I have an 11 year old daughter who started cheer. She is doing it for the fall and winter seasons. In the spring she'll switch to softball, which she loves, but that won't be until late March so she still has some time with cheer.
She likes cheer but we've had some small issues. One girl told her that she should start getting her eyebrows done and wearing makeup. A lot of the other moms are insanely competitive and talk about other people's kids. I let my daughter continue because she enjoys it but it's not my favorite activity. She also likes to skateboard and skateboards everyday. She is new to it and sometimes falls, which results in normal bumps and bruises. She has a big bruise on her shin right now and said her cheer coach asked about it. She told her coach what happened and the coach told her that she needs to stop skateboarding if she is serious about cheerleading and how cheerleaders don't skateboard. I don't know if it is a looks thing or a safety thing but I thought it was a bit of a weird comment to make. I don't want my daughter to feel like she has to give up something she loves. She can skateboard and cheerlead and play softball. There is no reason she can't do all 3. I had a talk with my daughter and think that is fine but my wife thinks I should bring it up with the coach because she thinks these kinds of comments are concerning. Thoughts?
What would a women think of a 35 year old man who still skateboards
So, I was reading through this PDGA article and noticed that both Nikko and Noah Meintsma both commented on how they might have pursued professional skateboarding if they weren't touring pros.
Then I recalled how stoked I was seeing the Jomez putting game at Burnside skatepark recently and the remarks by both Jerm and Uli where they seemed at least semi in-tune with skateboarding and skate culture(mostly Jerm).
So.. it got me to thinking. Disc golf, personally, basically replaced skateboarding for my full on hobby. I picked up skating at a early age after quitting hockey and loved the individual aspect of it. No practices, no coach, no outside pressure to do well. Just the internal drive to get better and the stoke from your homies when you did something sick. I skated all the time from age 10 to around the time when I finished college. Then when I gradually stopped skateboarding I was empty for a few years. I didn't realize it until I found disc golf. After the 2nd time with my starter set at the pitch n putt it clicked. This could be the new skateboarding for me, per se.
Basically, I have seen the connection between disc golf and skateboarding for both myself and others.
TL;DR: Any other former/current skateboarders that have found a similar feeling with discgolf?
Both my boyfriend and I skate, however, I've been doing it for a couple of years now and he's relatively new (about 4 months since he picked the board up) and I'm astonished at how quickly he learned.
He could push comfortably in about two days, could ollie in like 2 months, he can pop and frontside no issue. He's working his way to the kickflip now.
I remember when I first started it took me such a long time to even push comfortably. What kind of black magic fuckery is this?
I'm 30, I've been skating since I was 15. For the last several years, usually when I do skateboard, it's by myself, I usually only go to the outdoor park early in the morning on weekdays and no one is there.
However, sometimes there are other skaters there (usually teenagers/early twenty sometimes) and I recently went to my local indoor skatepark for a session and it was crowded.
Anyway, among skaters among my generation, their is a popular misconception that Gen Zers don't skateboard they ride scooters or those hoverboards instead.
And while yes, going to my local skateboard on weekends it's full of kids on scooters and even this indoor skatepark a ton were a ton of scooters. There were also plenty of skaters.
Anyway some trends I have noticed are:
Different deck brands: In the 2000s when I started skating, Element, *Almost and Girl were the three most popular brands among street skaters. While Baker, Zero, Chocolate and Toy Machine were close second.
Anti-Hero, Creature, Black Label, Powell and Birdhouse were the decks popular among transition skaters. (My first deck was a Black Label).
Transition skaters haven't changed as much but from what I saw it was really only Anti-Hero that remained popular. Among the street skaters it's now Real (who has made a huge comeback), Polar (never heard of them), Revive and Baker.
I noticed with shoes in the 2000s, Vans were the most popular but also DC, Etines, Emercia, Fallen and Lakai. Nike SB started at the tail end of the 2000s but many were skeptic.
Now I noticed aside from Vans it's almost all sneaker brands Nike's are the most common, then Converse, then Adidas then New Balance. Vans were really the only skater brand I've seen.
With clothing I feel like the biggest way to tell millennials from gen zers at the skate park is Millennials will be dressed in a more laid back and causal manner. We will have more of the surfer vibe. The millennial skate uniform is slim tapered dickies pants with a Volcom, Billabong, Hurley, Quiksilver, O'Neill, RVCA or Vans, DC Shoes, Independent Trucks shirt. In the cooler weather flannel.
As were the Gen Zers all seem to have that "Tik Tok look" were they look like 90s boyband members or they look like Randy Taylor from Home Improvement. They seem to have less of a counter culture vibe. I wonder if this is because skateboarding is not seen as rebellious anymore and is considered normal. So they kind of dress like everyone else and their is less need to look like a cou
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I watched "Bag of Suck" by enjoi the other day and I was surprised to see so many spots in San Jose, and how involved many skateboarders in here. It's crazy seeing pros like Mark Suciu skate your high school's giant ass stair set. Are there any skateboard parts where it is based in San Jose or surrounding areas that you guys recommend watching?
Im gonna be an incoming freshman next semester and I was kinda really excited to be able to skate to class but I've seen a lot of people say the sidewalk is straight up shit to ride on. Is it really that bad?
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