how do you learn how to balance yourself on a skateboard without fucking your shit up

fuckin guy looks like me

>>23036679 (OP)
I've accepted that if you haven't learned to skate before 17 you're probably never gonna learn how to go down a hill.

>>23036708
it seems like that goes for several things, unfortunately
i've been trying to rollerskate a bit, it's been going okay

>>23036718
what are your seven?

something about being younger just makes it easier to learn physical things, and less catastrophic when you do fuck up
i think maybe part of it is the size and weight distribution of the body

>>23036724
>your seven
????

>>23036725
my left shoulder is jacked up visibly from trying to learn to skate a few years back

I was able to go down slopes and got cocky going down a steep road

it doesn't hurt now but I bet it will hurt lol my shoulder in like down but I'm probably being a pussy

>>23036734
>it seems like that goes for several things,

Literally when I was a kid friends would hold rackets and stuff to hold infront and behind the skateboard while I was on it. Not sure if this helps any but just getting used to being on a board will help. Getting the trucks at the right tightness is also a big help (like for a beginner, the trucks should be really tight with little to no give in them).

Hope it helps!

>>23036766
ah damn, that's a shame
kind of a cool story/experience atleast, thouigh

the wrists and shoulders are the two most complicated joints in the body iirc
alot of MMA people have their careers permanently end from a smal wrist injury
>>23036769
oh
i dunno really
gymnastics/tumbling is another one
i'm bad at thinking of examples lol

>>23036679 (OP)
>without fucking your shit up
that's the fun part
you don't

>>23036775
Wear pads even if you think it'll make you look dorky. When you are learning fliptricks, wear shinpads under your pants if you are worried about looking cool.

>>23036679 (OP)
loosen your trucks and find a small-ish hill and roll down it until you can keep your balance without jumping off the board
And don't use shitty stock wheels like element or darkstar get good or at least decent ones and nothing smaller than 54mm or harder than 99a

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>>23037359
this doesn't help with skateboarding
it might help with roller skating though