If you or anyone you know needs help with substance abuse reach out to professional skateboarder Brandon Turner at Healthy Life Recovery: healthyliferecovery.com/staying-active-in-recovery/
Thank you for this! IM clean now but I was addicted during the time normal heroin started disappearing and fentanyl and entered the game, lucky to be alive, but I can see how easily that switch of strength killed so many people on accident. So sad so everyone should know, no one should judge, no shame in being honest.
A very sad reality in the skateboarding world. I just recently started skating again and addiction is what tore me away from skating the first time. These companies promote substance abuse and its sad as hell. Thankfully I got away from addiction 11 years ago and I'm glad to be skating again. I just hope I can get to the skill level I used to be. Only a month back skating but so happy to be back and share my experience to the younger generations. Am actually debating on starting a youtube showing my progress and traveling to different parks as well as give out skateboards to the skaters of the parks like Braille does. We've lost some of the best skaters in the world to substance abuse. I sadly know the reality of going blind for 45 minutes and multiple black outs while using, I'd never wish substance abuse on my worst enemy. Props to you Zack for speaking about the truth that's killing our skaters.
Thanks for sharing your story dude! Alcohol replaced skateboarding for me once upon a time… and then skateboarding replaced alcohol. I plan on staying addicted to skateboarding!!
I'm so glad you made it out of that life and thank you for telling your story. You are a blessing to so many. I pray you can make that happen (Your RUclips progress, Traveling to skate parks and showing love for all the kids) bro. Keep it in your heart and it will happen.
skating helped me out of some dark times, but you have to push through it and become the person you want to be. overcoming substances was hard for me but I knew that by doing so I would be 10x happier with myself and my life. I have a fiance and I'm the happiest I've ever been. if you think you cant put down drugs or make something of yourself that is far from the truth, you just have to be honest with yourself and ask "what do I need to do in order to change". hearing about deaths related to drugs always breaks my heart but sometimes people just cant be helped or they need to find the willpower help themselves. my dad is a good example of this, but we are both 5 years sober now and pushing for 6.
I’m so glad you talked about this. Substance abuse and dependency is so common, specially in the skate community. I am therapist/assessor at substance abuse treatment center for adolescents in Texas, who is also a skater. Skating aside, I have heard of so many overdoses on Fentanyl, specially from it being used to cut other substances, most commonly seen in Percocet. The lack of control teens have over this substance is overwhelming, just last week I heard of 7 deaths due to ODs. There should be a stronger platform for communication out in the community about all of this, from psycho-education to therapy availability.
Agreed that there should be more access to safe, effective pharmacotherapy. Treatment with Buprenorphine, Methadone, Diamorphine and Ibogaine should be free and widely available. Instead of this, restrictions put in place by the government and prescriber make them hard to access, if not unavailable.
Addiction is a mental health struggle. We have to embrace the motto, “It’s not weak to speak.” The more we talk about ALL mental health struggles in this community, the better we all can become.
I lived in SF for 20 years and Jake and I almost got in a bar fight once because of my dog. He used to come to the bar I worked at and we kinda made up. Years later I’m working on Haight St. and Jake walks by and sees my in the shop. He walks up to the door like he’s coming in to talk to me and then turned and walked away last second. I’ve always wondered what he was going to say to me. He died a few days later
This breaks my heart. 💔 I'm 55, but back when I was a teen I was a skater. I have also done mountain biking, rock climbing, urban exploring, hiking and so much more. At 2 years old I was run over by a bunch of boys on a toboggan sled, which caused me to have scoliosis in my upper spine and I get frequent migraine headaches. So I know how it is to be dealing with constant pain and having to take something to relieve that pain. So, all I can say to anyone that is dealing with pain, NO DRUG (even a prescription drug: Fentanyl and so many others) is worth your life. You all have a lot of people that love you and care about you and so do I. I do a lot of walking and getting exercise, which helps a lot. I also take Tylenol Arthritis when it gets bad enough, I've never taken drugs for it ever and never will. So if a Doctor tries to prescribe Fentanyl or anything like it, Just Say NO! Be Blessed my Friends.
It really bothered me to see how unwilling people were to talk about this "out of respect", so finally hearing this made me pretty emotional. Skateboarding has always been an escape from addiction and other hardships for so many, so why is this discussion still so stigmatized within our community? I know people just want to grieve, but this is a problem that is only getting worse. I hope more people start to understand that saying nothing is just contributing to that.
Thank you for making this video. The generation of skates before your generation had the same challenges with substance abuse. Think of all the pain and suffering Hosoi, Jay Adams, Gator the majority of skaters from the eighties for that matter endured. For what? So the next generation to repeat the same cycle of pain and regret. I would like to see a video of skaters that made it to the other side and hear their perspectives.
Ive been clean 14 months from everything, I overdosed 11 times on Fentanyl and have lost all my friends to drugs and came here to Cali and turned my life around after being homeless for 8 years, the only way people will get clean is if they want it, skateboarding has help keep me from going back to prison and using drugs again, if you know someone in pain I pray for you and that person, god bless.
Thanks so much for this awareness. Sometimes you have to stay away from people that want to influence or enable, be it family or friends. Something does need to change, and it can be as simple as being that person at the park that doesn't smoke or drink. Kids seeing someone ripping around a park and not having to have a smoke break or pound a beer before or after skating makes a HUGE impact, especially to the younger generation. Skate Parks should not be a drug hang out, period.
On oct 31st i will be 5 years clean and sober. I usually let people know pretty quickly and have been generally well received. Im open to helping peeps but 100 they have to want to do it for themselves... i wish i wasn't so comfortable at rock bottom but i needed to go through it all... regardless this is a really great video thanks for putting it together. With a little love, a little patience and some serious introspection people can get better..🧡✌️✌️
Super good video! I’m not on the blue pills or heroin but I definitely drink too much and have lost people to excessive drinking and even being so faded they got run over by cars.
I got clean 15 years ago. Nobody cares if you get over it either. Just have to do things for yourself. Also, never put anyone on a pedestal. They will always let you down. Men are all brothers under God. It's good to teach the younger bros by not hiding the truth.
One of the biggest solutions is to decriminalize all that stuff. Because as it stands now, an addiction unassociated with any other criminal behavior, will still result in a criminal record. And it should be glaringly obvious by now that being illegal is NOT a persuading factor in people's decision regarding substance use.
A very non-judgemental way to discuss this with people is simply to remind them that life, like skating, requires balance. Most humans have some kind of vice, a way to temporarily distance ourselves from the daily stresses of life, and becoming overly attached to any kind of vice brings inherent dangers. Becoming overly invested/attached to our daily lives also has its dangers. Inspiring people to find and keep this balance is a good way to open a conversation that may eventually lead to healthy questions about what roles the vices in their lives are playing, and how to set boundaries with the various elements in our lives: people, vices, goals, routine, escape, etc.
I could tell JP was high on the KOTR meetup at Seattle episode. There’s a scene where he’s walking away down the railroad tracks, and they’re calling his name…at that moment my intuition told me that he was into something not good
I have the Jake Phelps issue still, with wrapper, RIP, he did so much for skateboarding man, damn :'( Also used to do drugs, don't anymore, weed is legal where I live so I smoke weed yea but at least I won't do fent or coke or pills or anything, and I am over 21 so I guess it goes to show that it's good to have videos like this to reach out to people
Harm reduction works for some ex addicts- smoke a haybail of weed just PLEASE no hard stuff fellas. Coffee ☕️ and Reefer are so strong today, there’s no need for anything stronger. Sobriety is best, but statistically very few of us are sober, straight edge, etc.
Skating fixes the need for an addiction....it is one and it can be positive.....but.....a lot of the people I meet who are good at skating i can tell have that hard wired pretence for addiction.......I guess if you don't know you are scratching that itch then at some point skating stops being a bandaid and the dragon rears it head.....its a sad world 😳
its messed up how people look up to drugs i have been trying to quit smoking for years and no one wants to help me. and people at my local are smoking weed almost every time I'm there and I've seen this since i was 8
Do you remember HBO Undercover? I remember sitting at my main skate homie’s house back in the late 90’s, watching an episode where they followed a group of heroin addicts. I remember one part where this guy was just passed out on a pile of gravel and mentioned to my friend “That doesn’t look very fun” and my friend responded “I think smack is glamorous. Look at all our favorite bands.”. He was totally serious too. A couple years later, my dude was a full blown junkie. He’s still alive, still using (on and off), but I wouldn’t wish his life on anyone.
I was on shit for a long time. It's definitely true that no one will change until they actually want to. No one could tell me anything. But I do want to say it looks like they were enabling him.
Right, cause no married person with kids has ever died from an addiction. Idk your politics, but this is such a reactionary conservative take. "Just get married & have kids, it'll fix everything".
No doubt. I’ve lost some friends to that garbage. I think everyone has. Stick to bud, the brew or the smoke. You’ll live a longer, happier, life and you won’t hurt the one’s who love you.
No. Alcohol isn't an ok drug. Neither are cigarettes. If you have impulse control issues and tend to consume too much of any given substance stick to nothing. The idea that alcohol and cigs are ok bc they're legal and weed because it's commonplace is so stupid and will get more people killed. If you can, just stay sober.
I agree with you for the most part, the brew will kill you and hurt the ones you love just like the hard stuff, the ones left behind will battle with going down the same road to try and forget the pain of the loss! It's an everyday struggle for myself and countless others.
It definitely didn't help and made things worse by not telling other people what happened. Most people knew what happened to Jeff and Jake . It's good to warn people about the dangers and the reality of someone you know passing from .
Test your drugs. It's a safer bet, invest in those reagent tests. Beyond that there's not much worse than alcohol or tobacco. To each their own what one chooses to put in their body. Canada is doing better regarding legislation. Places like the UK is still terribly backdated. Anyone struggling check out a book called 'Chasing the Scream. Great great insights.
I try to keep comments like this one out of skateboarding but…. The reason why this happens, is because those who run your country are organised criminals masquerading as a government. All these problems you talk off, solely exist by the existence of “government” Look to where the fentanyl comes from, where it’s allowed to openly pass your southern border. I know from watching your videos that the areas you are in are some of the most degraded cities in the US. This has been done deliberately. You’ve been destroyed from within. We all have. But those once great cities you live in. Have been systematically destroyed by your “government “ that have gone unchecked and unstopped for decades. This is true of my own country op, and all western governments. Anyway. I love your content.
@@Jay-wk9xj politics is for dumb people mate. My comment merely illustrates the illegitimacy of any government, red or blue they are the true enemy’s of the people. Responsible for every war, famine and degraded drug infested hell hole city in the western world. These are facts, not political statements.
Yeah, the fentanyl epidemic is a result of drug prohibition. A significant percentage of the population will always find life intolerable without drugs; there is no way to effectively prohibit drug use, and there is no intention of effectively prohibiting drug use. Drugs are only prohibited to cultivate crime as a resource, as an excuse to employ a lot of otherwise unemployable psychopaths with tax dollars to rule society, to shake down taxpayers for protection money against gangs bred in prisons fed by the criminalization of unavoidably ubiquitous human nature, and against cartels who are granted a monopoly on one of the biggest industries on the planet.
In the future maybe it'd be a neat video to talk about "trendy" skateboarding and the flood of transition into non transition/street skate centered brands
You can't push a rope as someone who has recovered from addiction knows. Set boundaries, detached with love (empathy, sympathy) and tell folks your experience with it. We will remember that at least and know there are people who have got out of it. Sadly you can't scared a real alcoholic/addict either. My experience is that until the pain outweighs any pleasure, a true change doesn't occur.. Sad that as much as Phelps, Grosso did get on my nerves with their opinions, views on skateboarding, a HUGE hole in the industry is Missing as I came up when you had "those guys" who told the scenes or you what's wacked , and hurting the scene.. ok off my "soapbox"...
Well said/ I was wanting to go into this subject but there was so Much going through my head but after reading your message - no need to / ur message was exactly what I wanted to put out...
I'm having a hard time focusing on the importance of the words when it cuts from you sitting to skating. Massive respect for putting this out there tho. RIP Phelps and everyone else who lost the battle.
If you or anyone you know needs help with substance abuse reach out to professional skateboarder Brandon Turner at Healthy Life Recovery: healthyliferecovery.com/staying-active-in-recovery/
Thank you for this video Zack…This is a very important topic!
A lot of thought went into this. Thank you for speaking out.
I cared how they died. Thanks for bringing this to light.
I never met a good person. So if anyone thinks you're a bad person for saying the truth. They need to look in the mirror.
Thank you for this! IM clean now but I was addicted during the time normal heroin started disappearing and fentanyl and entered the game, lucky to be alive, but I can see how easily that switch of strength killed so many people on accident. So sad so everyone should know, no one should judge, no shame in being honest.
I love that we have a skater who talks about healthy lifestyles in a way that makes you feel motivated
A very sad reality in the skateboarding world. I just recently started skating again and addiction is what tore me away from skating the first time. These companies promote substance abuse and its sad as hell. Thankfully I got away from addiction 11 years ago and I'm glad to be skating again. I just hope I can get to the skill level I used to be. Only a month back skating but so happy to be back and share my experience to the younger generations. Am actually debating on starting a youtube showing my progress and traveling to different parks as well as give out skateboards to the skaters of the parks like Braille does. We've lost some of the best skaters in the world to substance abuse. I sadly know the reality of going blind for 45 minutes and multiple black outs while using, I'd never wish substance abuse on my worst enemy. Props to you Zack for speaking about the truth that's killing our skaters.
Thanks for sharing your story dude! Alcohol replaced skateboarding for me once upon a time… and then skateboarding replaced alcohol. I plan on staying addicted to skateboarding!!
I’d watch that channel 👍🏼
I'm so glad you made it out of that life and thank you for telling your story. You are a blessing to so many. I pray you can make that happen (Your RUclips progress, Traveling to skate parks and showing love for all the kids) bro. Keep it in your heart and it will happen.
skating helped me out of some dark times, but you have to push through it and become the person you want to be. overcoming substances was hard for me but I knew that by doing so I would be 10x happier with myself and my life. I have a fiance and I'm the happiest I've ever been. if you think you cant put down drugs or make something of yourself that is far from the truth, you just have to be honest with yourself and ask "what do I need to do in order to change". hearing about deaths related to drugs always breaks my heart but sometimes people just cant be helped or they need to find the willpower help themselves. my dad is a good example of this, but we are both 5 years sober now and pushing for 6.
Congrats dude. Happy for you
I’m so glad you talked about this. Substance abuse and dependency is so common, specially in the skate community. I am therapist/assessor at substance abuse treatment center for adolescents in Texas, who is also a skater. Skating aside, I have heard of so many overdoses on Fentanyl, specially from it being used to cut other substances, most commonly seen in Percocet. The lack of control teens have over this substance is overwhelming, just last week I heard of 7 deaths due to ODs. There should be a stronger platform for communication out in the community about all of this, from psycho-education to therapy availability.
Agreed that there should be more access to safe, effective pharmacotherapy. Treatment with Buprenorphine, Methadone, Diamorphine and Ibogaine should be free and widely available. Instead of this, restrictions put in place by the government and prescriber make them hard to access, if not unavailable.
I used to work in a place like that in Wyoming and recently I got news that one of the kids I worked closely with died of an OD, same crap. It sucks.
Props to you for speaking out about this, not easy
There’s been kid’s at the skate park I have heard say “that guy looks like he wouldn’t buy us beer” they were correct.
Addiction is a mental health struggle. We have to embrace the motto, “It’s not weak to speak.” The more we talk about ALL mental health struggles in this community, the better we all can become.
I lived in SF for 20 years and Jake and I almost got in a bar fight once because of my dog. He used to come to the bar I worked at and we kinda made up. Years later I’m working on Haight St. and Jake walks by and sees my in the shop. He walks up to the door like he’s coming in to talk to me and then turned and walked away last second. I’ve always wondered what he was going to say to me. He died a few days later
This breaks my heart. 💔 I'm 55, but back when I was a teen I was a skater. I have also done mountain biking, rock climbing, urban exploring, hiking and so much more. At 2 years old I was run over by a bunch of boys on a toboggan sled, which caused me to have scoliosis in my upper spine and I get frequent migraine headaches. So I know how it is to be dealing with constant pain and having to take something to relieve that pain. So, all I can say to anyone that is dealing with pain, NO DRUG (even a prescription drug: Fentanyl and so many others) is worth your life. You all have a lot of people that love you and care about you and so do I. I do a lot of walking and getting exercise, which helps a lot. I also take Tylenol Arthritis when it gets bad enough, I've never taken drugs for it ever and never will. So if a Doctor tries to prescribe Fentanyl or anything like it, Just Say NO! Be Blessed my Friends.
thank you for being so honest about all of this. I used to want to ignore it, let people sort out their own issues, but then it just gets worse.
It really bothered me to see how unwilling people were to talk about this "out of respect", so finally hearing this made me pretty emotional. Skateboarding has always been an escape from addiction and other hardships for so many, so why is this discussion still so stigmatized within our community? I know people just want to grieve, but this is a problem that is only getting worse. I hope more people start to understand that saying nothing is just contributing to that.
Thank you for making this video. The generation of skates before your generation had the same challenges with substance abuse. Think of all the pain and suffering Hosoi, Jay Adams, Gator the majority of skaters from the eighties for that matter endured. For what? So the next generation to repeat the same cycle of pain and regret. I would like to see a video of skaters that made it to the other side and hear their perspectives.
God bless bro, glad you're taking time to bring awareness to this.
Thanks zack. Need more skaters/youtuber talk about this heavy issues. Good bless!
Ive been clean 14 months from everything, I overdosed 11 times on Fentanyl and have lost all my friends to drugs and came here to Cali and turned my life around after being homeless for 8 years, the only way people will get clean is if they want it, skateboarding has help keep me from going back to prison and using drugs again, if you know someone in pain I pray for you and that person, god bless.
Congrats on being clean for 14 months.
@@dowdyster1 thanks Mr.dowdy!
Great topic keep making these types of videos
Thanks so much for this awareness.
Sometimes you have to stay away from people that want to influence or enable, be it family or friends. Something does need to change, and it can be as simple as being that person at the park that doesn't smoke or drink.
Kids seeing someone ripping around a park and not having to have a smoke break or pound a beer before or after skating makes a HUGE impact, especially to the younger generation. Skate Parks should not be a drug hang out, period.
On oct 31st i will be 5 years clean and sober. I usually let people know pretty quickly and have been generally well received. Im open to helping peeps but 100 they have to want to do it for themselves... i wish i wasn't so comfortable at rock bottom but i needed to go through it all... regardless this is a really great video thanks for putting it together. With a little love, a little patience and some serious introspection people can get better..🧡✌️✌️
Super good video! I’m not on the blue pills or heroin but I definitely drink too much and have lost people to excessive drinking and even being so faded they got run over by cars.
Good stuff. Kudos for taking on a tough subject..
the thumbnail made me think this video is about pebbles
Same
I thought he was holding a crumbled ball of aluminum foil and I was about to get schooled on a way to wax a curb with some foil.
I got clean 15 years ago. Nobody cares if you get over it either. Just have to do things for yourself. Also, never put anyone on a pedestal. They will always let you down. Men are all brothers under God. It's good to teach the younger bros by not hiding the truth.
that was so beautiful said facts!
One of the biggest solutions is to decriminalize all that stuff. Because as it stands now, an addiction unassociated with any other criminal behavior, will still result in a criminal record. And it should be glaringly obvious by now that being illegal is NOT a persuading factor in people's decision regarding substance use.
you cant help people until they want to change or dont want to live that life anymore.
What brand are those white Hi Tops?
Good work.
A very non-judgemental way to discuss this with people is simply to remind them that life, like skating, requires balance. Most humans have some kind of vice, a way to temporarily distance ourselves from the daily stresses of life, and becoming overly attached to any kind of vice brings inherent dangers. Becoming overly invested/attached to our daily lives also has its dangers. Inspiring people to find and keep this balance is a good way to open a conversation that may eventually lead to healthy questions about what roles the vices in their lives are playing, and how to set boundaries with the various elements in our lives: people, vices, goals, routine, escape, etc.
I could tell JP was high on the KOTR meetup at Seattle episode. There’s a scene where he’s walking away down the railroad tracks, and they’re calling his name…at that moment my intuition told me that he was into something not good
I have the Jake Phelps issue still, with wrapper, RIP, he did so much for skateboarding man, damn :'(
Also used to do drugs, don't anymore, weed is legal where I live so I smoke weed yea but at least I won't do fent or coke or pills or anything, and I am over 21 so I guess it goes to show that it's good to have videos like this to reach out to people
Just buried another friend last week, because of this shit... shit sucks
Harm reduction works for some ex addicts- smoke a haybail of weed just PLEASE no hard stuff fellas. Coffee ☕️ and Reefer are so strong today, there’s no need for anything stronger. Sobriety is best, but statistically very few of us are sober, straight edge, etc.
Skating fixes the need for an addiction....it is one and it can be positive.....but.....a lot of the people I meet who are good at skating i can tell have that hard wired pretence for addiction.......I guess if you don't know you are scratching that itch then at some point skating stops being a bandaid and the dragon rears it head.....its a sad world 😳
its messed up how people look up to drugs i have been trying to quit smoking for years and no one wants to help me. and people at my local are smoking weed almost every time I'm there and I've seen this since i was 8
Do you remember HBO Undercover? I remember sitting at my main skate homie’s house back in the late 90’s, watching an episode where they followed a group of heroin addicts. I remember one part where this guy was just passed out on a pile of gravel and mentioned to my friend “That doesn’t look very fun” and my friend responded “I think smack is glamorous. Look at all our favorite bands.”. He was totally serious too. A couple years later, my dude was a full blown junkie. He’s still alive, still using (on and off), but I wouldn’t wish his life on anyone.
@@AMMAZZARE yeah fr like I've seen lives ruined by heroin and other stuff it is a mind fuck
I was on shit for a long time. It's definitely true that no one will change until they actually want to. No one could tell me anything. But I do want to say it looks like they were enabling him.
Louder. Please.
the truth is a lot of people need the traditional having a family / kids life and the modern world distracts people away from that
You are not wrong
Right, cause no married person with kids has ever died from an addiction. Idk your politics, but this is such a reactionary conservative take. "Just get married & have kids, it'll fix everything".
No doubt. I’ve lost some friends to that garbage. I think everyone has. Stick to bud, the brew or the smoke. You’ll live a longer, happier, life and you won’t hurt the one’s who love you.
No. Alcohol isn't an ok drug. Neither are cigarettes. If you have impulse control issues and tend to consume too much of any given substance stick to nothing. The idea that alcohol and cigs are ok bc they're legal and weed because it's commonplace is so stupid and will get more people killed. If you can, just stay sober.
I agree with you for the most part, the brew will kill you and hurt the ones you love just like the hard stuff, the ones left behind will battle with going down the same road to try and forget the pain of the loss! It's an everyday struggle for myself and countless others.
I haven’t lost anyone….yet. This is why this conversation is important
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It definitely didn't help and made things worse by not telling other people what happened. Most people knew what happened to Jeff and Jake . It's good to warn people about the dangers and the reality of someone you know passing from .
Test your drugs. It's a safer bet, invest in those reagent tests. Beyond that there's not much worse than alcohol or tobacco. To each their own what one chooses to put in their body. Canada is doing better regarding legislation. Places like the UK is still terribly backdated. Anyone struggling check out a book called 'Chasing the Scream. Great great insights.
solid
I try to keep comments like this one out of skateboarding but….
The reason why this happens, is because those who run your country are organised criminals masquerading as a government.
All these problems you talk off, solely exist by the existence of “government”
Look to where the fentanyl comes from, where it’s allowed to openly pass your southern border.
I know from watching your videos that the areas you are in are some of the most degraded cities in the US. This has been done deliberately. You’ve been destroyed from within. We all have. But those once great cities you live in. Have been systematically destroyed by your “government “ that have gone unchecked and unstopped for decades. This is true of my own country op, and all western governments.
Anyway. I love your content.
Unrestricted warfare doctrine being waged against the American people..
Political spambot cleanup on aisle 10...
@@Jay-wk9xj politics is for dumb people mate.
My comment merely illustrates the illegitimacy of any government, red or blue they are the true enemy’s of the people. Responsible for every war, famine and degraded drug infested hell hole city in the western world.
These are facts, not political statements.
Yeah, the fentanyl epidemic is a result of drug prohibition. A significant percentage of the population will always find life intolerable without drugs; there is no way to effectively prohibit drug use, and there is no intention of effectively prohibiting drug use. Drugs are only prohibited to cultivate crime as a resource, as an excuse to employ a lot of otherwise unemployable psychopaths with tax dollars to rule society, to shake down taxpayers for protection money against gangs bred in prisons fed by the criminalization of unavoidably ubiquitous human nature, and against cartels who are granted a monopoly on one of the biggest industries on the planet.
@@morgellon7877 well said! YT is hiding your comment though.
Test your drugs people
I believe it can bring bad luck to say bad things about a dead person when we dream we dream together ok thanks
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In the future maybe it'd be a neat video to talk about "trendy" skateboarding and the flood of transition into non transition/street skate centered brands
You shouldnt be speaking on this subject.
You can't push a rope as someone who has recovered from addiction knows. Set boundaries, detached with love (empathy, sympathy) and tell folks your experience with it. We will remember that at least and know there are people who have got out of it. Sadly you can't scared a real alcoholic/addict either. My experience is that until the pain outweighs any pleasure, a true change doesn't occur.. Sad that as much as Phelps, Grosso did get on my nerves with their opinions, views on skateboarding, a HUGE hole in the industry is Missing as I came up when you had "those guys" who told the scenes or you what's wacked , and hurting the scene.. ok off my "soapbox"...
that's a military analogy also. You pull your men up behind you, lead from the front, set the example
Well said/ I was wanting to go into this subject but there was so Much going through my head but after reading your message - no need to / ur message was exactly what I wanted to put out...
I'm having a hard time focusing on the importance of the words when it cuts from you sitting to skating.
Massive respect for putting this out there tho. RIP Phelps and everyone else who lost the battle.