I made this part in April 2022. I had returned from filming it in a week at Blade cup and had just told my filmer that I didn’t wanna do this anymore. the first batch of clips I received were 360p so pardon the quality.

I edited this with the frame of mind that it was probably gonna be the last time I made a section. It was bittersweet; my emotions were short-circuiting at the time and it was nice to feel something, even if that feeling was probably just the intensity of leaving it all behind.

The details are unimportant, and it suffices to say that I didn’t get a clip for another two-and’a-half years.

Even with prior experience in the matter, I had allowed my mental health to disintegrate into a shambles. This time it wasn’t so simple though. my usual medication did the opposite of helping and it turned into a year-long roller coaster of balancing and unbalancing on various different meds trying to figure out what the hell was going on with me. I added tags to the YouTube video listing of all the meds that I had to cycle through.

At one point it was up to five a day.

I’m happy to report that today I only need to take that same initial medication at a very low dose and things are going well.

When I made this part, I also wrote a long drawn out depressing cynical paragraph that was aimed at exposing the issues with mental health in rollerblading. I’m glad I didn’t post it and I’m glad I’m posting this now.

I’d like to apologize in advance to those of you without good musical taste, I realize this is way too sad for a skate part and that’s why I haven’t put it up until now. filmed by @immonymen

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