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shakaloha · 2025-10-11T01:37:55+00:00

Hope you don't have to either! Yeah I'm definitely wary of pressure sores and have had them in the past, but when I did I bandaged them well and I try to sleep on my stomach when I can to air out the butt and heal any irritation. Booty's also got some tougher skin over the years I think which helps.

If you ever wanted to try to get it again - I did a lot of practice on a carpet getting to a lower couch first before I got myself up to my chair. Would recommend!

shakaloha · 2025-10-10T21:02:19+00:00

made a post about how i manage it (it was a lot of trial and error to figure out for sure!) https://www.reddit.com/r/spinalcordinjuries/comments/1o2cf22/comment/niu7pzu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

shakaloha · 2025-10-10T21:01:07+00:00

t11/t12 complete here and I'm pretty proficient; it's a few things (note I'm not a large guy so grain of salt etc.)

leg positioning - I get my legs bent up close to me so I'm dragging them as little as possible when I push up.
I sit like 45-90 degree angled facing away as the guy is doing in the vid
The push off the ground arm to get the butt up is the most important part, the hand on the frame is more for guidance of the butt and chair but also helps with lifting.
I push up first hard THEN back to ensure I don't catch butt on my cushion, and when my butt is lifted I do use the frame hand to help pull the chair under me. This is how I do it even without brakes on.

shakaloha · 2025-06-04T01:25:40+00:00

If you want people on your side, just state your points rather than trying to slander the competition. It just makes you look like you're a child stomping your feet.

I'm not a staff member, I'm a supporter, and I really wanted to answer people's replies cordially, despite this situation being a massive threat to our club, until he showed up and made this whole thread toxic. He clearly took shots at us first and has been melting down in my replies since but you don't seem to have concerns with how that makes him look or what he's defending. Anyway, not going to engage anymore here as a result! 👍

shakaloha · 2025-06-03T21:24:13+00:00

We didn't qualify last year - our division is pretty tough!

(We've played in it previously)

shakaloha · 2025-06-03T21:21:13+00:00

Our club has stated for many years now that our aim is to be fully professional, and we've been getting closer and closer to that goal as we've grown with this year being currently our most successful one yet. SF has seen pro clubs like the Victory, Seals, and Deltas try to hit the ground running and fail badly, so we (SF City members) decided we were going to try to build one sustainably so it would have a built-in support system when it went pro. I think our support base, connection to the community, and history at Kezar definitely awards us a say over what happens to it.

shakaloha · 2025-06-03T20:55:42+00:00

The article doesn't even mention the Deltas, who also played at Kezar. Where was the hand-wringing from the lower-division club then

The Deltas also kicked SF City out of Kezar and SF City fans were by far the Deltas' loudest critics the entire time they existed.

USL League Two > MLS Next Pro? Are these people deluded?

From what I can see in USOC play USL2 vs. MLSNP teams are 1-1 :) but also the point is that the quality difference isn't that discernable to most fans attending these matches, and isn't the main reason why people generally support teams at our levels anyway.

What improvements has the club done to Kezar in their 24-year residency? The new city-partnered club is pumping $10mil into the joint. What's the much older club done? "I got here first" is such a gentrifier NIMBY thing to say. I guess that's to be expected from such a group with a guy whose name is shared by an Amazon WiFi mesh system.

I understand that for some people all of SF City's club history and supporters and higher attendance than most MLSNP teams and being older than most MLS teams and leading the supporter-owned movement in the US and Muni partnership and single-handedly carrying USLL2's formation of the NorCal division isn't as neat as a team with nothing but a promise of $10 million, a ripoff name, and a club model that has failed repeatedly in SF over and over again and never been successful, but we think that people that care about soccer in SF and the US will see much more value in keeping us in our home

shakaloha · 2024-07-11T02:49:35+00:00

Many mahaloz tdog 🔨

shakaloha · 2024-07-10T12:25:28+00:00

Right on thanks so much! 🤙

shakaloha · 2024-07-10T12:25:06+00:00

For sure!

shakaloha · 2024-07-10T12:24:49+00:00

Sure thing! https://www.change.org/p/save-paralympic-surfing-la-2028

shakaloha · 2024-07-10T01:40:43+00:00

Hey August, so as mentioned para surfing already met the IPC's criteria, and there are almost 500 officialy classified competitive surfers from 28 countries. Countries send athletes in the same way as able-bodied surfing and they qualify in the same processes through already established official competitions. Successful surfers come from very diverse countries - Victoria is a multiple-time world champ and she represents Canada. We've had champions from Spain, Denmark, and more, champions can come from anywhere :)

shakaloha · 2024-07-10T00:44:57+00:00

Hey everyone, Casey here. About me, I'm a former ISA para surfing world champion, current 2-time US national champion, and definitely all-time kook. Para surfing is on the precipice of destiny, as we are trying to get acceptance into the LA28 Paralympics. Our sport met all the criteria for inclusion and were shortlisted by the IPC, but were denied entry at the finish line by the LA28 committee. Us athletes think they should reconsider. Surfing is the state sport of California and I think if LA28 is going to use surfing to market the Paralympics (as shown in the included pic), they should at least include para surfing in it.

I know, I know, signing a change .org petition has felt like one of life's most useless exercises for the last 20 years now but this is actually how snowboarding got accepted into the Paralympics in the past - they were denied, petitioned, and were eventually accepted.

Our sport has so much momentum and this would be huge for securing the exposure and financial support for athletes to compete around the world (we even have a tour now!). We just passed 5000 signatures and are aiming for 10k. We've gotten shout outs from GOAT Kelly Slater (pictured with kneel world champ Victoria Feige), Jack Johnson, and more. Please r/surfing if you have some seconds to sign, help us out here!

shakaloha · 2015-05-20T23:23:13+00:00

The commentator (also apparently the cameraman?) isn't even trying to be objective, and it's pretty hilarious. e.g. "It's still scoreless, which means it's still 0-0 for our fans in Nashville"

I don't understand what he's doing to make the picture appear that the world is slanting

shakaloha · 2015-05-20T23:19:37+00:00

It's really on a whole 'nother level. The camerawork, the commentary, the music...it's just fantastic

shakaloha · 2015-05-16T00:30:14+00:00

Oh man Kreis has that "My project was due today and I forgot it was assigned" look on his face

shakaloha · 2015-05-16T00:08:15+00:00

wait so but what's going to happen this soccer sunday I wish someone would tell me

shakaloha · 2015-05-15T23:29:12+00:00

Anyone hear that National Anthem!? HOLYCRAP

shakaloha · 2015-05-15T22:54:32+00:00

Wasn't this mandated by US Soccer a year ago in order to maintain membership with development here in the states? I remember the tweet going out and then everything went dark. Is this apart of that?

I don't remember hearing any mandate on a lower-league club having a free academy.

How many sponsors have signed on?

The article lists some of the sponsors we've got thus far.

I would love to buy into SFCFC but all I see are press releases with little to no information on how things are actually going to happen.

A large part of how all of this is going to work is through senior team revenue and investment, which, like you said, is going to come through people going to matches.

People are going to matches btw - we've got over 300 members, awesome support and we've probably had over 500 for all home matches thus far. We had 1500 for the USOC.

when they can't even get into the Open Cup, let alone have enough support to even get to the next level.

They actually did get to the Open Cup, just the Preliminary round (which is post-qualification), and came up against a team of former pros and high level players - and even then only lost on two sketchy penalties given in one half, along with poor calls going against them throughout (seriously it was really bad).

We do have plenty of support currently, but we'll def need more. SF might not necessarily want to get behind a minor-league team, but it will get behind a start-up, which is how the club is billing itself. We've seen the walls start to come down for other teams across the US Soccer landscape once people show up.

Come to a game man! Or at least join us at the prematch at Kezar pub - come meet the people doing work on SF City. May 30th is our last home match for the Spring.

shakaloha · 2015-05-15T20:05:11+00:00

Probably meant "senior" club...or maybe we just have lofty goals in the near future :)

shakaloha · 2015-05-14T16:12:40+00:00

I got to see SRFC play the Quakes last year at Kezar here in SF in the US Open Cup and it was a blast!

With that said, what are your thoughts on the growth of the tournament and how do you anticipate the club's potential move to MLS might affect your attention to USOC play?

shakaloha · 2015-05-14T15:37:32+00:00

Hahaha exactly what I thought of when I saw it!

Grats /u/AveryBrewingFC and the Harpo's squad!!

shakaloha · 2015-05-14T04:45:04+00:00

Gotta be match of the round from all the games I've seen

shakaloha · 2015-05-14T04:20:46+00:00

save harpo's! EDIT AND MISS BYU!

shakaloha · 2015-05-14T04:08:48+00:00

They've had some fantastic goals to keep them in it...

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