We get it. When people think of skateboarding they think of emergency rooms and getting caught in the wrong crowd. We are here to tell you about some unexpected benefits to skateboarding that you may have missed.
It is Safer than You May Think
The preconceived association with skateboarding is that it is so much more dangerous than other contact sports. According to a sports injury study, out of over 200,000 participants and 20,000 injuries recorded, skateboarding only accounted for 399 of the 20,000 injuries (2%). Sports included in the study were basketball, soccer, football, baseball, ice hockey, archery, and fourteen others. Comparatively, skateboarding is not nearly as dangerous as it is perceived.
Skateboard For Kids is a resource to prevent injury. We sell helmets, wrist guards, elbow pads, and knee pads, a demonstrative DVD to teach proper technique, and even an indoor practice board. Our most popular product is the Beginners Timesaver Skateboard Bundle, which makes it easy for parents buying a skateboard for new skateboarders.
Health Benefits
Similar to other sports, health benefits are obviously correlated with participating in a physical activity. Skateboarding health benefits are slightly different than those of common youth sports like football, soccer, and basketball. Skateboarding offers an array of advantages including coordination, pain tolerance, stress relief, precision, reflexes and patience.
- Coordination – Skateboarding improves hand, eye, leg and feet coordination. When skateboarding, you need to alter your movements so you skate smoothly and accurately.
- Pain Tolerance – Other sports improve your pain tolerance, but learning how to skateboard includes constantly falling, tripping, cutting your knees and elbows, etc. Believe it or not, this helps to improve your tolerance and build up resilience.
- Stress Relief – Stresses consume people, even kids, all the time. Skateboarding is an avenue to relieve some of those stresses or frustrations.
- Precision – Skateboarding takes a lot to pick up on. You are constantly adjusting weight from one direction to another, switching your speed, and, when good enough, perfecting tricks.
- Reflexes – This one ties together with coordination. When falling or stopping quickly, you need to have quick reflexes to brace yourself or prevent a collision from happening. You learn quickly that running into a railing is not ideal.
- Patience – Skateboarding, like other sports, requires an immense amount of patience. You will not be the next Tony Hawk after your first time on the board. Falling countless times, missing that tricky bend, and hitting that awesome trick will test your patience time after time.
Skateboarding Can Prevent Youth Crime & Increase Sense of Community
Historically, studies and statistics have shown that youth sports have a positive impact on growth and character. Sports also keep kids out of trouble in their community and in school. A 2015 study has shown that at-risk teenagers from urban areas, have virtually the same chances of being involved in criminal activities as they are to graduate high school. Statistics prove that sports can prevent this. Many kids turn to basketball, football, baseball, or other related sports. A sport that people tend to forget about is skateboarding. Just like the above sports, skateboarding offers physical benefits and keeps you out of trouble.
An example that hopes to bridge the gap between teens and local police comes from our friends up north. Just this September, an officer and skateboarder at heart, Thierry Hinse-Fillion, is Canada’s first “skateboarding cop”. Hinse-Fillion pushed this idea for years before it was finally approved. His overall goal was to relate to the local youth and make them feel safe in their community. Thus far, it has been very successful and the kids enjoy learning new tricks and viewing him as a mentor.
If you are interested in getting your child into skateboarding, we encourage you to check out our products, some of which include the beginner’s timesaver bundle which includes skateboard, helmet, and pads – everything your child needs to get started. We also sell mini board by Wipeout which are a super cool decorate yourself skateboard package which includes stencils and markers to draw on the board. All of our boards can come individually or as a bundle with all of the starter gear.
gageon February 9, 2021 at 11:07 am
skating is so fun
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Brodieon August 14, 2022 at 3:38 pm
My teacher won’t let me use this for my research paper even tho it is literally saying everything i want to say
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Jeferon March 3, 2023 at 1:01 pm
yo dood same, these teachers slow.
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Ryleeon February 1, 2023 at 2:46 pm
I agree
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Steve Connertonon April 27, 2021 at 1:01 pm
Thank you so much
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Skateboard Guideron May 8, 2022 at 2:21 am
Skateboarding is just family to me. You learn self control out of it
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Frickin_Danteon December 20, 2022 at 6:16 pm
Skating is fun
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Steven Kyleon August 3, 2021 at 10:11 am
I literally JUST suggested to a woman to introduce her 3-yr-old boy to sk8bd’g … cardio, reflex, balance, strength training.
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mariahon March 21, 2022 at 11:32 am
wow
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Danon April 20, 2023 at 6:42 pm
Aaron S.on December 7, 2021 at 10:38 am
Skating should be more prevalent in our new day its a dying sport and we need to bring it back.
SKATING 2022
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johan abrahamon January 20, 2022 at 8:36 am
No doubt! SKATEBOARDING CAN PREVENT YOUTH CRIME & INCREASE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
Thanks for sharing such a amazing article.Reply
D4mnpunkon March 17, 2022 at 2:53 pm
Great article but heck the cops
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mariahon March 22, 2022 at 11:30 am
I never rode a skateboard before but now i do.
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Conner Moriartyon March 27, 2022 at 12:27 pm
It also works your lower back core thighs, calves glutes overall a great as well as fun exercise.
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Mouriceon May 24, 2022 at 9:42 am
Skateboarding is so super cool and i leik it and makes me less FAT
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Micahon June 21, 2022 at 5:41 am
I think skateboarding really puts you in your body, you feel every movement. It really gets you comfortable with your body
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Ajwadon July 2, 2022 at 9:43 pm
Thnx for all of this.
Really helped me understand the depths 🙂Reply
Joshon October 20, 2022 at 12:41 pm
Hello!
I work for a local skate shop for their marketing, and I have to ask if you have any social media presence that I could tag when sharing articles?
Would love to send people your way on socials as well as website.
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Skateboard for Kidson December 21, 2022 at 4:07 pm
We’re on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Skateboardforkids
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