diff --git a/src/components/Experience.jsx b/src/components/Experience.jsx
index b56cd78..93b063e 100644
--- a/src/components/Experience.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Experience.jsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import {
   ChromaticAberration,
   Vignette,
 } from "@react-three/postprocessing";
-import { Skid } from "./Skid";
 import { Banana } from "./models/items/Banana_peel_mario_kart";
 import { ItemBox } from "./models/misc/Mario_kart_item_box";
 import { useStore } from "./store";
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ export const Experience = () => {
   const onCollide = (event) => {
     console.log(event);
   };
-  const { bananas, shells } = useStore();
+  const { bananas, shells} = useStore();
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -37,10 +36,11 @@ export const Experience = () => {
       <Banana onCollide={onCollide} position={[-10, 1.8, -119]} />
       {/* <Shell position={[-20, 2, -119]} /> */}
       <ItemBox position={[-20, 2, -119]} />
-      {/* <Skid /> */}
+      
       <Ground position={[0, 0, 0]} />
       <Environment resolution={256} preset="lobby" />
 
+
       {bananas.map((banana) => (
         <Banana
           key={banana.id}
diff --git a/src/components/PlayerController.jsx b/src/components/PlayerController.jsx
index 4de32e3..be24649 100644
--- a/src/components/PlayerController.jsx
+++ b/src/components/PlayerController.jsx
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export const PlayerController = () => {
   const raycaster = new THREE.Raycaster();
   const downDirection = new THREE.Vector3(0, -1, 0);
   const [shouldLaunch, setShouldLaunch] = useState(false);
+  const effectiveBoost = useRef(0);
 
 
   const { actions, shouldSlowDown, item, bananas} = useStore();
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ export const PlayerController = () => {
   useFrame(({ pointer, clock }, delta) => {
     const time = clock.getElapsedTime();
     if (!body.current && !mario.current) return;
+    actions.setBodyPosition(vec3(body.current.translation()));
+    actions.setBodyRotation(body.current.rotation());1
     engineSound.current.setVolume(currentSpeed / 300 + 0.2);
     engineSound.current.setPlaybackRate(currentSpeed / 10 + 0.1);
     jumpSound.current.setPlaybackRate(1.5);
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ export const PlayerController = () => {
     } else if (
       upPressed &&
       currentSpeed > maxSpeed &&
-      boostDuration.current > 0
+      effectiveBoost.current > 0
     ) {
       setCurrentSpeed(
         Math.max(currentSpeed - decceleration * delta * 144, maxSpeed)
@@ -337,21 +340,23 @@ export const PlayerController = () => {
 
     if (boostDuration.current > 1 && !jumpIsHeld.current) {
       setIsBoosting(true);
-    } else if (boostDuration.current <= 1) {
+      effectiveBoost.current = boostDuration.current;
+      boostDuration.current = 0;
+    } else if (effectiveBoost.current <= 1) {
       targetZPosition = 8;
       setIsBoosting(false);
     }
 
-    if (isBoosting && boostDuration.current > 1) {
+    if (isBoosting && effectiveBoost.current > 1) {
       setCurrentSpeed(boostSpeed);
-      boostDuration.current -= 1 * delta * 144;
+      effectiveBoost.current -= 1 * delta * 144;
       targetZPosition = 10;
       turboSound.current.play();
       driftTwoSound.current.play();
       driftBlueSound.current.stop();
       driftOrangeSound.current.stop();
       driftPurpleSound.current.stop();
-    } else if (boostDuration.current <= 1) {
+    } else if (effectiveBoost.current <= 1) {
       setIsBoosting(false);
       targetZPosition = 8;
       turboSound.current.stop();
@@ -391,6 +396,7 @@ export const PlayerController = () => {
 
 
     // ITEMS 
+    
     if(shootPressed && item === "banana") {
       const distanceBehind = 2; // Adjust this value as needed
       const scaledBackwardDirection = forwardDirection.multiplyScalar(distanceBehind);
@@ -434,9 +440,17 @@ export const PlayerController = () => {
 
     }
 
+    if(shootPressed && item === "mushroom") {
+      setIsBoosting(true);
+      boostDuration.current = 300;
+      actions.useItem();
+    }
+
     if(item) console.log(item)
 
     // console.lowg(body.current.translation())
+
+
   });
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/components/Skid.jsx b/src/components/Skid.jsx
index 4ff2fa0..e69de29 100644
--- a/src/components/Skid.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Skid.jsx
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-import { Euler, Object3D, BackSide, Vector3 } from "three";
-import { useRef, useLayoutEffect } from "react";
-import { useFrame } from "@react-three/fiber";
-import { useStore } from "./store";
-
-const o = new Object3D();
-
-export function Skid({ count = 500, opacity = 1, size = 0.4 }) {
-  const ref = useRef(null);
-  const [bodyPosition, bodyRotation] = useStore((state) => [
-    state.bodyPosition,
-    state.bodyRotation,
-  ]);
-
-  let index = 0;
-  useFrame(() => {
-    // console.log(bodyPosition, bodyRotation);
-    if (ref.current && bodyPosition && bodyRotation !== undefined) {
-      setItemAt(ref.current, bodyPosition, bodyRotation, index++);
-      if (index === count) index = 0;
-    }
-  });
-
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    if (ref.current) {
-      ref.current.geometry.rotateX(-Math.PI / 2);
-      return () => {
-        ref.current.geometry.rotateX(Math.PI / 2);
-      };
-    }
-  });
-
-  return (
-    <instancedMesh ref={ref} args={[undefined, undefined, count]}>
-      <planeGeometry args={[size, size * 2]} />
-      <meshBasicMaterial
-        color={0x000000}
-        transparent
-        opacity={opacity}
-        depthWrite={false}
-        side={BackSide}
-      />
-    </instancedMesh>
-  );
-}
-
-function setItemAt(instances, bodyPosition, bodyRotation, index) {
-  // Calculate the backward offset
-  const backwardOffset = 0.5; // Adjust this value as needed
-  const forwardDirection = new Vector3(
-    -Math.sin(bodyRotation),
-    0,
-    -Math.cos(bodyRotation)
-  );
-  const backwardPosition = forwardDirection
-    .multiplyScalar(-backwardOffset)
-    .add(bodyPosition);
-
-  // Apply the offset to position the skid marks behind the body
-  o.position.copy(bodyPosition.x, bodyPosition.y + 2, bodyPosition.z);
-
-  o.rotation.set(0, bodyRotation, 0);
-  o.scale.setScalar(1);
-  o.updateMatrix();
-  instances.setMatrixAt(index, o.matrix);
-  instances.instanceMatrix.needsUpdate = true;
-}
diff --git a/src/components/store.jsx b/src/components/store.jsx
index 2fea8c1..5204548 100644
--- a/src/components/store.jsx
+++ b/src/components/store.jsx
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ export const useStore = create((set, get) => ({
   pastPositions: [],
   shouldSlowdown: false,
   bananas: [],
-  items: ["banana", "shell"],
+  items: ["banana", "shell", "mushroom"],
   item: "",
   shells: [],
+  skids: [],
   addPastPosition: (position) => {
     set((state) => ({
       pastPositions: [position, ...state.pastPositions.slice(0, 499)],
@@ -99,7 +100,12 @@ export const useStore = create((set, get) => ({
       set((state) => ({
         shells: state.shells.filter((s) => s.id !== shell.id),
       }));
-    }
+    },
+    addSkid: (skid) => {
+      set((state) => ({
+        skids: [...state.skids, skid],
+      }));
+    },
   },
  
 }));