Learning is as simple as A , B, See.

Kieran George.
Jul 28, 2017 · 2 min read

Toying with ideas and trial and error with simply doing are great ways to find failure and success.

I can remember learning to Skateboard in my teens — Yes I wore skinny jeans .. once.

I would repeat the action for hours just to learn to Olley.

I knew if I got the fundamentals right I could transfer them over into other tricks. I went out and just jumped everything I could.

Image from Wikihow — http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Injury-on-a-Skateboard

When I started that was nothing:

Kerbs — Fall on my face.

Old Crumpled Cans — Fall on my face.

Small stones — Yep I would fall on my face.

I ended up spending over 8 hours in my garden, in June summer heat on the lawn, just trying to jump this poxy Skateboard!

But I did it in the end, I could Olley!!!

Anyone wanting to learn — Sidewalk have a great step-by-step guide https://sidewalkmag.com/skateboard-tricks/beginner-tricks/how-to-ollie-sidewalk-basics.html

I learnt to Nolley shortly afterwards.

Kickflips and Heelflips came quickly after, as did the confidence.

It was a great summer. I loved the thrill and fun.

This is not my son — no children were harmed in the linking of this image

My son recently Rolled his skateboard out to go out and play.

I ran over to it in my flip-flops and performed a near 3ft Olley and it felt great.

Not having the correct footwear on though cost me the skin on the top of my foot and little toenail!

Note to self :

“Never attempt that again without correct footwear.

Sincerely,

Your Toes!”

Thanks For reading,

Kieran

Ps Please see this picture of a cat to give your brain some relief from the image of my poor toes. I’ll let you.

Kieran George.

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Just a father, husband, swell kind of guy that writes about birds, bees, trees … yeah right🤣🤭, I write about Blockchain projects that interest me. 👌

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