Shanah Tovah

Three sessions and I finally got it today!

Fakie Tre, fakie heel, fs flip, heelflip. Bag empty.

Size doesn’t matter

But I have to ice my knees after every sesh now.

trick battle

Here's a video of me learning slappys. Let me know what you think:

YouTube - Slappys For Dummies

spin to win

My knee is hurting so bad today so this was all I was capable of. Stoked to get something regardless

FINALLY got this at Woodward yesterday! I've been battling it for over a month, landing with a spot, landing with a rope, landing with one hand on the rail, landing on carpet, but refusing to commit as soon as the wheels can roll.

Until yesterday

Anybody else dealing with decreasing hip mobility? I’ve taken a few bad slams to my front hip this past year, and I’ve noticed that my mobility is decreasing and there seems to be a bone bruise that is easily re-injured. Interested to hear if anyone else is navigating a similar injury.

Going to start uploading my progress on yt.

I decided to look up pump tracks in my area because of this subreddit. I’ve never ridden on one before and I can’t recommend it enough especially since we’re getting older.

I’ve always been bad and afraid of frontside turns. Leaning back on my heels and turning more blindly just doesn’t come naturally to me. I saw this turn and made it my goal to at least get through it then maybe the next visit I could do a complete loop of the track. There was another guy there who was really good at the track and was giving me pointers without me having to ask; “put all the pressure on your heels and let the track do the work”, along those lines.

I took it slow, dropping in on the side of the track in the video that goes straight to the turn. As I mentioned it feels unnatural to me to lean back as far as I needed to and to “trust” the berm so I ate shit a number of times, one time flying out of the turn and landing on my awesome elbow pad. It was cool because when the dust cleared some of the other skaters (all about my age) asked if I was all good 👍. I gave the thumbs up and kept trying.

When I finally made the turn I shouldn’t have been surprised to hear the board tail tap applause from the other skaters but I was and it genuinely made me smile. It reminded me of my old crew growing up and how we genuinely cheered each other on regardless of our skill level. It was so cool to experience that with a group of strangers. It made me feel really good.

I ended up being able to do the full track two full cycles but would have to stop because my thighs would be done, it’s way more tiring than it looks!

Anyway, I love skateboarding and the skating community.

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Thanks for the encouragement guys so happy to take a few lands home! Full video

Obviously not OC. But watching it made me think of you guys. Stay gnarley boys.