{"id":226,"date":"2015-11-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.wordpress.com\/?p=226"},"modified":"2015-11-25T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T04:00:00","slug":"226","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/226\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I land all of my tricks and barely complete them&#8221; and so am Sketchy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-273 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joshua2.jpg\" alt=\"joshua2\" width=\"851\" height=\"315\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joshua2.jpg 851w, https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joshua2-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joshua2-768x284.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 851px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 851\/315;\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My name is Josh Whitson.\u00a0 I am a 41 year old skater from a town called Henderson, Alabama, USA.<em><strong>\u00a0My skate name is Sketchy<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 It was given to me because I land all of my tricks and barely complete them.\u00a0 I noticed that landing like that caused excitement in the crowds so, I continued to do it.\u00a0 These days, I do not compete but, mostly play around.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I currently own a skateshop and am trying to relocate a skateboard manufacturing company to our town here.\u00a0 they want to come here but money is a problem.<strong>\u00a0 I have been a skater for 31 years.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I started skating because I liked to ride anything down hills as a child.\u00a0 I found my fathers old 1965 skateboard in a closet and well, that&#8217;s how I started.\u00a0 I opened my shop after my wife&#8217;s cousin found out I skated and drug me back into it.\u00a0 I decided to sell boards from my car.\u00a0 after 6 months of research I opened my shop.\u00a0 it grew from there.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here, kids and young adults skate together.\u00a0 The people interact well.\u00a0 skating has been here since the 1950&#8217;s so, everyone is used to it.\u00a0 Public opinion ,however, is widely varied.\u00a0\u00a0 some people think skaters are dope smoking losers. While some, thinks they are enjoying a great sport.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>I hate the phrase &#8220;skateboarding is not a crime&#8221;\u00a0 it comes from the skaters that are problem to people.<\/strong>\u00a0 they like to go skate in areas where the property owners have forbid it.\u00a0 when they are arrested, the scream skating is not a crime.\u00a0 to me, it is not good.\u00a0 yes it is a crime if it is not allowed in the area you are skating.\u00a0 Here, skaters are our own worst enemy.\u00a0 the general public only sees the bad ones.\u00a0 As you know, one bad apple will ruin a whole bunch.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Over the next few years, I see skating declining in the USA but, growing world wide.<strong>\u00a0 I hope the Olympics bring skating.<\/strong>\u00a0 Real hope for vertical skating and megaramp.\u00a0 those are the two events I like the most.\u00a0 I hope it repairs the views and brings excitement back to the sport.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As far as skaters in parks and streets, I see no problem with it.\u00a0 The main thing is they have to watch for traffic and pedestrians just like any other vehicle would.\u00a0 if they become a problem, then they have to go.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I am excited that skating is growing there in Africa.\u00a0 I think it will be good for people there.\u00a0 it is a very fun, exciting activity that is somewhat inexpensive.\u00a0 Here we invented skating.\u00a0 its been here since the 1950s.\u00a0 It has peaked here.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My best advice to a young skater is to always respect the other people in the area you are skating.\u00a0 before you learn how to do tricks, learned how to ride the board.\u00a0 learn how to go both forward and backwards.\u00a0 learn how to turn at speed and learn how to control the board at real high speed.\u00a0 Then, learn tricks.\u00a0 if you learn tricks first, it is very hard to learn to ride at speed.\u00a0 most of all, HAVE FUN!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I am a huge fan of vert skating.\u00a0 it is one of the few events that can be watched on tv easily.\u00a0 it is VERY exciting to watch. There is more flash and flare in vert.\u00a0 each rider has his or her own style.\u00a0 you can tell who is riding just by the way they ride.\u00a0 I like watching mega ramp ( big air) in the xgames.\u00a0 the downside to it is each run is too quick.\u00a0 also one person cannot afford to build a mega ramp.\u00a0 you can, however, build a vert ramp or a mini ramp<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One thing for you guys in Africa to remember, You are looked at as a group.\u00a0 <strong>if there is one person that acts poorly, all skaters will be seen as ones who act poorly<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you act well, you will be looked at as a positive influence in your community.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Most of my funny experiences while skating, usually involve drinking alcohol and coming up with something stupid to do.\u00a0 Onetime I tried to\u00a0ollie off the roof of my house and land in my pool.\u00a0 Luckily my wife came out and stopped me.\u00a0 one thing we did that was fun,\u00a0 take a bicycle , tie a rope to the seat pole. pull each other around.\u00a0 that was always fun.\u00a0 as we got older, we started using motor vehicles like cars and motorcycles.\u00a0 I would not recommend using vehicles, Usually ends bad.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Remember, have fun and wear a helmet and pads if they are available.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Josh Whitson.\u00a0 I am a 41 year old skater from a town called Henderson, Alabama, USA.\u00a0My skate name is Sketchy.\u00a0 It was given to me because I&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,8,13,14,35,38,40,73],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headquater","tag-africask8diary-headquater","tag-africaskate","tag-asdiary","tag-augustine-rutasingwa","tag-global-connect","tag-inside-story","tag-interviews","tag-skateshops"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;I land all of my tricks and barely complete them&quot; 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