The Fail Club

[Nikki9Lives]

I don't use them for cruising.
My pride heals slower than my cuts.

[MacRae]

I don't take my helmet to work, since my office is on the UNLV campus, and there's no car traffic where I ride. Otherwise, I always keep my helmet handy when sakting. I still feel like I should get some elbow and knee pads soon.

I've honestly never really understood elbow pads. Even while learning slides, I've never managed to fall on my elbows. Knees, absolutely. Head, occasionally. Hands, most definitely. I've even managed to skin my forearms. I'm definitely not saying elbow pads shouldn't be worn, but I'd rank them pretty low in terms of essential pads for skating.

Anybody have any counter evidence? I'm really curious if other people have damaged their elbows (apart from breaking them by falling on their hands, which seems much more likely).

[phil7153]

anyone who is in this "club" is 100% retarded, or will be if you continue to not wear protection while riding. Use common sense, come on

[msk]

I've honestly never really understood elbow pads. Even while learning slides, I've never managed to fall on my elbows. Knees, absolutely. Head, occasionally. Hands, most definitely. I've even managed to skin my forearms. I'm definitely not saying elbow pads shouldn't be worn, but I'd rank them pretty low in terms of essential pads for skating.

Anybody have any counter evidence? I'm really curious if other people have damaged their elbows (apart from breaking them by falling on their hands, which seems much more likely).

Considering how scuffed up my elbow pads are, I'd say they've done me a lot of good. For example, @ :53 here:

YouTube - Parks, Pool, & Pipe '02

While they've mainly been put to use park skating, they've also come in handy for a few slalom slams. In each of those cases, I got thrown with no warning, and who knows how you'll land. I've got a pretty odd looking scar on my left arm, from road rash I got between the straps of my elbow pad, back in the old WLAC days. And my right arm doesn't fully straighten, thanks to a good slam I took in a pool back in '79 (not wearing pads)

[gavmck]

My buddy Mark seems to ONLY fall on his elbows. Every time we skate he does a couple or runs, falls on his elbows, then remembers his pads in the car. They are SO scarred.

[Nikki9Lives]

I do like those sick motorcycle helmets that speed board dudes rock. Those are most ill.

[pavedwave]

can't believe this happened to me again cruising into work



the ibuprofen isn't cuttin it

[PolyFunk]

This dude agrees:

YouTube - traumatic brain injury - a walk outdoors

Hooray for the no pads/helmet club!

[anakimanaki]

too poor to afford any pads or a helmet ;[ so i just use my lucky baby beanie hat as my only protection seem to be working fine so far.. (i got wheelbite and flew about 10ft into a tree with little scratches few weeks ago)

[Snow]

This dude agrees: YouTube - traumatic brain injury - a walk outdoors

Hooray for the no pads/helmet club!

Couldn't do that to my loved ones... just couldn't.....

[Archy]

man.. do you guys even read.. i said i own a helmet and pads.. but im not going to wear them everyday when im just cruising to work or whatever at speeds i could run as fast... you guys should really wear helmets/pads everywhere you go if you are so paranoid and scared of life.

how about go back and read the first post

I wasn't going to pile on. But then dopeydum started in with Justin. And that pissed me off. So I decided I would pile on. But then I went to neg rep him and...I'm all out of rep. *

*these dudes need helmets real bad, and they're just hanging out on SF.

[Terrorist]

*Face Palm* because words cannot describe your stupidity
(found this on fish)

[JohnW]

wearing clothes does not feel natural

YES!! haha

[modestme]

can i join this suicide club?

[tomes]

I don't use them for cruising.
My pride heals slower than my cuts.

...and you ride a sword board?

[tomes]

But seriously





WEAR YOUR FUCKIN' HELMETS

[Tripped]

Why don't you guys just get together and drink some poisoned koolaid, you'd save the taxdollars a lot of money if no one had to try and save your life.

Terrorist: missing one facepalm from that sequence; the kid Mitch from Dazed and Confused. How many times did he grab his face?!?!

[Daniel M.]

Couldn't do that to my loved ones... just couldn't.....

I was just thinking the exact same thing.

[pavedwave]

Couldn't do that to my loved ones... just couldn't.....

it's an even tougher dilemma when its not your choice. say if I did wear a helmet and took all precautions and still got taken out by a car, mashing half my brains and becoming tube-ridden for life...my thoughts turn pretty morbid.

but to NOT wear a helmet and be rendered completely dependent on family? that's just ###### selfish.

if only one smart kid out of the hundreds of douchebags get the message, its worth it.

[DV8]

not that it matters but i was a shortboarder for 10yrs and the only pads i had then was shoes,now those are optional. then again i never were any protection when i trained in stick fighting,broke every safty rule in the construction industry for 15yrs,and i prefer to have a go at the ladies beraback.