Entertain Yourself with a Skateboard

If you're looking for a new hobby, you should check out skateboarding. If you already have a skateboard, then it's time to learn some fun things you can do with it. Read on and you will soon know more.      Before I continue, you should know that skateboarding is inherently dangerous. When you skateboard, you are taking a risk. There's a very good chance that you'll fall off your skateboard sooner or later.  


  Also, before trying any of these fun things, wear your skateboarding equipment. Get a proper helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads, at the very least. Safety should be your number one priority as a skateboarder. Without keeping yourself safe, you're risking your ability to skate.      One reason many people like skateboarding is because you can do it anywhere. It's possible to skate downhill, uphill, on flat ground, outdoors, and even outdoors. Skateboarding is quite liberating.      Skateboard ramps are plenty of fun. They can be made without much effort - a classic ramp is just a board stacked up on some objects. A safer alternative is to construct a ramp entirely from wood. Cut a two by four piece of wood diagonally, and nail a piece of plywood to the pieces. Instant ramp!      If you want something even easier, and you live in suburbia or any other residential area, use the curbs in front of your house. These are lots of fun to skate on. If you're good, you can skate them like mini concrete waves.      The curbs are great fun because they're like a mini skateboard park. You can practice your tricks on them, and jump off them for some big air. You can even jump onto them from the street, like a little gap.      When I was a boy, my group of friends thought it was a good idea to jump over each other with our home built ramp. It's very dangerous, and I don't recommend that you try it at home. A better idea would be to stack random objects, and try to jump over those instead.      Speaking of gaps, we used to play a game where you stack up your skateboard and then your friends ollie over it. If someone doesn't make it, then they add their board to the pile. This keeps going until there's only one person left, and this person is the winner.      If you don't have any friends to go skateboarding with, you should head over to the skatepark nearest you. The skatepark is a great place to meet other friendly skaters, who will probably enjoy playing skateboarding games with you.      You can have fun with your skateboard in plenty of different ways. Don't feel like you are limited by what I've written above. Instead, use this guide as a way to think up new ideas. Always remember to wear your safety gear!

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