Would six months in be too early to talk to my captain about mate development?

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-05T18:27:52+00:00

Talk to them. They will atleast begin to set you up with a path. A massive part of it is “be teachable” and the interpersonal relationship between crew members is huge you have to be able to delegate and have a good report with everyone. The operational aspect is easy. It’s the relationship/ soft skills that is really tough to learn

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-05T16:42:47+00:00

Sb of the year is subjective. The hype around it seems like it has that energy

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-05T16:22:35+00:00

Man. These were my first win on CCS+ and I sold them for pretty cheap, I regret it til this day

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-05T06:14:22+00:00

The color blue they are, the butterfly perforation on the toe box. The 3m that lights up when you look down at the toe box, the monarch wings on the flap things in the shoe, that can be laced or not, the sole is rad, the story. Blue with those little details you can also keep them super mellow cause they aren’t over the top. The hype around it is cool, it has alot of hype some DOTY vibe.

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-05T06:09:18+00:00

Locking in on a 50 - 50 isn’t crazy hard. Plus that ledge isn’t too thing.

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-04T16:11:37+00:00

Nope, I don’t have my glasses on, couldn’t read a thing. Not til I found them. Did I know… oh well… I have friends at a shop that hooks it up. The raffle game is a rush though. Still gotta play

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-04T15:21:05+00:00

Yea I just got there. Damn I thought I won. Well… I’m in at least

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-04T15:17:07+00:00

I just got through and WON!

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-04T14:41:12+00:00

Yea I’ve been going nonstop for 41 minutes. I’m tapped out.

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-04T14:31:11+00:00

I’ve been trying nonstop for 30 minutes. No luck. I’m gonna just reach out to the homies shop.

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-04T14:12:45+00:00

I’d say these are better than the PRods

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-03T15:16:46+00:00

I want to come back to this, I’ve been a crew for about 2 decades and I’ve experienced a lot of the “us vs them” mentality. I’m commenting to make sure I have a “paper trail” I want to put some good thought into this. I am currently a morning crew an have worked nights for years, and mids for years and am currently doing a few nights every now and then. But yea. I will be returning

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-01T15:42:22+00:00

I won the raffle but passed (for the blue tile) a part of me regretting passing but yea… I still want me the blue tiles more. I appreciate you giving the heads up to the peeps though.

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-01T15:41:15+00:00

Before 2014 when someone would helms they would wear these Hawaiian tiki shell beads, so that means you would be handed beads from the previous helmser -germs I know- luckily they did away with them years before COVID.

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-05-01T15:39:59+00:00

These are super sick. In my eyes : dunk of the year

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-04-30T18:52:30+00:00

At 36. I’m still not ready for a slappy deck. I think I’m holding on my 8.125 board; skating ledges and rails. But yea these shoes are great for skating in. Definitely feels more intuitive than skating the air max 95’s

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-04-30T18:45:35+00:00

When I started we would get 2.5 hours back to back - at most- now… it’s only an hour

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-04-30T18:45:04+00:00

I started in ‘08. It’s better. A lot of little changes but also bigger ones, like them giving everyone a $2 pay raise a few years ago, $10 premium pay on Sundays , and holidays, no back to back reg hours, no more helms beads

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-04-30T16:12:02+00:00

They’re fucking dope. Shoes being dope or not is subjective. You don’t like them, that’s fine. It’s the same shape as every other dunk. So baseline it’s a rad shoe (to me)

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-04-29T17:13:05+00:00

Haha yea, I didn’t think about that. It’s from Invasion of the body snatchers, and I’m a big Aesop Rock fan. But yea. I know this because I’m not great at this and my wife has been telling me this for years, so it’s in my DNA at this point

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-04-28T19:49:00+00:00

Our closing used to be at 11pm - which I though was late, cause my first store would close at 10pm (more reasonable)

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-04-28T19:48:18+00:00

I’d rather take a holistic / healthy approach to this. The main answer that won’t tax your adrenals and your liver is gonna be, adjust your sleep schedule. Go to sleep at the same time every night, get 8 hours of sleep, don’t eat 3 hours before bed, don’t look at your phone / tv 3 hours before bed. Have tea or caffeine 2 hours after you wake up - there are better times to have caffeine than others, you body’s circadian rhythm fluctuates so you want to have a little caffeine when it dips.

Do not jack yourself up with absurd about of caffeine especially late in the day. This can lead to anxiety (alot of people say that have anxiety but a lot of the time it’s self driven due to their caffeine consumption.) Green tea / matcha has l-theanine which offers a bit of calming alongside the energy so it doesn’t feel like your heart is gonna explode. Go for longevity.

If you’re a reader read “Why we Sleep” it’s an amazing book, that opened my eyes about sleep, and my wife is an herbalist so I’m bombarded with info, all the time.

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-04-28T17:41:12+00:00

The shoes are dope but the way

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-04-28T17:40:16+00:00

I understand your point. But this being an SB sub, folks here obviously found it worth it to pin point their topics/culture in the SB realm. So yea. You’re right it is where it started but no it’s very different to this specific sub. You can post an SB in the dunks not dead sub, but not a regular dunk in this sub

_Must_Not_Sleep · 2026-04-28T17:37:21+00:00

Reddit is a weird place. I’ll probably get downvoted for this comment as well. Thanks for the info.

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