You dont see scars and injuries as a mark of weakness or failure. They arent symbols of where you failed to land your trick. They are like a badge of honour; battle wounds that act as a reminder of how hard you fought to land an elusive trick. Youll wake up the morning after skating hard and find that your knee is twice as big as the other one, and then youll vaguely remember falling on it. Or youll fall, hurt yourself, and then spend the next few hours trying to work out how you managed to fall in that way, especially if it was on a supposedly simple trick. Then comes the worst part about being injured; it isnt about the pain or the fear that people will laugh at you. The worst feeling in skateboarding has to be looking out at a glorious sunny day, thinking that the weather looks perfect for a nice long skate, then realising that you are stuck indoors because of your injury. There are few feelings worse than this. You know you are missing out on valuable time, because as soon as winter comes there will be hardly any time to go skate.
A 21 year old History graduate looking for someone to listen to his ramblings. Lover of comic books, movies and all other superhero related things. Published in The Independent, always looking for interesting things to write about...Follow me on Twitter at @samclements1993, and check out my blog: http://samuelclements.wordpress.com/
