i suck

[adiosk8er]

hey everyone ive been skatin for like 4 years and i cant even do a kickflip....(i can barely pop shuvit) i was wonderi if i should quit since im not progressing....

[Festibu Amidaq]

are you enjoying yourself?

[skaterat]

If your still having fun, don't quit.

[just_skate_]

Quit if it isn't fun to you. If you like it just keep practicing, sooner or later you will get into the "groove" of things and start getting better.

[Fire.Freek]

How long each day do you practice? Is it fun? If not, just do somthing else.

When I started skating (About three months ago) I just skated alot everyday to work on my tricks. Just skate, have fun, and don't worry about not being abel to do a trick, just keep doing them till you can land them.

[crazy_dave]

Took me about 9 months to get my kickflips down properly. When you try to learn to switch flip, its like learning to kickflip again, but after a while you get the hang of it, so i know how you feel. The motion of the kickflip becomes second nature to you :D. PRACTISE!

[skullskater]

ya if its fun keep doin it no one cares about other people(or at least i dont)
its fun once u get things down cleanly and you can be proud cause well... you feel... hmmmm :-/... happy?

[skullskater]

:-2: just keep tryin!!! and dont get down on yourself no one is better than you just think that :D :-41:

[just_skate_]

Umm... *cough cough* ...double post... *clears throat*

It sounded like you were two different people skullskater

[BakerStencil]

hey everyone ive been skatin for like 4 years and i cant even do a kickflip....(i can barely pop shuvit) i was wonderi if i should quit since im not progressing....


Took me like 2 years to land a kickflip, another 6 months to get them moving and consistent, I got em down now, but sure took awhile, but I never quit, just have fun with it, and try to learn new things in between don't base your skating on just one trick.

[ADOLF]

do you get mad and throw your board in to random things to (teach it a lesson) :-5: if so quit now while your ahead :-47:

[NitrousX]

I sucked too. Well I still do sorta. About 30 minutes ago I tried to ollie up a curb on a busy street, back truck hung up and I sorta barrel rolled out. Hurt my knee :(


It took me 5 months to learn to kickflip. But now it's been 6 months, and I can land it about 2 out of 10 times. I never practiced that much. All I did was skate around and get the basics down and most importantly learn control. Dont come to the tricks, let the tricks come to you....if that makes any sense...

[breezerbat]

hey everyone ive been skatin for like 4 years and i cant even do a kickflip....(i can barely pop shuvit) i was wonderi if i should quit since im not progressing....
:o :D dont quit,jus keep goin,iv jus started sk8in and i probly wont b able to do stuff lyk that for years,can u ollie?,cuz even i can do that!lol :-2:

[dizzy_sk8a]

LISTEN TO ME

I quit skateboarding cos i couldnt ollie after 2 years, and now, I WISH I HADNT. cos i want to start again, cos now i believe in myself more to be able to progress, im also a lot fitter than i used to be.

Only problem is, I CANT START AGAIN COS MY PARENTS ARENT LETTING ME!!!
DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID!!! STICK WITH IT, AND TRUST YOURSELF, YOU CAN DO IT.

i should have had that mentality, but i blew it, and now i feel i could skate better than ever, but im not allowed to even take a look around my local skate shop, cos my mum reckons il crack my head open by skating down the street......

[Stonemonkey]

You should still skate.
How often to you go out and skate?

[RUSS-D]

Don't quit just because you can't master a trick in a short time. Heck i still can't kick-flip, and I have been sk8'n in some way or another for 25 years. But now that I am getting back into it, i have told myself I am going to kick-flip or break bones trying !! LOL

[crazy_dave]

I've been tryin to land fs flips for about 4 months now(i lost em again). Doesn't mean ya gotta quit.

[DarkstarSkater]

After you land a Kickflip about 5 times, it starts to get easy to land um

[360degrees]

took me about 3 months of trying

[Mr.42]

Maybe "street" just isn't your thing .

[SlimJim_junky]

Maybe "street" just isn't your thing .
Yeah,dude.If you suck at street you should just try freestyle or vert.(freestyle really kicks ass)

[shad0w]

Freestyle's alright...but I say just keep trying. Skate at least 30 minutes every day and don't give up...Keep attempting them and eventually you'll land one and be like HoLy cRaP! I just landed a freakin kick-flip. Remeber pop hard and flick down (Not out).

[SlimJim_junky]

Skate at least 30 minutes every day and don't give up.
Screw "30 minutes a day"!You should skate AT LEAST 3 hours a day.

[shad0w]

Yeah 3 hours is about right...but it they aren't sure if they want to continue to skate then why waste time, that was what I was thinking when I wrote that.

[amp9041]

Try putting a sex change into your kickflip (how I learned). Do them on the carpet, sitting down on a bench.

[skullskater]

Umm... *cough cough* ...double post... *clears throat*

It sounded like you were two different people skullskater

i have a good and a bad side

[craig9000]

dont quit if you enjoy sk8in i no this kid whos bin sk8in for a year an he carnt even ollie up a curb yet but he hasnt given up;)

[sk8dirtywheels]

if you skate atleast an hour everday at a localm park or even infront of ur house you will progress

[Ramp]