The State of Skateboarding

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Thanks for the reply, I picked up skateboarding recently , but I haven't seen another skateboarder in years. I think it must have been 20 years ago I last saw a skateboarder on my downtown street, just skating along.

So, I skate for myself but I have to learn everything myself. There's no one else to skate with, so, I have to work out every single trick, every new manuever myself. Which is fine, that's part of skateboarding, But I really think if I had a group, a couple friends who knew how to skateboard, my skill level would increase much faster.

And frankly, I'd have a group to hang out with outside and in public, rather than just sitting around at home, either looking at streaming, or sitting and looking at our phones.

However, seems like not many other 35 year old guys are thinking about this, or coming to the same conclusion as me: that getting outside and doing someting physical with other people, and actually socializing and making eye contact is good.

So, I'll skate by myself mostly because most other millenial men are, as far as I can tell, and in all honesty, too afraid of going outside.

Yeah, I saw a few scooters at my park, but that's all I've ever seen. And that was years ago.

Those scooters are stupid, honestly, completely limited in what you can do vs a skateboard.

I never even see kids on the scooters anymore. They are all probably sitting around PS5's, Xbox ones, never, ever (EVER) going outside.

And honestly, there aren't that many kids or youths anymore. The birth rate has gone way down, that's just a fact. But since everyone has an sister-in-law or a cousin who just had a kid (probably only child), as soon as you bring up birthrates they will talk about themselves, how someone they know had a kid, and they'll make themselves feel better, and change the subject, and not give a shit about crashing birth rates, because they don't really give a shit about society. They care about themselves, that's it.

We live in a society in denial. Just deny what you don't want to hear. That's what people do now.

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It's not surprising at all to me that they put wi-fi on a frickin' skateboard.

That's not a skateboard then... Taking all the effort out of it. If they can't even PUSH.. How the hell are they going to ollie? It's taking all the skill and technique out of skating. Just like riding an electric bike: Where is the excercize? Electric Bikes: It's not a bike. It's a motorcycle. The first motorcycles were bikes with motors slapped on the side. That's exactly what these motorized bikes are. It's really not even a new invention.

Putting a motor on a skateboard could have been done 30 years ago, too, but does it need to be? What's the point? You're adding unneccesary weight to your board, and motors and engines that could break. Who wants to try a big gap or take that thing off a ramp? When it costs probably 1000$ + ?

There's a steep learning curve with anything worth doing. Playing an instrument. Learning a skill. As for it being dangerous, come on... You have to take some risks in life. Even walking out your door is dangerous. You can't just live your ENTIRE LIFE being afraid of every little risk, or you'll be afraid of getting hit by lightning when you go outside, or slipping in the shower and dying.

I haven't been hurt skateboarding once in the entire last 4+ months I've picked it up again and been skating, except a few tiny little microscopic scratches. I don't think it's that dangerous. Just don't do anything stupid like 10 foot handrails or stair gaps. But just skating around on small obstacles is not going to get your self hurt.