| One of the first things that skateboarders | | | | is physically prepared to handle the task it. |
| must learn is how to stand in the proper | | | | A skateboarder might be confident enough to |
| position when standing on a skateboard. This | | | | try small tricks out while surrounded by |
| might seem like a simple task but some people | | | | friends who are more adept in the sport. |
| have problems when trying to balance their | | | | Learning to skateboard properly requires a |
| body weight on a board that is not very wide | | | | lot of time and effort and while someone |
| and not very long either. A person might | | | | feels confident about being around a |
| practice standing on the board for an hour or | | | | skateboard amongst friends, they still might |
| so because they are trying to develop a | | | | not be ready for outlandish tricks that could |
| oneness with the skateboard that is under | | | | very well injure them. |
| their feet. | | | | |
| | | | When learning to skateboard among friends, a |
| A skateboarder must develop a trust for the | | | | new skater is sure to learn various tips that |
| equipment that they will eventually use to | | | | are meant to keep them safe. They might learn |
| perform tricks. This type of trust is | | | | that skateboards have the tendency to fly out |
| necessary because a skateboarder will have to | | | | from under skateboarders at any time and if |
| have a certain amount of confidence in their | | | | the person that is learning to skate is not |
| abilities and trusting the equipment will | | | | familiar with this event, they can prove to |
| help build that confidence. The skateboarder | | | | be a hazard to anyone that is standing around |
| must be thoroughly confident and self-assured | | | | them. Most skateboarders will practice |
| while on the board and if they are not, there | | | | balancing on the skateboard in the safety of |
| is a good chance that they will never be able | | | | their front yards before attempting |
| to perform the aerial feats that | | | | skateboarding in the street. |
| skateboarding requires. | | | | |
| | | | A skateboarder might even ask for help from |
| Part of the confidence comes from being able | | | | their parents to build the ramps that they |
| to stand on the skateboard without falling | | | | will use to practice on. If the ramps are |
| off. When a sense of balance has been firmly | | | | built to exact specifications, all |
| established on a skateboard, then the task of | | | | skateboarders who are training for |
| learning the aerodynamics of skateboarding is | | | | skateboarding competitions might use them. |
| the next part of the learning process. The | | | | Keeping parents appraised of the equipment |
| sense of balance must be learned before the | | | | needed to skateboard safely is always a good |
| person will be ready to try skateboarding for | | | | idea. They will be happy to buy quality |
| real and the first trick that makes them | | | | skateboards, helmets and knee pads if they |
| airborne will be the most memorable one of | | | | will be used during training sessions. A |
| their life. | | | | conscientious skateboarder will also make it |
| | | | a point to learn how skateboards are put |
| When learning to skateboard, a person should | | | | together and the right speeds that will be |
| keep safety in mind at all times. It makes no | | | | needed to perform various tricks. |
| sense to try out any tricks before the person | | | | |