Gonna catch some hate here, but I don't think its fun to skate curbs/ do slappies and I hate watching or hearing about people skating curbs. I hope this whole genre of skating dies out like no complies and body varials. It has become a whole subsect of skaters' identities.
Just learn to skate transition if you can't ollie anymore, there's nothing cool or impressive about grinding a 4" obstacle.
A trick, in and of itself, doesn’t require a defense, so I’ll simply submit the following by way of explainer: there was a time, some many decades ago, when a slappy was just another trick we did (along with no complies & body varies.)
As time goes by, peoples bodies are able to sustain less & less physical strain (duh) and their abilities to absorb heavy impacts are diminished.
As a result, older skaters frequently seek out a means to to enjoy their stoke in ways that extract less of a toll on their bodies. Some people actually have kids to feed, and jobs they have to report to the next day, don’tcha know, so they might NEED to take it easy.
Nobody is trying to
impress you with their curb shenanigans, ya’ ding dong, they’re trying to have fun.
But of course, YOU’re going to come in, keyboard all on fire, telling folks their not cool enough.
Tha’s fine, but know that your opinion on the matter sounds almost as dumb as a gang of grey haired olds, hanging out in a parking lot, throwing themselves at a 3” curb for hours on end.
Also… I found the kid that hasn’t learned how to slappy yet, y’all, and they sound pissed about it.