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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing Daniel Wheatley talk about how Girl fumbled Antonio Durao really hammers home the fact that they're kin to a bad sports organization that lucks their way into success. They're the Jets, they're the Browns, they're the Texans.

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Dread @dreaddbound.bsky.social · 2d

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 1d

As a PC user "Macbook only has 2 ports and one of them is for the charger" seems like a bad joke I made up off the top of my head, but its actually a nightmare I'm actively living as I transfer footage onto a friend's computer hoping the transfer time continues to narrowly outpace the battery life.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 2d

Seek Skateboards

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 2d

Spending my 38th birthday covering the first blind skate event and sleeping at an indoor park has more than made up for missing my annual NYC skatecation.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly this project is probably my swan song here in Jackson proper. After I get more work established and get this park built, I'm moving to Detroit proper.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 4d

Shout to Will Marshall

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 4d

It will be designed to resemble the Cascades fountain, a familiar landmark here. There will be no metal edges anywhere. There will be trees and bushes in the space. You can huck the 3 block but its mostly a place to put your shit and chill. Bump to flat, double sided curb, ledges, and a China bank.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 4d

They're going forward with my ideas for the park design, which will feature a ledge plaza designed to look like it rests in a drained fountain separated from the rest of the park by a 3 block. The entrance will have a platform for vendors/performances that doubles as a manny pad when not in use.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 5d

Kingpin and nut

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 6d

If right leanings folks didn't have such tiny fucking brains, there would be no housing crisis. The "liberals" live there, rent free, there's just not enough space for everyone 😆

Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 6d

I was ruminating on performative Christianity and thought about the fact that year and years ago my Grandma was talking about how her most Christian child in practice is the least Christian in action.

Shitty people doing their best to cross their T's and dot their I's.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 7d

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 10d

Having and event downtown with a ramp 15 feet away from where I received my first skate ticket and had my board confiscated feels like a full circle moment.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 11d

I don't randomly talk to pro skaters because I don't like approaching people without context, but I'm excited for the NB demo this weekend because I get to tell Westgate he was personally responsible for making me realize I would never be pro when we were kids and I saw him at the Es Game of Skate.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 11d

Working on the script for my first short film and I'm realizing in my research that this has to be shot on VX1000s. There's something ironically hilarious about that being an anti VX1000 guy.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 16d

"Leave your worries for awhile, they will still be here when you get back, and your memories aren't invited."

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 16d

I really need to get out of this town because its killing skateboarding for me. I've got all the desire, but this place is draining the motivation. I haven't had fun on my skateboard since I got back from Portland.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 19d

Alexis Sablone Epicly Later'd! I'm so thrilled. When PJ'S WHL dropped, I was as floored by her as the rest of the video and I remember feeling very alone in that sense. I was raised by a single mom who taught me women could do anything and I'm sure it played a big part. She'll always be a favorite.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 20d

Bad news is I was the only street skater within a sea of 50 year old transition skaters I've never met in my life. Good news is it sounds like my ideas better suit the spirit of the project so everyone is gonna watch Taj Hanson's panel from Adjacency as homework.

Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 20d

Initial design meeting for a new skatepark is today. Encouraged by the designer they went with but worried about butting heads with a used to skate friend who wants a huge vert wall that only one person in town is capable of skating. I've already lost the pump track battle.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 20d

Initial design meeting for a new skatepark is today. Encouraged by the designer they went with but worried about butting heads with a used to skate friend who wants a huge vert wall that only one person in town is capable of skating. I've already lost the pump track battle.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 20d

So many memories. Not being able to make it to Back to the Banks is killing me inside.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 23d

I've been trying to clear up fundamental issues with my skating and realized my shoulders are too open and I put my head too far in front of my knees. Correcting it is hard, but right away I realized standing on the board wrong has been the biggest reason I've always sucked at flat ground.

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 23d

Not gonna lie I was waiting for the open wounds of the Yankees betrayal to heal a bit before selling you on the Tigers but oh boy did things change in September

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Nigel. @audubonsquare.bsky.social · 23d

Bunch sketchy shit

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