Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Skating Creatively

A huge aspect in the skating world is in regards to style.  Many skaters would describe style as how you act and how you incorporate this into your skating.  Personally I have an extremely goofy style which involves allot of old school tricks such as boneless's and no complies.  In order to have a fun style you must be able to think outside of the box.  When approaching a skate park you should think of new and inventive ways to skate the terrain rather than just using the park how it was intended.  This exactly type of thinking is what gave birth to street skating.  Street skating involves skaters to find everyday items and turn them into their own personal skate oasis.  At the skate park you should pretend that it is an actual street course and try to use it in a unique way.  This can be done in a number of different ways including doing tricks that are normally not done on a certain obstacle.  An example of this would be to do a 360 boneless up a step up, rather than just kick flipping up it etc.  Another way to use a park differently is to use obstacles in the opposite fashion than what they were intended.  An example of this would be to skate up the stair set (if its small enough), rather than just throwing tricks down the set.  By using the park in a unique fashion it is more likely to get your skating noticed.  No one wants to see the same tricks over and over again, so by utilizing the park in a different way you have the possibility of being recognized for your abilities.  In essence try and look at the park in a way which will allow you to skate it the way you envision in.

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