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Aggressive inline skating
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Hello my fellow newschoolers. I just went Skating for the first time today. It was very fun but at the end i fell on my elbow jumping down a 5 stair. I was just wondering, do you think it is worth it to get elbow pads and knee pads? Do people think that looks bad (i dont care about looking bad i would rather be protected.) So what im asking is good idea or bad do other Rollerbladers look down upon it?
Cheers,
Baloo
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I always wear wrist guards and a helmet cause I'm a retard and fall. If you are stepping up to big stuff and want to lessen the damage on your body wear full pads. It's better to be safe than be injured even if people are laughing at you.
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Usually when I'm just messing around in my driveway I don't wear a helmet but at the skatepark I wear a helmet but no other pads because I don't care about other parts of my body as much as my head I would rather have a broken arm than a gnarly concussion haha.
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just raw dog it man, no protection at all. its not worth looking like a rollergoon
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i wear nothing, but if you're learning a helmet is good, just take them falls like a man.
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now thats thats out of the way. What are some good easy starting tricks. Today i was into ledges, gaps and bomb drops. any help is loved and +k to all you guys.
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part of my skatepark has a mini bowl and it's really fun to just do little stalls and grinds for extended periods of time. Get confortable on coping, because it's kinda sketchy. Also start trying some sole grinds, for me they're fucking hard still but the sooner you learn them the more grind/stall variations you can do.
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Taps. I love kick tap 1's. Easy enough.
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i should have said that i dont have a skate park where i live. its mostly just street. I also want to get into grinding more so some help with those ideas.
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