Irrational Fear.

[JOHN72]

I remember my grandmother collecting yogurt lids, which she bought at the local convenience store, in anticipation of winning a skateboard in a promotional contest. She accumulated multitudes of lids and we were overjoyed when her efforts paid off and we received the amazing prize. As a young boy of 8 or 9, I spent countless hours cruising the streets of our city, sitting or standing on the skateboard, enjoying the sensation of gliding and occasionally crashing into walls or fences.

 

[El Capitán]

As in Lucha Libre? Did you wear mask? Very cool.

Yep, mask and everything.

 

[Kobold]

Have you tried slappies? No ollieing needed and with a lot of wax you can grind and slide low and slow until you get comfortable. The older I get the more I appreciate slappies. Wish you lived near me so we could skate and smoke pipes haha.

 

[Egg Shen]

I fear nothing. So I thought. Been playing with skateboard for almost 3 months? I'm slow at physical stuff. Got better as I grew up. Understanding what's involved, and breaking down to small steps help me a lot. I do things not because I'm good at them, but because I want to do them. Skateboarding is the latest, and I'm enjoying it greatly.

But for last two weeks, I realized I need to jump up and down on the skateboard to do further tricks. Had skateboard shoot out under my feet few times. Not exactly a great feeling. And knowing jumping on the skateboard could greatly increase the chance of skateboard shoot out is causing irrational fear. I mean, worst that could happen is I'll fall. I fell so many times in my life, I shouldn't be concerned. But this time, it's scaring the shit out of me. So tried jumping on the skateboard with wheels locked. Easy. Tried to jump on it without the lock, not so easy. My feet are stuck on the ground and wouldn't come off. So tried just jumping off the skateboard and took a week just to do that. And finally, I was able to jump a little few times today. But still can't jump on it. For some reason this irrational fear is not going away easily.

Try ollies/jumping it in the grass with wheels unlocked. Once you get good height and confidence there go back to the pavement. It is actually easier to do while moving but it’s good to learn the basic mechanics and to develop the calfs without moving. Also do some burpees and squats to supplement.

 

[anotherbob]

I fear nothing. So I thought. Been playing with skateboard for almost 3 months? I'm slow at physical stuff. Got better as I grew up. Understanding what's involved, and breaking down to small steps help me a lot. I do things not because I'm good at them, but because I want to do them. Skateboarding is the latest, and I'm enjoying it greatly.

But for last two weeks, I realized I need to jump up and down on the skateboard to do further tricks. Had skateboard shoot out under my feet few times. Not exactly a great feeling. And knowing jumping on the skateboard could greatly increase the chance of skateboard shoot out is causing irrational fear. I mean, worst that could happen is I'll fall. I fell so many times in my life, I shouldn't be concerned. But this time, it's scaring the shit out of me. So tried jumping on the skateboard with wheels locked. Easy. Tried to jump on it without the lock, not so easy. My feet are stuck on the ground and wouldn't come off. So tried just jumping off the skateboard and took a week just to do that. And finally, I was able to jump a little few times today. But still can't jump on it. For some reason this irrational fear is not going away easily.

that's not irrational. Falls can be extremely serious. I don't know a skater (one that does tricks) who hasn't gotten plates in their bones and enough concussions to act a little off sometimes.

 

[anotherbob]

At 54, I won’t even jump off the bottom rung of a ladder. I know what that shit will feel like tomorrow.
Granted, nearly all my joints no longer contain cartilage from decades of abuse. How ironic that most of the nerves still work quite well.
great…

When kids ask me what's the difference between being 20 and 40. I tell them not much for example when you wake up and something is sore and ache you eventually realize it's from some injury you got in your 20s.

 

[anotherbob]

I remember my grandmother collecting yogurt lids, which she bought at the local convenience store, in anticipation of winning a skateboard in a promotional contest. She accumulated multitudes of lids and we were overjoyed when her efforts paid off and we received the amazing prize. As a young boy of 8 or 9, I spent countless hours cruising the streets of our city, sitting or standing on the skateboard, enjoying the sensation of gliding and occasionally crashing into walls or fences.

my first board my granddad won from a super market. It had the dads root beer logo on it and took over a decade to break.

 

[crusader]

I used to be fearless in my youth. Was a pretty high level athlete in football. Never had a serious injury during all that bashishing.

Now at 46. I shattered my calcaneus (heel) bone when I slipped going down the stairs a month ago. Worst pain ever. Now I'm scared off everything while I scoot around for the next three months with a boot on.

 

[bullet08]

Got up this morning, and my quads were killing me. I guess I haven't used them in awhile. So did some more jumping today. Of course, I'll supplement my diet with Bushmills before the bed.