Do you fight the urge to skatesplain?

[Rasmus]

My girlfriend is currently doing the New York Times crossword, and the question of going backwards on a skateboard came up (the answer being fakie). I really had to bite my tongue to not go “but it’s not the same as going switch, it actually has a lot of impact on the naming convention of tricks blah blah blah”.

I feel like I often experience situations like this, where I have the possibility to go down some rabbit hole, but the I remember my friends really don’t care. Do you experience the same, and do you have some good examples of it?

[mfweeno]

All the time, and I usually act upon it with my wife. She’s used to it by now. I’ve learned the hard way that other people truly do not give a fuck.

[TheLurper]

I fight the urge to ask, "Who skated to this song?"

[alien porkchop]

in my experience even other skaters don’t want to go down these rabbit holes as often as i will.

[123]

No. But my partner knows a thing or two already so nothing really needs explaining.

Now if I hear a song which has been sampled, I must tell someone who sampled it.

[fakie nollie]

I just tell my wife everything is a 900

[WashingtonNECKTIE]

I just tell my wife everything is a 900

in a drunken conversation with the boys, we went at length about what a "rodeo" is between different "x-treme sports"

by the end of it, i decided that any trick i didn't know, or an off kilter maneuver that is hard to describe, is in fact, a rodeo. i.e. "wow that was sick! how did he rodeo out of that!?"

[Nom De Plume]

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I just tell my wife everything is a 900

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in a drunken conversation with the boys, we went at length about what a "rodeo" is between different "x-treme sports"

by the end of it, i decided that any trick i didn't know, or an off kilter maneuver that is hard to describe, is in fact, a rodeo. i.e. "wow that was sick! how did he rodeo out of that!?"

Double Michalchuk yo.

[Jehoshaphat Augustus]

watching sports with girls is a pain
they don't know the rules
there's no time to explain

[companguero]

My girlfriend is currently doing the New York Times crossword, and the question of going backwards on a skateboard came up (the answer being fakie). I really had to bite my tongue to not go “but it’s not the same as going switch, it actually has a lot of impact on the naming convention of tricks blah blah blah”.

I feel like I often experience situations like this, where I have the possibility to go down some rabbit hole, but the I remember my friends really don’t care. Do you experience the same, and do you have some good examples of it?

Are you asking about skatesplaining to laymen or fellow skaters too?

Because I fight the urge to ruminate on the question “is a fakie Ollie the same as switch nollie” which leads to fighting the urge to discuss it on slap.

[RoaryMcTwang]

Much like Ed Lawndale, I don’t fight the urge but indulge it. There’s so many people who can profit from my insight.

[Rasmus]

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My girlfriend is currently doing the New York Times crossword, and the question of going backwards on a skateboard came up (the answer being fakie). I really had to bite my tongue to not go “but it’s not the same as going switch, it actually has a lot of impact on the naming convention of tricks blah blah blah”.

I feel like I often experience situations like this, where I have the possibility to go down some rabbit hole, but the I remember my friends really don’t care. Do you experience the same, and do you have some good examples of it?

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Are you asking about skatesplaining to laymen or fellow skaters too?

Because I fight the urge to ruminate on the question “is a fakie Ollie the same as switch nollie” which leads to fighting the urge to discuss it on slap.

Haha I was thinking laymen, because I have seen the look in their eyes, when I first get started going down the hole

[123]

I fight the urge to ask, "Who skated to this song?"

Was in the Container Store today when this gem came on the store radio:

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[Scarecrow Radio]

Never complain, never explain

[GnarAlarm]

I don't think skatesplaining is really a problem I have. See, growing up in a beach city in Southern California in the 80s and 90s, skateboarding was pretty prevalent so most folks are quite accustomed to seeing people on skateboards and speaking the lingo, etc. I'm not sure where you're from but you might not be familiar with this. That's okay, I'll try to give you a picture of how it was and how it works. Basically, skating really spawned from surfing, like they just took the board and put wheels on it, so anytime you're in an area that where surfing is popular, skating just kind of goes hand-in-hand. Let me put it to you this way: SoCal was to skateboarding back then what Durham or Chapel Hill, NC is to basketball, if that'll help you understand. A lot of hometown heroes, a lot of ppl coming from far and wide to participate, folks making their bones there, their name, getting their careers started. Everybody just eating, sleeping and breathing skateboarding. I say all this just to make the point, in case you weren't aware, that most people you come across down there are already familiar with the basic concepts and terminology of skateboarding. So, you know, I never really ever feel the need to skatesplain. It's just kind of unnecessary.

Hahaha well played, well played.