Season's over folks!

Well, injuries always amaze me. On the one hand, you can bail from a 15 stair, land on your head, and after sustaining a slight concussion be able to skate in a day or two. On the other hand, you can barely twist a joint and be out for weeks or even months. Back in  December, fresh out of school and having just finished a long semester, I rolled my left ankle only to find myself limping around for a few weeks and unable to seriously skate for about 2 months. I still have to be careful on it because it remains weakened from the roll. It was a stupid fall, I was on a tail stall and tried to bail. My left foot landed halfway on my board, just enough to roll my ankle over and cause an enormous amount of pain.
This is what it looked like within a few days.

You can see the swelling here.

The bruising set in a couple of days later

It even bruised in weird places, like between my toes.


Well, after barely getting over the last injury, I unsuspectingly rolled my right ankle this week. Once again, street skating is to blame. Something about that grippy concrete I guess. I went out to my new favorite street spot in Tallahassee and worked myself up to trying the little rail again. Well, I made a lot of progress in one sense, first off I came prepared with a broom for clean up this time. It's funny how a community can neglect such a nice place for so long, only to care about it when people start using it for something. I tend to think this is the case with both skateboarding and graffiti. Many of these places go unnoticed for years. Then when someone starts getting creative with them, people instantly start to concern themselves with the location. In any case, even though I know several people who have gotten trespassing at this location, I decided to risk it and take the time to sweep up all the leaves and trash left at this gem of a spot. Once I was finished I decided to try the rail. Well, right when I started to get close to landing a back board on it, I came off the rail just the wrong way and landed on my right foot toe, flipping my ankle forward just long enough to sprain it.

Here is the video.
Ironically, the injury hurt much more and looks much worse than the one in December. Nevertheless, it seems to be healing much quicker. After only a few days, I can already walk on it much better than the last time.
Here are some pics, brace yourself.

This one was taken literally within two minutes of the twist. My ankle has never swollen so quickly. It was really strange.

Here are some more of the more recent bruising that resulted from the injury.

So yeah, as much as I hate to admit it, It looks like I will be on haitus for the next several weeks if not longer, but that is the price you pay I suppose, and as far as my calculations go, it still seems worth it.