliably now, but the tail won't always follow me up. Could it be my shaved tail, or is it probably just I don't have the timing/technique quite down yet? Do I need a new board?

I heard these were free, wanted to give it a shot! 😅

All my favorite posers wear VANS and their cool level is through the roof because they get to look like what non skaters would think a skater looks like without any of the boring skating stuff. As an aspiring poser are VANS enough for me to LARP as a skater or should I add a board to my amazon cart to have for my VANS pics?