I find myself traumatized by circumstance.

**Jonn** · 03-24-2007 02:12 PM

i just fell my hardest just now, i usually fall and get hurt or whatever and skate away, but today i was trying to dance on my board but couldnt so i tried to relax with a nice hang ten, usually i go like 3 mph on it but today i decided to hang ten alittle faster and i was hanging and everything was going smoothly.. then i fell hard and thank god i was wearing thick gloves cuz my hands took the biggest beating when falling. i am thankful my scraps arent that serious, just fleshy, i also hit my shoulder hard and the burn scap went right through the shirt sucks...

**peterwilliams** · 03-24-2007 02:15 PM

Bummer man. Glad you weren't hurt too bad. Just gotta dust yourself off and keep trying.

**SteveC** · 03-24-2007 02:18 PM

Glad to hear you're ok

get back on the 'horse' as soon as you can...

slide gloves are worth their weight in skin!

**Mister Surly** · 03-24-2007 02:32 PM

"what doesn't kill us, only serves to make us sleep
until 3 o'clock the next afternoon."
-Jim Carroll

i go through injury phases where i am convinced that my skateboard hates me
and wants to see me fail. usually i threaten it with an axe and we come to an
understanding. get back in the saddle. really, it's your only option.

**Skinart** · 03-24-2007 07:19 PM

Whenever I fall...I don't feel too bad about it as long as I can pick myself up, brush myself off,
and ride just a few more feet. I just think it's important to end on a good note. That way you don't
have (as much) fear when you go back to it later.

The body remembers--and it will play with your head...so you have to play back.

**Hooves** · 03-24-2007 08:28 PM

Its because you were trying to "dance"

Drop the phrase from your vocabulary forever and it wont happen again. It angers the skate gods.

**Mister Surly** · 03-24-2007 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Hooves

Its because you were trying to "dance"

Drop the phrase from your vocabulary forever and it wont happen again. It angers the skate gods.

good call.
... and never .... i mean NEVER use the word "twirl".

**ska1234** · 03-24-2007 09:38 PM

indeed...i walk my board...

**metothemax** · 03-24-2007 10:28 PM

the first ride right after a big fall is always worse than the fall itself for me because im all tense and i feel like i wont be able to skate without feeling scared again, but then after 10 minutes im back to normal

**Jonn** · 03-24-2007 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Hooves

Its because you were trying to "dance"

Drop the phrase from your vocabulary forever and it wont happen again. It angers the skate gods.

oops... i meant it as a general thing.

**Lee W** · 03-24-2007 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by Jonn

oops... i meant it as a general thing.

Haha don't worry about it. Dancing is fine if you want to use it, but I can see why some people think it's a stupid name. I still call my big board my dancer; I really don't care because sometimes I cruise, sometimes I boardwalk, and sometimes I dance.

**Pyrofly** · 03-25-2007 01:28 AM

You were dancing. That's why you got served.

I've found it best to get right back on as soon as possible after a big slam, to prevent myself from developing some kind of complex about it.

**098Mindstate** · 03-25-2007 02:23 AM

I just feel HARD directly on my wrists and I thought for sure it would be pain for a couple weeks but they feel fine.... :o

**Bigal5567** · 03-25-2007 06:16 PM

i know what your saying. trying to land that ballerina spin thing in the loaded challenge my back foot didnt make it back on to the board and from spinning so fast my weight was all wrong, board shot out and i hit my head real hard. a helmet woulda been so nice.

**melifont monk** · 03-25-2007 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by Bigal5567

i know what your saying. trying to land that ballerina spin thing in the loaded challenge my back foot didnt make it back on to the board and from spinning so fast my weight was all wrong, board shot out and i hit my head real hard. a helmet woulda been so nice.

stop dancing, start skating.

**Jonn** · 03-25-2007 11:30 PM

wow theres a lot of haters on a person's style..

**LostBoyScout** · 03-25-2007 11:32 PM

I dont mind the pain of road rash and the like when I do it... it's the shower the next morning that SUCKS.

**Astronomical** · 03-25-2007 11:35 PM

I remember the evo... D: LOLSHOULDERSLIDE KAPOOOOOOW.

**LostBoyScout** · 03-25-2007 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by melifont monk

stop dancing, start skating.

You're lame. The same attitude could be used towards any form of skate trick that isn't completely utilitarian. (Mind you that spin is one of the less appealing boardwalking tricks IMO too.. but it's still a fun division of longboarding)

And I have tried that ballerina spin twice, and both times hit the ground hard. I am not so sure about trying a third time.