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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: Evisoon on February 04, 2017, 03:27:33 PM
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my dad actually recommended skateboarding to me but told me I shouldn't try to become pro and just have fun. However, I'm looking at some friends on Instagram who are making their kids skate literally everyday and putting them through challenges and obstacles in hopes that they become pro.
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It seems like Dads that REALLY want their kids to skate are eventually let down because the kid ends up not liking it. No one wants to be like their dad. Mostly.
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Yes I would copy Nyjah's dad
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My kid can do whatever he wants. He only 3, has a board he doesn't ever ride, but loves going to the skate shop for stickers. Will also watch a whole video.
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Sure, it's better than screaming at other parents at the hockey rink.
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My 2.5 year old son is interested in skating in doses. He likes to ride if I hold him, big time though.
But keep in mind, he's 2.5 and just handing him a balloon can keep him busy for an hour.
He has a little set of drums, a guitar, a bunch of art utensils and the standard baseball, soccer, hockey and basketball (no football) kid stuff though. I'm just putting options there to let him figure out what he's into.
So far the drawing and soccer seem to hold the most interest.
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Why does it have to be my son? If my daughter is chill I might buy her a fucking board I'll teach her how to put on grip and push and ollie she'd set my world on fire love compassion empathy
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I'll make her wear a bandana
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I'll make her wear a bandana
Bandana B! #ARF
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She has a board and we recently gripped it (it's a shittyyyyt plastic board) she goes through phases but recently figured out how to push and wants to do it more often... encourage as in coach though. No not never you should too
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Why didn't you give your child a proper setup?
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Why didn't you give your child a proper setup?
because I didn't see the point in setting up an adult size board for a then 4 year old who might step on it once and then never again. Once she's showed any genuine interest I'd look into mini's and shit.
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My son is 15 months old and I hope to get him into tennis or golf.
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i encourage my kids to have fun. i skate. sometimes they join me, more often they take out foam swords and battle with the neighborhood kids while i session the flat box. sometimes we all go to the skate park other times we go hike. i think it's rad that they try everything and are equally stoked on everything.
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My son tried for about a year when he was 5 but he was a pussy and quit. I wish he would've liked it.
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If she wants to skate, I'll be happy to oblige. I'm not going to push it on her though. That more or less goes for anything she wants to do, except dance or gymnastics...I'm actively going to discourage that, which means she'll probably want to do it.
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my 6.5 daughter does pressure flips 180 back when she tries to ollie (not landed, of course), but now she says she prefers scooter and roller just to upset me haha
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my 6.5 daughter does pressure flips
That's nuts. Post the clip!
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my 6.5 daughter does pressure flips
it will be in the next plan B credits, don't miss it ;D
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I want my kids to fail at everything else in life before they turn to skateboarding.
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My daughter is 9 months old, I would love to skate with her but I'm not going to force this situation.
I was on the skatepark last day and I found a family with two girls of 6 and 8, both were ripping doing frontside airs and stuff but the dad was terrible. Screaming and saying things like: this is the way you train? We didn't came here to have fun. Pffff fuck him
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fuck no, im going to get the lil motherfucker to play tennis or some shit. have you seen the $$$$ god damn
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when I had unprotected sex my sperm skated right down that vagina half pipe.
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Not my kids but I bought my nephew a complete for his 4th birthday. He never rides it but his 2.5 year old sister can't get enough. I'm adopting a daughter soon and she'll come with me to the park but it'll be her choice whether she wants to start skating. Exposed to skating but not forced to take part.
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My daughter's 1.5 right now. She's exposed to skating because of me but I'm not gonna push her into actually skating. She gets a kick out of watching me and likes to push my boards around.
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My daughter is 5 months old.
She definitely gettin a box.
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I'll teach them to push mongo, so everyone will make of them. my kids will never be good enough to be pro.
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my 6.5 daughter does pressure flips
The Snake is Nate Sherwood. Confirmed
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Once my wife squirts one out yea. But not going to make it a priority everyday or what ever.
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I didn't get a board until I was 8. Til then he/she is gonna kick ass in basketball.
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my wife squirts yea. Going to make it a priority everyday or what ever.
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I mean I'd hope they would but I wouldn't force them. I love sports so if they got into those that'd be cool too. I didn't really get balls deep into skateboarding until right before my 11th birthday so it could be a while
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my two year old is in to motorbikes... and burning round on his balance bike... I don't mind if he doesn't get into skating but it be rad if we could hang out at the park a bit more (i.e. dad wants to go skate)
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have a two year old, he skates with me (and also loves motorbikes like drew's kid)
not going to push him, he can do whatever he wants when he grows up but for the meantime it's a good way for us to bond
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Are there really parents that push their kids to be pro skaters? The only one that comes to mind is that douche in FL that pushed his 5 year old into a vert ramp. I had some friends growing up that were under pressure to be hockey greats, say they had a game they would be punished at home. It's fucking crazy... I don't see too many parents wishing a skateboarding career on their youngins unless maybe they were pro? Tony is only 1 for 4 in that respect, one of them had to be good right?
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have a two year old, he skates with me (and also loves motorbikes like drew's kid)
not going to push him, he can do whatever he wants when he grows up but for the meantime it's a good way for us to bond
I have two boys, ten and eight. They both have boards in the boot of my car and pull them out maybe one in five times at the park.
Maybe Dad rolling all over the ground and yelling at the ledges is a little off-putting...
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I have two boys, ten and eight. They both have boards in the boot of my car and pull them out maybe one in five times at the park.
Maybe Dad rolling all over the ground and yelling at the ledges is a little off-putting...
Yeah that ... and the menace obsession ;)
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Should I have kids?
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Should I have kids?
do you care about the environment?
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do you care about the environment?
::)
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Having kids is the worst thing you can do for the environment.
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Having kids is the worst thing you can do for the environment.
k mate ::)
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Having kids is the worst thing you can do for the environment.
tracer's right. the only thing more green than vegan is a green vegan who does abortion.
skate, don't procreate!
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Vegans arent even green. More like anti-green. Destroying plants to eat them for your own benefit when you could be eating animals cutting down the amount of carbon monoxide in the air.
Do you not think plants can feel pain? Have you ever even talked to the plants while high as fuck on hallucinogens? Next time you pluck a kale from the earth, just remember your killing the environment.
Making plants writhe in pain as you strip them from mother earths scalp... unforgivable.
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the only thing more green than vegan is a green vegan who does abortion.
or vasectomies ala durianrider and his #vasectomygains crew
Do you not think plants can feel pain?
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/fotns1/plants%20have%20feelings.jpg) (http://s370.photobucket.com/user/fotns1/media/plants%20have%20feelings.jpg.html)
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I am personally for 100% lab synthed meals using GMO's. I am also for adoption, mostly from korea so I can boost my karate vibes.
He can have a skateboard, but if he fucks up in school its getting focused and put on facebook.
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nope!
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Will def expose them to it, but not force it.
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It would be cool if one of my kids started skating, and I would be really excited about it. I would really value that bonding time.
But on the other hand, I think I would be more excited if they did something else. Looking back on my life, I probably would have been a bit more successful at this point if it wasn't for skateboarding. Not going to school, drugs, and a lethargic attitude about anything besides skating has left me somewhat pessimistic about the culture that MIGHT be associated with skateboarding. Don't get me wrong though, I have loved every minute of my life with skateboarding, and wouldn't trade a thing. Just trying to look out for my kids best interest, while simultaneously making them happy. Who knows though, how skating has been, things could easily change in the future.
I would buy them a skateboard to see what they think and let them decide.
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Having kids is the worst thing you can do for the environment.
I'm not having kids just so I can litter......
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I have an 18 month old kid, and he loves skateboarding, but I'm pretty sure the best way to make sure a kid doesn't like something as a teenager is to push it on him or her as a kid.
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Not my kids but I bought my nephew a complete for his 4th birthday. He never rides it but his 2.5 year old sister can't get enough. I'm adopting a daughter soon and she'll come with me to the park but it'll be her choice whether she wants to start skating. Exposed to skating but not forced to take part.
Congrats my man! Good on you for adopting! Plenty of children need loving families.
Tracer thank you for finally saying something sane for once and thanks sharktits for pushing abortion! Abortion saves the day!
I ain't about the "having kids" life but like vancanman, I'm all for adopting if I ever wanted a child. Preferably a girl from China so she can grow up to be a smart nerdy engineer/doctor/next jackie chan so she can take care of me with all her money...jk but kinda not really. If you skate I'm sure your child will eventually want to follow in your footsteps and hobbies and well. So to me, if you skate enough times of the week they'd want to join you. Hopefully they have fun and stick with it.
If they want to play sports and all that basic shit then that's cool too as long as they turn pro and make tons of money so you can exploit your child's fortune.
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Ya'll bankin on your kids growing up to be tiger woods need your head right and get on Dave's level
Gotcha Bitch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys3_9Pj64BM#)
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it would be pretty cool to skate around with yr offspring or just watch them. definitely would have them exposed to it as i always keep multiple boards in the trunk, never know when you'll get that urge just to roll around. i remember seeing in some epicly laterd episode ty evans put carpet on his babys board. i thought that was an awesome idea
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I lucked out big time with two boys, 6 & 2 who love skating.
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/37e7d760e3d141639565902491458ab8.png)
My eldest thinks Gou Miyagi is god's gift to the world, that Skateline is hilarious, and that everyone on the 9 club is old.
My advice?
Set your expectations low. I had every expectation that my boys would become ballerina's or artist's or whatever they fuck they wanted and no matter what it is/was I committed to totally backing it.
It's a simple matter of exposure. Mum sleeping in on a Sunday morning? We're watching XYZ full length otherwise go play toys.
I also put both of them on one of these scooters when they started walking, because I Skate everywhere, HATE walking, and wanted them to be able to keep up with me:
(https://cdn-1.au.xmsymphony.com/3075d97f7156596bddc519fe19015ff0/contents/MINIMICRO/MM0001_colours.jpg)
(It turns by leaning just like a skateboard, instead of turning the front wheel)
After 3 years blasting around on that I reminded my eldest he was getting too big for it and we'd have to get him something else. He got a Element complete & pads for Xmas '15, took a week to get his balance right and readjust his push and he's been ripping ever since.
Best part is I've become the anti Nyjah Dad. I can't show him how to do anything or give him advice because he hulks out if he can't do it, so I just get to skate myself when we go to the park.
He learns from YouTube, practices on Tech Decks, get's amped up for skating by Skate3 and just goes outside and does his own thing; the latest is ghost riding his board under rails, down stairs etc.
My youngest runs around the house yelling Frontside Boardslide and all sorts of shit.
Life rules while it lasts.
TL;DR
PM me if you want to talk shit about kids on boards
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I lucked out big time with two boys, 6 & 2 who love skating.
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/37e7d760e3d141639565902491458ab8.png)
My eldest thinks Gou Miyagi is god's gift to the world, that Skateline is hilarious, and that everyone on the 9 club is old.
My advice?
Set your expectations low. I had every expectation that my boys would become ballerina's or artist's or whatever they fuck they wanted and no matter what it is/was I committed to totally backing it.
It's a simple matter of exposure. Mum sleeping in on a Sunday morning? We're watching XYZ full length otherwise go play toys.
I also put both of them on one of these scooters when they started walking, because I Skate everywhere, HATE walking, and wanted them to be able to keep up with me:
(https://cdn-1.au.xmsymphony.com/3075d97f7156596bddc519fe19015ff0/contents/MINIMICRO/MM0001_colours.jpg)
(It turns by leaning just like a skateboard, instead of turning the front wheel)
After 3 years blasting around on that I reminded my eldest he was getting too big for it and we'd have to get him something else. He got a Element complete & pads for Xmas '15, took a week to get his balance right and readjust his push and he's been ripping ever since.
Best part is I've become the anti Nyjah Dad. I can't show him how to do anything or give him advice because he hulks out if he can't do it, so I just get to skate myself when we go to the park.
He learns from YouTube, practices on Tech Decks, get's amped up for skating by Skate3 and just goes outside and does his own thing; the latest is ghost riding his board under rails, down stairs etc.
My youngest runs around the house yelling Frontside Boardslide and all sorts of shit.
Life rules while it lasts.
TL;DR
PM me if you want to talk shit about kids on boards
This is fucking gold!!
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I lucked out big time with two boys, 6 & 2 who love skating.
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/37e7d760e3d141639565902491458ab8.png)
My eldest thinks Gou Miyagi is god's gift to the world, that Skateline is hilarious, and that everyone on the 9 club is old.
My advice?
Set your expectations low. I had every expectation that my boys would become ballerina's or artist's or whatever they fuck they wanted and no matter what it is/was I committed to totally backing it.
It's a simple matter of exposure. Mum sleeping in on a Sunday morning? We're watching XYZ full length otherwise go play toys.
I also put both of them on one of these scooters when they started walking, because I Skate everywhere, HATE walking, and wanted them to be able to keep up with me:
(https://cdn-1.au.xmsymphony.com/3075d97f7156596bddc519fe19015ff0/contents/MINIMICRO/MM0001_colours.jpg)
(It turns by leaning just like a skateboard, instead of turning the front wheel)
After 3 years blasting around on that I reminded my eldest he was getting too big for it and we'd have to get him something else. He got a Element complete & pads for Xmas '15, took a week to get his balance right and readjust his push and he's been ripping ever since.
Best part is I've become the anti Nyjah Dad. I can't show him how to do anything or give him advice because he hulks out if he can't do it, so I just get to skate myself when we go to the park.
He learns from YouTube, practices on Tech Decks, get's amped up for skating by Skate3 and just goes outside and does his own thing; the latest is ghost riding his board under rails, down stairs etc.
My youngest runs around the house yelling Frontside Boardslide and all sorts of shit.
Life rules while it lasts.
TL;DR
PM me if you want to talk shit about kids on boards
wait you let your 6yr old watch skateline with all the n-bombs? and he gets the humor? It took me years to start liking skateline too (still mostly shit). Also find it interesting he has the patience to sit through the 9 club...cartoons aren't his thing?
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I lucked out big time with two boys, 6 & 2 who love skating.
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/37e7d760e3d141639565902491458ab8.png)
My eldest thinks Gou Miyagi is god's gift to the world, that Skateline is hilarious, and that everyone on the 9 club is old.
My advice?
Set your expectations low. I had every expectation that my boys would become ballerina's or artist's or whatever they fuck they wanted and no matter what it is/was I committed to totally backing it.
It's a simple matter of exposure. Mum sleeping in on a Sunday morning? We're watching XYZ full length otherwise go play toys.
I also put both of them on one of these scooters when they started walking, because I Skate everywhere, HATE walking, and wanted them to be able to keep up with me:
(https://cdn-1.au.xmsymphony.com/3075d97f7156596bddc519fe19015ff0/contents/MINIMICRO/MM0001_colours.jpg)
(It turns by leaning just like a skateboard, instead of turning the front wheel)
After 3 years blasting around on that I reminded my eldest he was getting too big for it and we'd have to get him something else. He got a Element complete & pads for Xmas '15, took a week to get his balance right and readjust his push and he's been ripping ever since.
Best part is I've become the anti Nyjah Dad. I can't show him how to do anything or give him advice because he hulks out if he can't do it, so I just get to skate myself when we go to the park.
He learns from YouTube, practices on Tech Decks, get's amped up for skating by Skate3 and just goes outside and does his own thing; the latest is ghost riding his board under rails, down stairs etc.
My youngest runs around the house yelling Frontside Boardslide and all sorts of shit.
Life rules while it lasts.
TL;DR
PM me if you want to talk shit about kids on boards
wait you let your 6yr old watch skateline with all the n-bombs? and he gets the humor? It took me years to start liking skateline too (still mostly shit). Also find it interesting he has the patience to sit through the 9 club...cartoons aren't his thing?
Yeah the problem with Skateline is when I used to laugh he wanted to know what was so funny. We had a big talk about naughty words before I let him watch it but we're not from the States so the N word doesn't even register with him yet.
He mainly laughs at Gary's ridiculous reactions to things.
His other passion right now is LEGO so he can definitely sit down and tune into those kind of cartoons, but otherwise he'll sit and watch half an ep of The 9 Club, but like earlier it's because I'm watching it.
Basically they just join in on things I'm doing for myself.
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^thank for clarifying...i thought he would just go to youtube and say skateline lol
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LOL showing your 5 year old Thrasher content? You can't make this shit up
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LOL showing your 5 year old Thrasher content?
and yet he still comes across more sane/ genuine/ less of a troll than you :D
If your kid wants to watch Thrasher shit with you I think that's rad. My 2yo watched the emerica video with me
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If I have a kid I'll hide my board from him/her. I want my kid to amount to something in life.
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anytime someone talks about having kids being an environmental concern all i hear is "i'm broke as shit"
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anytime someone talks about having kids being an environmental concern all i hear is "i'm broke as shit"
But those newborns produce more CO2 thn an entire herd of cattle!! Unless you can afford to pay the baby carbon offset tax, just don't do it.
By the way, I'm kicking myself for not making an unboxing video last night. I have a son arriving the beginning of May, and got a box from the Mother-in-law last night. What did I find mixed in with the onsies? The tiniest little micro Vans imaginable. Had the talk with my wife. Definitely not pushing skating, or anything, on my kid. All I hope for is we do something enjoyable together. I'll pick up a new hobby / sport just spend time with him.
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Anytime someone talks about their kids all I hear is:
(http://www.thegroundmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Lil-Jon-Banner.jpg)
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My 2 year old daughter is surrounded by skateboards, so it's inevitable. She climbs all over and stands on my skateboard all the time. So I took her outside to check what skills she has....we'll just say "not much." lol
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My dike daughter loves to shred
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Ive got 3 boys, the oldest will never be interested in skating the middle one is already keen, hes 3, and the youngest cant stand up yet. I wont push my kids into anything but would rather them tell me what they want to do.
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Sure, but if he doesn't have a job by the time he's 5 to pay for his own board, he better find something else to do