skate journal: an attempt at skating (nov 29, 2023)
Posted in Skate Journal on November 30th, 2023 by corpoI got word from the Dr that I had a minor meniscus tear, but it didn’t warrant surgery and that most of my issue is arthritis. But this is osteoarthritis, not my normal rhematoid flavor. I am going to NYC in a couple days and would love to skate there so I went out to test the knee. I was able to skate without much pain for 20-30 minutes, but it was so bad. I had zero confidence, pop, skill. I did one line of tail drop shove off a rock, pop shove on flat, kickflip on flat. One axle stall on a rock. Another kickflip that took like 20 tries. Went home thinking I didn’t push it much. Woke up the next day and the knee pain is totally back. Needless to say I’m super bummed. Hoping some hyaluronic acid shots in a few weeks help, but for now real skating for a while. Maybe some slappies or very low transition, but that’s it. 🙁
(setup 3/10 8.5 null sample 14.25, jessup ultragrip, royal ultralite 149, spitfire f4 99a tablet 52mm, es swift b/w size 12 currex runpro insoles)
(pain level 4/10 felt weird since I haven’t jumped in a month)