Skateboarding has long been a popular hobby/sport for ages, and is popular amongst many different people of all ages and genders. Recently longboarding, a newer version of skateboarding, has become a much more popular sport/hobby. Now for those who do not know longboard is a longer, wider, and faster version of a skateboard. Longboarding originated somewhere out of Hawaii, and is sometimes referred to as sidewalk surfing. The best way to put it is longboarding is a mix of skateboarding and surfing, and has bigger wheels that help the rider achieve greater speeds. As a result of the faster speeds, not knowing how to properly ride a longboard before riding one will cause many bad effects such as injuries, surgeries, and scrapes all over the body,
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For example, a guy named Jeremy thought he could make a sharp turn without knowing the proper techniques. He had seen and heard about other long-boarders making the same turn he was making. He was trying to accomplish drifting, but to do that they have gloves with pucks to help slide your hand across the concrete and he wasn’t wearing them. While making the turn he touched his hand to the ground like what he thought he was supposed to do, except he touched his hand to the ground to hard, and ended up popping his shoulder blade out of place. As a result of not knowing the proper techniques Jeremy had long term effects from this injury. He had to do physical therapy for a few weeks to strengthen the muscles around his shoulder and sometimes still has shoulder problems. If he would have just learned the proper techniques of making a turn before riding the longboard he would not have been …show more content…
All of the accidents and injuries presented above were caused by people that did not know or neglected the proper techniques for managing the faster speeds, and the proper techniques of riding a longboard. Although longboarding can be very fun, and has become very popular recently it is important to remember to learn the proper techniques before jumping on a longboard and trying to ride
For example, a guy named Jeremy thought he could make a sharp turn without knowing the proper techniques. He had seen and heard about other long-boarders making the same turn he was making. He was trying to accomplish drifting, but to do that they have gloves with pucks to help slide your hand across the concrete and he wasn’t wearing them. While making the turn he touched his hand to the ground like what he thought he was supposed to do, except he touched his hand to the ground to hard, and ended up popping his shoulder blade out of place. As a result of not knowing the proper techniques Jeremy had long term effects from this injury. He had to do physical therapy for a few weeks to strengthen the muscles around his shoulder and sometimes still has shoulder problems. If he would have just learned the proper techniques of making a turn before riding the longboard he would not have been …show more content…
All of the accidents and injuries presented above were caused by people that did not know or neglected the proper techniques for managing the faster speeds, and the proper techniques of riding a longboard. Although longboarding can be very fun, and has become very popular recently it is important to remember to learn the proper techniques before jumping on a longboard and trying to ride