Skateboarding Beginner?

I used to skateboard as a kid and my kids love it now. Just make sure you wear all of your pads and a helmet. You need to make sure you have good medical insurance. I'm not kidding. Most of your wipe outs will be minor but you might get hurt. Just watch a few youtube videos on skating and you will see.

It isn't a bad idea to go to Walmart. If you get an inexpensive board and you loose interest its not a big deal. Then if you really love it, head on down to Dick's Sporting Goods and get yourself a really good one. Start off my skating on level ground til you get the hang of it. Got to crawl before you can walk. If you live in the right areas, snow boarding and surfing are two good alternatives.

i started learning to skateboard about 2 months and i learned by watching videos on the internet

i have had a skateboard from wall-mart (bad idea) the just snap when you do a trick

try shops like

http://www.skatehut.co.uk/

or

http://www.routeone.co.uk/

you should learn how to

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casper

start in that order

and make sure you buy a helmet knee pads elbow pads and wrist guard

and it doesnt matter what age you are and when you skateboard and

youll loose weight

trust me dont skateboard longboard its wayyyyyyyyyyyy better ive done both and every thing is better except u cant do as many tricks u can go faster not as bumpy and way better for getting places becasue its easy to push and u can slide and if u do get a longboard get landyachtz! its a bit more expensive to buy a longboard but trust me its worth it :)

http://www.skateboard-lessons.co.uk/quote.html

http://skateboard.about.com/od/tricktips/tp/New_Sk...

http://www.skateboarduk.com/learn-to-skateboard/

http://www.exelement.co.uk/earth/skateboarding

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/learn-how-to-skateb...

also use youtube, use wikihow, ehow, wiki answers. forums, guides, tips and previous questions like this, try not to difficult things to begin with and practice and then move on when your more confident, hope this helps :)