In order to land a new trick, skaters have to make hundreds of attempts while persevering through hours of mental and physical strain. This mentality shows up throughout their daily life and outside of the skatepark, helping enhance other hobbies or helping them persevere through tough schoolwork.

For beginner skaters, it can seem scary to try to hop onto the board for the first time. The first couple pushes can seem overwhelming. “Don’t give up if you’re just getting into skating, get a routine. It doesn’t have to be like four hours every day after school, just get on your board for like an hour to 30 minutes, even if it’s in your own driveway or on the street. You don’t have to go to a park. Just getting the basics down just helps a lot and then you learn how fun it is and it makes you want to do more stuff,” Tony Senese, local skater from CLC said.  While getting into the routine might be a little tough at first, every new skater needs to understand that the community is open to helping, and loves to see the community grow. Diezel D, a local skater from Grayslake North, when asked what he feels he regrets most, said, “I feel like I would’ve asked other skaters for help, not just about learning tricks, but also about skate culture.” Getting on the board for the first time is always overwhelming, but reaching out to the community and just getting used to riding around will make the rest not seem like such a push.

Learning a new trick will not be a one and done activity, you will take many attempts and fine tune your approach in order to land it one time. This dedication is not something that just shows during skating, skaters have said that it helps them during their other hobbies or work. “It just made me wanna get out more and also it just made me more determined to learn things and then actually achieve them and like land tricks, it made me wanna do that in other things like throughout my day, like in other hobbies and school.” Tony Senese said. The determination that is used to achieve a trick helps build confidence to tackle other challenges in other work.

Skating teaches skaters that a failed attempt is not a giving up point, but rather a lesson to build off of and grow from. It builds a want to learn more about the subject to help your next attempt. This determination helps throughout other work to tackle challenges from a new perspective and persevere through the doubt.

This determination could be a little different in each hobby. In fishing it could mean just staying at the same spot after missing the last couple bites, or staying persistent through constant Fortnite losses.

The biggest commitment to getting on the board is actually getting onto the board. It can be scary at first but when asked what he regretted most, local skater Sam Fabian said, “The only thing I regret not trying earlier is not getting on the board earlier and not pushing myself to do better.¨