Hi guys, a word from Mrs Mustang Mark (yes, he did propose in his drug induced daze, but I’ll wait till his divorce goes through until I take it seriously, and I don’t know how many nurses he proposed to as well). Thanks to all that helped, particularly Nick and Richard. I was a bit useless, but it was a bit of a shock. I wouldn’t even try to convince him to give up skating as it would probably kill him, but please do not allow him in the bowl before the shoulder heals. Thanks for all your good wishes and he will be fine. I’m grateful that he has such a great group of friends to support him, something we both appreciate. Keep having fun and try to be careful. Leanne (I don’t have a nickname as yet, any suggestions?) 
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nutts to Lock NUTTS
Muzza’…ya’ big palooka, u’
Where woz’ the lethal weapon, get up & slam the shoulder into the wall of da’ bowl (to put it back in), heh-heh-heh…
Fer real now though, heres to u’ puttin’ the feet up, & Mrs. Mustang tending to all your wants & needs, (milk it fer’ all it’s worth matey, lol).
Just tend to that burnin’ clutch brother !
Bumma to hear about what happened, (we are fragile ol’ bastards arn’t we), but it was good to hear u’ didn’t do the shoulder / rotator cuff, ligaments, etc… I have some awesome linament (Dit Da Jow) that is the raddest, will make up a bottle for ya’ (just don’t put it on after a shower / or near ya’ private parts.) yoooouuuuuuuchhhhhhhhhh
Look after ur’ self MM’…will c- ya on board shortly…
Hey Mark, good news that you’ll be right again in a week or two. Dislocations hurt bad, but they get better fairly quickly. Gotta get you riding down hills - it’s much safer.
My slam(s) last Sunday at Dulwich left me with great psychedelic blues, greens, yellows and purples on my elbow and hip, and, bizarrely, strained ligaments in my ankle that only started to hurt 4 hours after I stopped skating, and then hurt so much I ended up in hospital on morphine, that I then had a bad reaction to that required oxygen to keep me breathing. Twas an eventful day.
I’m gonna pad myself up like the Michelin man for the next attempt at dropping in.
Yeh sean I do remember the Belco carpark. Cheers… 8)
Jesus bugs Ill do one better next time we skate after the ses, its in the car to summer hill and drop in there. Hes’ a wimp like me complaining about my slam and you where hospitalised after a drop in attempt that will never happen again . Summer hill is much smaller and good to try, your atempts at dully showed courage and your almost made it. ITs a very important thing to master in vert and it will come to you quickly Then you can teach me to salom
So that is you Skoot, gees that shoulder is taking its time healing 
Is that a photo of Mustang’s backside 
its actually a photo of the dark side of the black knight of Dullo
ba, ha. ha, ha
Its a wide expanse that backside of the knight 
I missed all of this…not the old wayward locknuts. Bastards. Sorry to hear about your predicament(s) dudes.
2 of MASH’s pillars out of action for…?..and it wasn’t that either of you fwuckd up your ride/trick, bloody wheelnuts and snakes! Mannn. I’m exceedingly angry on yr behalfs.
As KOTB, I don the much honoured robe, and in the name of the daily grind, and in accordance with the principal of more fun for all, I hereby declare all skoot & muz’s pain to fwck off immediately and both of you back on board asap.
That should do it.
I swear I feel better already.
Thanks KOTB.
Aww shitfuck! Not you too Mark. Oh geez!
Mate, you have to get that shit double checked by a specialist pronto. Ask to have an MRI and/or ultrasound done. Both will show exactly how bad the damage is. If it needs surgery, then it REALLY needs it.
People always say that dislocated shoulders heal, but that won’t be the end unfortunately. Just ask Wayne Taylor. He has popped his more times than anyone I know. And why? I think it’s because he drank all the money that he should have spent on surgery. Which would have ceased the popping problem almost completely.
My first shoulder surgery was for a rotator cuff repair, and I haven’t had a problem with it since. But I also haven’t tried to do any frontside inverts since then either. It has been a year since the last shoulder reco (thanks to Bondi) and I’m doing ok. Again with a “No Inverts” policy. I really want to do inverts again, so it’s time to toss the durries and buff up.
Good luck mate! I hope you’ll pull through this one. And get that thing looked at by a specialist. I have the number of one of the best if you want it.
Thanks Mick Ill have a yack to you Wednesday night about that, the right one has been out before too but not all the way out. The phsio dude says its doing well as long as I can keep it in if it came out again its reconstrution time. So no skating three more weeks no chin ups or boxing on my combination ball for a lest 6weeks 
"He lost his goddamn wheel,
He flew head over heels,
into the DEEPEND’’
He felt sore and frustrated,
His shoulder dislocated,
by the DEEPEND"
Just a couple more verses in the epic Bush / Bowl Ballad known only as
“The Deepend” Mark. Will hopefully be bashing out a couple of verses with you soon.
Andy.
I can hear a few backing vocals there too…
whoa whoa… yeh yeh… the deepend…
Speakin’ of dislocated shoulders…
TONY MANN’ (the leathal weapon himself…ahhhhh’ the memories of tony’ bangin’ his shoulder against the K-Park ramp in effort to knock it back in, lol)
Always popped out mid invert, or layback smith.
He was lucky to survie
He got outa there alive
He shoulda droped the DEEP END
check those wheels
we all know how it feels
when ya slam it in the DEEP END
you can run you can hide
it WILL claim your hide watch for the DEEP END
A few more weeks to get over the cramps and
creeks and hel’’ be ready for the DEEP END
You could set the lyrics to the tune of Radio Birdman’s ‘In the Endzone’ - I reckon it would fit, and make for a rockin’ tune!
Cam’s right. Tony Man is the absolute master of dislocation. I remember tripping with him in 79 at my flat in Manly and watching him slowly, deliberately, carefully dislocate all the major limbs of his body while peaking out. It was deeply, deeply disturbing. Like he was playing with a rag doll - it just happened to be his own body. I was terrified that he would absentmindedly undo all his working parts, so that he couldn’t put himself back together, and I’d have to do it!
Had a massive head bongo from spontaneous wheel ejection when I first met Brad Shaw. He let me have a go at Pymble with his brand new board (the wheels were wings but I can’t remember the deck). I hit a wheeler on the 8/6 and my back wheel came off. He had completely forgotten to put on the wheel nut. I slammed directly to the marbelsheen and was knocked unconscious. Nice one Chairman Shaw 8)
I do remember that quite well Bill, Johnny was chuckling out of control under his breath but it made me feel squirmishly ill, i wish you hadnt brought back that memory, im scarred now.