The Big Balls Daily

Hey yo dudes and dudettes, in keeping with this blog’s tradition of providing tips of life every week, I will start with the first write-up. Ok, so we have been skating for more than 10 years now, and throughout these times we have met many valuable friends along the way. While most of us may sporadically drift in and out of the skate scene what will always be constant is the friendship.

All throughout these years we have also met many new skaters, some inspired us to skate harder while others just make us want to smash our truck between their eyes. Most of the time it is not really their fault, we all remember what it was like when we started out don’t we? Nobody knew anything, all the places, culture, etiquettes and whatnot. So in view of all these I will herein attempt to properly induct newbies into the accepted social etiquettes of skateboarding:

First of all we need to know how to make small talk; it is what breaks the barrier when you just arrive at the spot. For the first tutorial we will learn the things that should not be used to break the ice. Here goes, 

1.  How high can you Ollie?
   
2. Where did you buy your shoes from?
   
3. Who is your favorite skater?
   
4. Did you watch [insert skate video title here] ?
   
5. Did you read [insert favorite skate mag here]?
   
6. Do you have a favorite brand?
   
7. What tricks can you do?
   
8. Can I Ollie over your deck?
   
9. Can you teach me how to skate? (usually we don’t mind teaching, but not how to “skate”)
   
10. Do you wanna try my new board?
    

So there you have it! A list of 10 things that will guarantee nobody wants to be anywhere near you. Some people really do try too hard, when a simple “Hi, do you guys live around here?” would suffice.

Watching videos like these really do not make you any smarter!!