Creative Ways and Places to Skateboard

Video Transcript

I want to talk to you about an important part of learning how to skateboard and that is figuring out where to skate. The trick is to be creative. Perhaps you started off skating in your driveway but now you are ready to move up to bigger and harder obstacles. Use objects in the garage or things around the house to ollie over, grind or slide. The trick is be creative, use your imagination. Some of the fun places I ever skated have been in driveways or friends houses. If you want to move to more advanced places, you can go to places like public or privately own skate parks. These usually require a fee helmet and pad laws, certain rules and regulations you need to follow and often require for you to sign insurance wavers. When trying to find a place to skate, it's important to pay attention to local laws, local rules and any posted signs. Sure a place might be fun to skate but if there is a no skateboarding sign posted and a police officer finds you skateboarding there you may be subtract to a trespassing fine. This can be a hassle, it can cause you a lot of money and give skateboarding a bad name. So make sure you have an owner's permission before you skate at a business and pay attention to local laws. When at a skate park, pay attention to the skate park rules and regulations and also make sure your county, state or local government has in place safety laws for requiring certain helmets or pads for certain age skaters while skateboarding.