posted by My Skateboard Tricks on Aug 27
Why is skateboarding so popular?
As skateboarding continues to attract people and gain popularity, many are confounded and ask ?Why??
That?s a good question. Skateboarding, according to a survey done in the United States, is the 3rd most popular sport behind soccer and basketball. There are arrays of competitions held from intermediate to professional levels across the globe, not to mention its increasing appeal as a spectator sport.
One ridiculously simple reason is the basic make-up of the skateboard. All one needs to skateboard is themselves and their board! Technically, a person doesn?t even require shoes to skateboard if they didn?t want or need to. Of course, we strongly suggest safety gear for those who want to do tricks especially when they are nowhere near professional level. Plus, no one needs to own the newest and the coolest, most expensive board to become good or improve their skill.
Another reason is the self expression skateboarding allows the person. If you?re a slow and mellow person, it will show. If you?re a speed demon, dare devil it is definitely going to show. If you?re graceful, it will show. Skateboarding has no hard and fast rule about how to skateboard which attracts people from all age groups and background to take it up.
A definite appeal to most is the sense of belonging skateboarders feel with one another. Though skateboarders are made up of an array of people be it punk, jocks, geeks, Goths, adults, kids and more they are all essentially skateboarders. It isn?t unusual to go to a skate park and witness older skateboarders encouraging younger ones, or really good ones teaching crappy one or even see couples and families enjoying themselves while they skateboard. Complete strangers can come together and become friends simply because all of them have one passion in common: skateboarding.
Furthermore, you can?t discount how skateboarding causes an awesome adrenaline rush that will pump you up. When you pull off a trick, when you?re flying up the ramp, when you?re speeding and turn the corner and the realisation that you nailed it. It gives an immeasurable amount of pleasure and awe that you accomplished what you set out to do. This is another reason many skateboarders love it and more people join in.
Also, it is an outlet for creativity and ambition. Tricks are being created and modified everyday by skateboarders to outdo themselves. Due to the nature of skateboarding where the skater and the board are separate, it allows for an array of tricks and manoeuvres to be invented. Skateboarding is relatively young as a sport and obviously there are a number of tricks that have yet to be ?discovered? but even considering it?s ?age?, skateboarding is simply something that allows a person to use their creativity and continuously evolve what they are capable of.
Finally, it has gained and continues to gain popularity simply due to the fact that it is fun. It is fun when you learn to skateboard. It is fun when you make new friends. It?s extremely fun when you mastered that trick you have been working on for the past six months. The feeling it evokes for a skateboarder, that light almost weightless feeling as the air passes you and you know you are doing this, is indescribable. For those who have never skateboarded and want to take it up, go for it. There is really nothing like it.
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