All my skate stuff has broken or gotten way too old to use at once. I guess my old skate shoes are still good for half a dozen more sessions but they run a size big (which I didn’t realize when I bought them) so I was getting heel bruise and tweaking my ankles like crazy wearing those death traps. Also made getting a proper flick very inconsistent. Worst shoes I’ve ever had probably.
My deck was razor tailed and chipped to hell on both sides, lost its pop, then semi snapped while I warmed up today.
Some dummy convinced me to get thunder trucks like 2 years ago and I’ve hated every moment of having them. I thought I had another month or two with them before I could go back to indys but those also broke today, although further along in the story.
Haven’t gotten new wheels in 2 years so they look straight out of the 90s now. People regularly comment to me at skateparks how tiny my wheels are. They were normal sized at one time.
I changed my bearings once at the beginning of covid but was gonna get some more when I got new wheels, although that shit needs speeding up now because I broke my bearings today too.
Fools keep stealing my skate tools.
Also missing a few pieces of hardware.
Anyway, I had a warmup session today, was skating as good as I could on a destroyed board. Then it snapped and the skate shop opened so I left to go get new deck and shoes, plus the dopest skate tool I’ve ever seen. Got back to the park, set up the board instantly fell in love with the shoes. I had the most consistent little 5 minute session of my life because I could actually feel my shoes for the first time in months. Then I tried to ollie a medium sized gap, and my bearing in one wheel exploded. The bearing wrapped itself around my hanger and the wheel was all fucked up too. I wasn’t about to go back to the shop to spend more money.
Got home and realized all the nuts on the wheels were stripped as hell from when I changed the bearings that first time during covid. Spent an hour prying those off to get the destroyed bearing and wheels off. Then I realized all the hangers are slightly bent and the tracks are all beyond fucked up now. So I need new trucks, wheels, and bearings before I can skate again after already dropping $120 to skate for a 5 minutes today.