Music plays a big part in skating. Whether your listening to an iPod when you’re skating by yourself or the music that’s played while you’re watching a skate video. Either way without music skating is only half of what it is. Because just like music, skating is somewhat of an art and when the two are together skating becomes much more fun and enjoyable. However, most peoples moods become affected when they listen to certain types of music, therefore there are some genres that should be avoided. When you skate you should be happy, if your not then you’re just skating because you think its cool and no one should skate because of that and if your happy the music your listening to should make you happy or at least not mad. Most people, when they skate, listen to reggae, alt. rock, punk, rap, and rock. Because all of these genres have some reflection on being happy OR are fast paced and are almost like adrenaline to get you to land your next trick. If your listening to heavy metal you are most likely to get mad and throw your board and eventually break it, probably not the best choice of music. Either way listen to the music that inspires you to have fun when you skate.