Just watched a movie abour skateboarders and everybody there was fücking young. Is the age that make them flexible? Is it pain a lot when they fell down?( cuz I like pain)\nI dont want to be one. Just curious.
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I am an avid skateboarder and I agree that it is majorly based on inspiration. Skateboarding, as deep as this is, is my form of self expression. Skateboarding is not a sports, its a way of like\nSkate on
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Can you fall???  \n\nThis is the best lesson you can learn!!!  Put your padding on <wrist guards, and knee pads are good>, and practice falling down.  Do this at least 100 times.  After the first 10 times, you'll get board and find creative ways to fall.  Once you've mastered falling, you can try anything without fear, and then you approach your new stunts <going backwards> just like you did with falling.\n\nBasically, you're screen name says it all ... it all came tumbling down!!!
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no idea.  it sounds like skateboarding tips though!
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Health experts: Dangers of trampolines underestimated\nJune 26, 1998\nWeb posted at: 2:37 p.m. EDT (1837 GMT)\n\n(CNN) Kids playing on trampolines- it looks so innocent. So what's to worry about? Here's a mental checklist: Is there adult supervision? Is there more than one person on the trampoline? Are any of its springs exposed? How sturdy is it? Of course, none of this matters to children - they just care that it's fun.\n\n"You can jump higher than you usually do on the ground. Because you can do flips and stuff."\n\nBut trampolines can be dangerous.\n\n"I did a flip and hit right here, hit the side of the trampoline and I jumped one time and accidentally fell off into some bushes."\n\nFor most kids, that's no deterrent. But, health experts say parents should be concerned. A study published in the journal "Pediatrics" shows the number of trampoline injuries doubled during a six-year period, resulting in more than sixty-thousand visits each year to hospital emergency rooms.\n\n"Unlike other products, the number of injuries due to trampolines is doubling over a very short period of time. That's a dramatic increase and unlike other consumer products," says Dr. Gary Smith of Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.\n\nAlmost all of the injuries occurred on backyard trampolines. The inuries were usually sprains, strains or fractures. Younger children tended to hurt their arms, older children their legs. But some of the injuries were much more serious. There have been six deaths since 1990.\n\nFifteen-year-old Dane Bruner knows the danger. He broke his leg while jumping on a trampoline with his friend Michael.\n\n"I went up and he came down, the trampoline was just like concrete. He landed and I looked down and his face was as white as a ghost and I was just filled with terror you know, it just scared me to death and I looked down and his foot was sideways and I just took off running."\n\nAs a result the rules at Dane's house have changed.\n\n"The big rule before was take your shoes off before you get on the trampoline, now it's we don't care about the shoes, only one person at a time on the trampoline."\nNew recommendations on safety\n\nIn fact, the study shows 75 percent of the injuries happened when more than one person was on a trampoline. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking the industry to put that statistic on its warning labels.\n\n"CPSC [also] recommends that kids under the age of 6 should never be allowed on a trampoline, period. We're also telling the industry they need to make sure that the shock absorbing pads are put on the springs all the way around the trampoline," says the CPSC's Russ Rader.\n\nThe American Society for Testing and Material told CNN it plans to vote on the recommendations soon. But Dr. Smith goes a step further. He says trampolines should not be used for play at all -- only for supervised training in gymnastics.\n\n"My advice to parents is, if you're considering buying a trampoline: don't. If you have one, get rid of it." \n\n\nPEDIATRICS Vol. 103 No. 5 May 1999, pp. 1053-1056\nAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS:\nTrampolines at Home, School, and Recreational Centers \n\nThe latest available data indicate that an estimated 83 400 trampoline-related injuries occurred in 1996 in the United States. This represents an annual rate 140% higher than was reported in 1990. Most injuries were sustained on home trampolines. In addition, 30% of trampoline-related injuries treated in an emergency department were fractures often resulting in hospitalization and surgery. These data support the American Academy of Pediatrics' reaffirmation of its recommendation that trampolines should never be used in the home environment, in routine physical education classes, or in outdoor playgrounds. Design and behavioral recommendations are made for the limited use of trampolines in sup
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i love gymnastics...been doing it for 9 years...i just finished my 3rd year of 8 (mainly because of injuries i had to repeat it), with an exception of 1 level 9 meet...hopefully ill do a full season of 9...what level are you? i dont think i could do gymnastics forever, my body would kill me, haha. but i hope to compete all though high school and then see what happens....hopefully i can coach as a first job.
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If kids are going to do it, they are going to do it. \n\nMe, and all my friends did when I was younger (I'm 36), and it was fun.\n\nEven so, I would not suggest it, especially nowadays. More trouble, even more dangerous, even worse consequenses.\n\nIt's not worth it anymore. There is plenty of time for that when one is older.
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I use to work in my father's tire yard...and i became extremely STRONG!!! I didn't know this....at the time. however at the age of 12, and I was a tiny person, I put everyone in my 7th grade class DOWN at this, and they were stunned....actually so was I!!!!!!!! I know that formative strengthening of the body remains as long as you keep it up! Yes, he had me tear phone books in half and cut a beer can in half with one hand. My poor mother would comment..."Oh, not again!!!!!!.." as he would have me show this to his visiting friends...well it may not have been appropriate to an 90 lb. young woman, but man oh man did I win..oh and it did NOT make me popular with my classmates....although I will say this..."NO ONE MESSED WITH ME....from then on..." it was like an unspoken code.
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Confidence and balance!  One thing you can do is ask someone who is able to skate freely to just stay alongside when you let go. One day you will let go of the side and start skating properly, I did and I'm not the most confident person.
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Oh, man. I stunk at skateboarding. I mean it was fun but I took forever to learn new tricks. One of my friends learned it in like one hour. Then, another friend took one week. I took about a month. Man, turned out I took the advice from my friends the wrong way. Then one of my friends told me you were suppose to relax. So then I relaxed my body and of course my legs and I finally did one. You're suppose to pop really hard and then shift your weight to the front of the board. It's easier to jump towards the front of the board and then you improve your professional look from there.
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Pardon my uncontrollable laughter.  Too old at 22?  You're funny!\n\nIt's never never never too late.  Sure, the younger you start the better, longer lasting results you'll have.\n\nBut believe me, 22 is not too old.  I didn't start until my 30's.  While I'm hardly a contortionist, I have quite adequate flexibility.\n\nSince it sounds as if your goal is just to be flexible, not to have a career in some type of sports field, yoga alone should be fine for you.\n\nAnd don't worry about the super-stretchy people in your class.  They've been doing it for a while.  It takes time to get to that level.
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Practice makes perfect.\nI don't know much about skateboarding [more of a snowboarder], but yeah just practice.
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You're never too old to do something you love.  I'm 26 and have been skating for 10 years.  I have quite a few friends in their late 20's and now early 30's who are just as involved in the sport as ever and progressing right along with it.  \n\nI say go for it and have a blast!!!
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I would definitely recommend going. Practice skating the smaller ramps and get used to the feel of going up and down them. You'll get better balance and it will benefit you in the end. You'll probably find some people there that won't mind teaching you how to ollie and do some other tricks. As long as you stay off the half pipe you'll be fine.
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I own a 303 boards boars. (i can trash it and it was't too much money but it's a good board.)\n\nI think the Element "Helium" boards are the best. They get good height, but whoa they are costy. (I would only get one if i suddenly got alot of money, i trash my boards trying tricks.)\n\nMy fave trick to do as of now is probably a shove it. Im pretty new. I'm learning how to 50-50 a rail so i'll probably like that soon too.\n\nMy fave pro skater....well my faves are\nJoey Brezinski\nKenny Anderson\nBam Margera\nTony Hawk (who dosn't like the guy)\n\nAs long as Tony Hawk dosen't break his hip...hes not too old to skate.\n\nBam...sometimes its hard to tell if hes a poser or not. I don't think he is, but sometimes i feel stupid for thinking hes so great.\n\nYea, the world needs more women skaters, and I'm one up and comming!\n\nI just started praticing the 50-50 rail slide.\n\nThe hardest....i dont know, i havent goten to the really hard ones yet. I guess....i don't know...Dropping in? Naw. They were all hard untill it clicked!\n\nI like both. Olling everything on the street, grinding all the rails i can find (with bad results sometimes) running and jumping over fences to get away from cops....ugh forget that last part. And i just started to learn how to do Vert tricks, which ones, simple ones that i feel stupid saying, but even if im just going up the ramp and down, its a rush.\n\nI guess that my fave is probably street. That's where i started, and the place where i can do the most tricks.
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First question I have for you is which direction are you having trouble with clock wise or counter clock wise. If you haven't noticed, all skaters at rinks skate in one direction, counter clock wise. This is the easest direction for everyone to skate. You also didn't say if you were having trouble skate forwards or backwards. Balance is the key to skating. You have to find your balance on your skates. When I teach my players, I have them work on their inside edges and then outside edges. I have them do half circles with the inside edge and then half cirles with the outside edge, When you get comfortable with your edges and can push hard on both inside and outside edges without falling down, then you can start working on your crossovers. I have one question for you, how many pushes on a crossover, one or two. Answer is two. You first push on your outside skate, crossover, as you crossover, you push on you inside skate. You may fall down at times doing this at first, but this is the first start in power skating. It take time to develop a good push on both skates inorder to get the power that you need. I'm 58 years old and I am still working everyday to improve my stride. Hang in there. Nobody said that this would be easy. Good luck to you.
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how long u been skating???? ok heres the thing you got to ollie like it is NOTHING AT ALL it should be a automatic thing i stoped skating about a month ago but i used 2 ollie 12 stairs (could never treflip/360flip dont know why) ok im gana go with what i think you can do(you know where to put your feet and how to ollie)its kinda hard to explain its just so automatic but ill try ok you have 2 slide your foot at the same time u kick down with your back foot try to make it look smooth like your not even trying i guess when i try olliing high i guess i jump a little and bend at my knees a little. dont ollie standing still just keep rolling u wont learn anything standing still. hope i helped oh yeah when u ollie off stuff ollie very lightly at afirst and dont get skared
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My first few rides (season) were great, but I fell alot. I never rode one of those bud boards. Snowboard bindings are important. The bindings should clamp your feet/boots onto the board, like pedals on a bike. There's always time to snowboard. Use your front foot to steer. Wear gloves and a helmet.