in honor of halloween, what is it within skating that scares the HELL out of you?

[skategeezer]

1. speed wobbles?
2. angry shop owners?
3. angry customers?
4. broken kingpins?
5. delaminations?
6. chunky wheels?
7. the excess...

come on folks, post it here

[hyzershot]

#1 and #4

more so #1

[hankmarx]

Gravel



Fear the pebble....

[rawls]

Slippery terrain! I carve very hard across transitions because I am so accustomed to round wall and using the transtion up and around, as opposed to straight up and down. slippery ramps and crete are devastating to the way I skate. It screws with me badly and really affects my go-for-it-ness. I slam (not fall) hard on slick terrain, and those instantaneous slams at our age are not good.

[rivers]

hospitals
Those clockwork toy monkeys that bang cymbals.
clowns.
the customers that come in my shop.
eating eggs.

(these are all skating related if you think about it)

[Sensei]

The internet.

[tyler87]

Kids in tight pants.

[phidauex]

The internet.

BOO!! ahahah..

Seriously though, I'm afraid of those little mechanical monkeys too... Real monkeys are great though, I love THEM.

I'm pretty afraid of speed wobbles, because I'm fairly new to speed. Also, because I've got a long flexy deck with Original trucks, not really well set up for bombing. But its mostly the rider's fault. As they say in auto maintainence, the biggest problem with most cars is the loose nut behind the steering wheel.

Other than that, I'm not really afraid of anything skating related.. Its fun and relaxing, I do it to get away from the things that scare me.

Plus, the edge of a skateboard deck would be ideal for bashing in the head of a zombie, in case of zombie invasion. Remember to go for the brain!

peace,
sam

[WalkTogether]

Frontside kickturns...
Cars
Breaking my teeth on the coping
My Loaded delaminating
My Rockn Ron's Ceramics making weird noises and seizing up (which has been happening a lot lately...)

[sk8rs_dad]

City councilors.

[WillJ]

grumpy old bastards that don't really skate....

[SweetCatarina]

Cars, wheel bite, and Malakai Kingston!

[SILVERFLAKE]

student drivers and car service

[skategeezer]

flying butt monkeys, anyone?

[dcphotos]

My knees not bending like they used to. Maybe that's more more of a let-down than fear.

Speed wobbles are scary.

The day when I get hurt bad enough to keep me away from work. It's bound to happen sooner or later, I turn 40 in 3 weeks.

[Mister Surly]

#1

and Lycra!

[SpeedFiend]

Injuries.
My equipment failing.
Cars.
Falling trees.

[pavedwave]

a too-fast bail, with a frantic, high speed run-out -- followed by a relaxed, drop to the asphalt to do a high speed, long distance knee slide.

...then, remembering your knee pads aren't on.

[xrayvzn]

The day I am no longer able to skate.

[pithaya]

Im afraid of landing with one foot off on flip tricks, I hadnt thought about it but breaking teeth on coping sounds scary, otherwise, having my board go into a sidewalk drainage slot. Getting a scrape over a scrape I made over a previous scrape on my knee