@JColeNC@JColeNC got on the metro to Howard as soon as I finished work. As I was standing there waiting I coincidentally got my acceptance letter to Howard. Wasnt able to meet you, but I'm still taking this as a sign.
Thanks for fun! #Coleworld#TheFallOff#dopeoplestillhashtagidkX
Today is exactly 10 years since my injury that ended my skate career, at the age of 24. The animation explains exactly what that night was like, and how stupid it was, but also how gnarly it was. I ended up rupturing an artery, tore ACL, LCL, PCL, MCL, and stretched out the nerve in the back of my knee that caused me to have a permanent paralyzed foot (drop foot).
I can’t begin to tell you how devastating it was to have something I loved so much taken away from me in seconds. My whole life was dedicated to skateboarding and it all changed over night, because of just one stupid moment.
I’ve gone through a lot of ups and downs over the past 10 years, from hating skateboarding, wanting nothing to do with it, distancing myself from my skate friends - Then years later finding myself right back to loving skating and being apart of it again in different ways than just stepping on a skateboard. All of that has just been part of my healing process. I had a meeting with Rick, Carroll, and Smyth at Girl a few years back, requesting that we do a “Last Board”. They initially didn’t agree with me, but it was something that I really wanted to do. I felt just for the healing journey that I needed that chapter of my life to come to an end.
I owe those dudes everything that I have in my life, Girl was my favorite company as a kid growing up, and I am so grateful that I was able to turn pro with them at 18 years old, and end my skate career with them (technically 10 years ago). I fucking LOVE @girlskateboards forever.
I also really like the idea of the board saying “GAME OVER” because it sounds so harsh, like “Dude, you broke your leg, you lose. You’re not Pro anymore. Game over” hahaha. I also just want to thank every single person that has supported me along the way of my skate career, from my family and friends, to every single person that we met at the demos and signings around the world. I am grateful for absolutely every second of it and all of it was a dream come true.
And hopefully in 10 more years someone figures out how to cure some damn nerve damage. Shit. New part dropping 2034.
“I don't want to take my kids back to that,” a resident of East Palestine said. “None of us have the money to completely start over somewhere. We're not going to have a choice but to take our children back to that place, and it's not fair.”
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Thanks @kendricklamar for spending 1,821 minutes with me in 2022. I couldn’t stop listening to Father Time (feat. Sampha). #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/z0P0ngfOIf
The results of the Loyola Marymount University poll should shake public discourse. 63% of conservatives, 68% of moderates, and 76% of liberals support "reallocating parts of LAPD’s budget to social workers, mental healthcare, and other social services.”
To understand how cops' priority is their own power, not public safety, this story of a cop arresting a firefighter for parking wrong while the firefighter was trying to save lives is a clear explainer.