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i don't think they help the overall mindstate of groms in the park, but that's what we older dudes are there for. and yes, i'm intentionally omitting the free video argument (well, i WAS). i still don't go there everyday, but i do think that the pro's outweigh the cons by a fucking longshot.
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Man so good. What are older dudes there for? Not for fucking with the mindstate of the grommets at the park? There is one thing with pushing them to skate, but another thing to pushing an opinion?
That is different than pushing a "lifestyle" in my mind.....So corny to all it a brand,
All the lifestyles have been around for ages......
Pushing a mindstate and a consistent opinion is not good for the kids at the park.....
Maybe if you're doing that too much, you are not taking enough pictures, filming videos, art stuff, etc......
hey now, don't go reaching for what isn't there.
when i talk to kids at the park, i make a point to not even answer those types of questions (what do you think about so and so?, etc). i just tell them that they're doing well and should try something maybe a little harder or different if they're getting frustrated. and if they want, i'll try it with them and then maybe lets make a fun ass line of it. that way, they stay focused on getting better and i get to try a bunch of stuff i maybe couldn't/wouldn't otherwise. win/win.
shiiit, i learnt bluntslides over the loveseat to bigspin out that way the other day and the little kid was just barely learning to blunt stall when i suggested he try to slide. we both rode out (he didn't bigspin, but he got the slide down and popped back in) and we were smiling the whole time. just slamming and going for it. that's how you help a kids mindstate. not by telling him what to think, but helping to direct that energy into the act of getting better. that's my mindstate, and if you think that pushing that mindstate on a kid is out of order, you're a fucking idiot and i hope you never have kids that want to skate.
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