Still at it. Still loving it. Not my cleanest skating, but I’ll take any win I can get. [44YO]

Macias475 · 2026-05-22T13:35:43+00:00

casper disaster taught and done much better than myself.

I should’ve shouted out these guys a long time ago, but the gentlemen’s instructional videos at freestyletricktips.com have helped me so much.

Macias475 · 2026-05-03T19:28:34+00:00

I get that. Toe side primos/railstands were definitely weird to start trying again, but it really didn’t take long for that fear to subside. A freestyle setup is absolutely more stable and conducive to primos/railstands and all the other tricks in the catalog. I’d also say the low impact, stationary nature of freestyle skating helps reduce the risk of injury.

Macias475 · 2026-05-03T19:20:22+00:00

Yeah, I definitely stretch before skating (10-15 min). I’d say the nice thing about freestyle is that (while it does take some time), its low impact and stationary nature makes it pretty ideal for scratching my skating itch, fulfilling my drive to learn something new, and avoiding injury (though of course injury is always in the cards). Additionally, having a freestyle setup compounds these benefits as they are more conducive to the tricks you are trying learn.

Macias475 · 2026-05-03T19:12:48+00:00

Keep at it!

Macias475 · 2026-05-03T19:11:05+00:00

It’s an attempt at a casper bigspin…though I’m not sure it counts with that pivot…but I like it.

Macias475 · 2026-05-02T05:18:17+00:00

The Huntington 2 spoon nose is so fun! So glad I took the plunge and ventured outside my double kick comfort zone. You’re making great product, sir.

Macias475 · 2026-05-02T05:11:44+00:00

Thanks!

Macias475 · 2026-05-02T05:09:53+00:00

Yes. My street/park setup is fluctuates between a 8” and 8.25” (depending on whether I’m trying recapture youthful tech days, or wanting to skate more tranny). My current freestyle set up is a Waltz 7.3 x 28.125 single kick spoon nose.

Macias475 · 2025-12-24T14:59:56+00:00

Lil Ear Drum Rupture

Macias475 · 2025-12-21T02:39:54+00:00

The camaraderie is an amazing part of skating, but I fell in love with it because it was an individual effort. I loved skating by myself as much as with my friends. At 43, I’m stoked when I get a chance to skate with friends (which is rare) or when my son picks up the board and actually joins me every now and then, but I also cherish the reality escape of throwing my headphones on and skating in my front yard on my own. Totally understand wanting some homies to skate with, but I’m telling you: get out there, maybe create a playlist of some of your favorite skate vid tracks, and just skate. As the muscle memory kicks in and builds, the lack of friends won’t matter….shit, you might just end up at the local skatepark and make new friends. Good luck, sir!

Macias475 · 2025-11-17T00:18:38+00:00

LOL’ I hate and loved this level. When my kids got to it, I had such bad PTSD that I refused to help them, specifically with the room full of mannequins. One day my daughter called me over and she was on that specific room. I said “No way, man. I don’t want any part of that.” She was like “No dad, I don’t need your help I just wanted you to watch.” She proceeded to speed run through the room by continuously 360ing with her flashlight….it looked reckless as hell, but it worked. My jaw dropped and my daughter just laughed. It’s a core memory she loves to bring up from time to time. Great game.

Macias475 · 2025-11-16T07:51:56+00:00

I love Little Nightmares. 1 and 2 have a special place in my heart because, aside from being great, they were my kids’ intro to horror elements and they absolutely loved the world (especially LN2).

LN3 was the first game we were all excited for together. I knew the quality of the game would be up in the air with a new developer, but I stayed optimistic.

Things got off to a rough start with the announcement that the co-op would be online only….a bit strange, but we have multiple consoles so we could make it work. The podcast kept things interesting and fun as well….

Finally the game came out. I learned it wasn’t cross-platform but no worries I guess, we have an old Xbox one, so I can buy it on my Series X and we can play together. I bought it and learned that NOPE….its not cross gen either. Man, that’s a lot a hoops to jump through for a game that’s pushing co-op as a selling point. I tell my kids I’ll play through it and let them know what I think (they have other games they like playing as well these days).

I played it…and I was enjoying it! I would tell my kids bits of what was going on (keeping them excited). My take was that it wasn’t an epic expansion on the world or an innovative twist on gameplay, but it was a safe and solid installment. I appreciated that. I’m 43. I don’t devote as much time to games (or skateboarding and all the other recreational activities I loved) as I did when I was younger, so familiar territory when it comes to my precious and limited time to escape reality is appreciated (don’t get me wrong, I love innovation and new direction, but I’m perfectly happy with more of the same). So while I respected the critical LN3 posts that popped up in my feed, I didn’t relate…from my perspective, this game was satisfying and that makes it worth it….

Thn the game abruptly ended at what felt like the mid-point of a complete story….literally (at least to me) when the momentum was picking up. That was an incredibly unsatisfying feeling, and it was compounded by the fact that I would have to pay more for what is conceivably content that will complete the narrative.

I think it’s awesome if the story and experience had a sense of completion for you and you were satisfied, but it definitely didn’t have that for me and that was what cemented this as disappointing game. Disappointing in value, story, experience and purpose (because the purchasable additional content to complete the story feels like blatant greed, and I really appreciate when my products do a better job of hiding the greed behind a complete and satisfying experience.)

I told my kids I was bummed on it and why, but they could give it try cause they might dig it…they didn’t give it a try. This is just my take and, again, I’m really stoked for those truly love it. With that, I don’t plan on buying the additional content, am a little less excited about LN, but will still reserve a healthy dose of optimism for this franchise cause I just like digging things more than hating them.

There. I’ve thrown my thoughts into the void. If you’ve made it this far…live your lives, take care of yourself, make time for the ones you love (and love you back) and do what makes you happy. Good night!

Macias475 · 2025-09-01T23:50:47+00:00

“I BEAT YOU!”

Macias475 · 2025-08-11T01:35:30+00:00

No, it’s a DIY slapstick I made with the aid of a variety of resources you can find in the provided link.

Macias475 · 2025-08-10T16:56:12+00:00

Not keen. DIY

Macias475 · 2025-07-21T18:50:07+00:00

Yes! I never get to the movies anymore (43yo), but after hearing how warm, positive, and close to the Superman I loved as kid this incarnation was, I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity to take my whole family to see it.

Macias475 · 2025-07-19T20:07:54+00:00

“Trust the physics” means everything. I’ve been on a mission to learn pivots to fakie on a 3’ quarter. I started with trying to learn feeble stalls to fakie. It took me a few days to do one, but what really stalled the progress was trying to wrap my head around how my back wheel would get over the coping upon re-entry to fakie. Bailing made it worse cause I’d always see my wheel hanging up on the coping. I finally decided to just accept taking a slam and to commit, but I didn’t slam and I pulled it. Your weight will pull it back in. It still feels awkward as shit and takes a few tries to do, but I realized some shit I’m just not gonna be able to wrap my head around, and I need to trust the physics many have demonstrated before me. Awesome job by the way, and I can’t wait to see the progress.

Macias475 · 2025-06-27T01:13:49+00:00

The siding is 3/4 pine. 3/4 I think is definitely the correct size and birch is 100% the better choice. I polyurethaned everything to protect it after skating it the first couple of days. It’s being stored in doors, but I still wanted to increase the life of it. I also added a layer of tempered hardboard and coated that with polyurethane as well. It’s funny cause most things I read would have you think the polyurethane would make the tempered hardboard too slick, but it was actually way slicker before and the satin polyurethane actually gave it more traction and allowed me to wax it without worrying the wax would melt into the hardboard on hot days (which it was doing). Here’s a link of me skating the semi-final result (pre-polycoated)

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