How Can Skateboarding Help You?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Skateboarding has many amazing body and mind benefits - but we too often like to pretend skateboarding is all we need.
However, as we get older and life creates new challenges, skateboarders are not impervious to life’s obstacles. Every now and then, just like rehabbing a skate injury, skaters need help getting back to full mental strength.
Collectively as a community, skateboarding, with the help of some amazing individuals and organizations, is pushing the benefits of skateboarding forward. The community is removing the stigma of asking for help in order to better understand how skateboarding can be used as an auxiliary to strengthen the mind and even as a form of rehab.
#skateboarding #therapy
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The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
I’m 52. I’m a skater, former skate park owner, and former president of a nonprofit organization to build skate parks I just stopped to say that this is probably one of the best things I’ve seen in a longtime. Epic.
nice one for contributing to heling build skate parks.
Great work!
Thank you for what you’ve done
You're unknown legend!!!!
Thanks from London,UK.
@@DavidHoughton17 The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
My name is Dylan and I’m a skateboarder, and a recovering heroin addict. My sobriety date is December 13th, 2016. Skateboarding is a form of recovery. We learn from people who do know that they’re talking about and have been doing it forever, we all learn together too. Thrasher Mag and all our videos are like or Big book or basic text. A skatepark session is like a meeting, and street skating is like doing our book work and step work. We take what we learn at the park and bring it to the street. We take what we learn at the meetings and literature and apply it to our life. We fall on our face and get back up, with the support of our peers. I can go on and on. I’m proud to be in recovery and I’m proud to be a skateboarder
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Keep it up bro. We're all here for each other. Keep it loose and have fun! Just got sober myself. 41 days so far.
Proud of you Dylan 🙏
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Excellent description of the therapeutic value of Skateboarding Thank you. But Please wear your helmet.
Struggled with depression for several years. I stopped skating when I got into high school. Picked up skating again at 27, now 30 and it was the best decision of my life. I have made so many friends, so much progress during this time. It was hard getting back to it. Definitely humbling & painful at times but worth every second. ❤ skating
I grew up skating everyday and similar to you I stopped skating as much when I got into high school. I am 26 now and been going through some tough times mentally and find myself missing those days spent at the skatepark and more so the skate community. I have tried going to the skatepark again a few times in the past year and seem to always end up getting hurt trying stuff I used to do easily when I was younger. Skateboarding has always given me a sense of identity and has been a huge part of my life. Im hoping I can reconnect with the community and get back on my board more often. Do you have any tips for staying healthy as an older skater looking to get back into it?
@@NYskate47 The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
47 and been skating for 35 years (that’s a lot of boards) and loving it exactly like the first day. Nothing else gives that sense of freedom and mental respite. Nothing else.
Shout out Chad Caruso skating across america and posting daily vlogs RIGHT NOW (summer 2023)!
yooooooooooooooooooooooooo what up
@Sound Spoon yoooooooo aight ....peace!!
I think so much of the perseverance learned through skateboarding carries over into our day-to-day lives, and that's such an important skill to learn; to never give up.
Skateboarding has helped me get better mentally and loving things in my life more I’m a lot happier and calmer now
thank you skateboarding !
30 and started skating again a few months ago and best thing I've done
7 years after leaving my buddys to pursue a “regular life”. Even so, I still crave for a session and wished I never left. Nothing in the world felt as balance as skateboarding could offer.
Love the attention to SK8 and its significance to its riders who everyday are greatful to be able to push their boards and themselves.
I'm 30 years old and I can reflect on my time skateboarding in my late teens to mid-twenties as a very beneficial practice for me. I'm compelled to buy a skateboard simply to cruise around in the mornings as part of my morning routine. Be well, everyone! 🛹 ☀️
Just started after stopping for 9 years and realized why I did it everyday for 20 years.
Without sharing too much detail on the Internet, I’ll just say that I totally identify with this piece. At the very beginning of my 2nd half-century on this planet, I gave myself a mid-life challenge of learning to do something on a skateboard. In a few weeks I celebrate my 4th anniversary of that first skate. Once I started, I couldn’t stop. I had just quit alcohol before that first skate, and I am still alcohol free. I quit the weed about 6 months ago after struggling to quit for many years. I would never put skateboarding above my wife and daughters, but it’s no joke that skateboarding has helped put me above my own struggles and made me available to my family and others in ways that benefit all of us.
The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
I am a 52-year-old skater (yes I can still flip my board) and have been in ACT therapy for 2 years now. I have been working through the trauma of my childhood and have really grown to love how the biggest constant in my life has been skateboarding. I am thankful for this video contributing to the normalization of therapy as a resource for health and well-being. When you buy a car or a motorcycle, learn to fly a plane, or become a doctor, they give you a manual and ask you to read it and learn it. The most complex tool that wrote that material is our brain and we have no manual for it. Every day we work on ourselves through health, mental well-being, exercise, and life focus, we get a little closer to completing a manual for our brains that could make life even better than yesterday. Thank you for this video!
R.I.P Henry Gartland and Ben Raemers, those are the ones i remember, gone too soon due to mental health issues
Henry 💜 One of my local legends
@@ianprice3932 The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Chad Caruso is currently skating across America for addiction awareness. He's in day like 45 or something. Search his name and follow the journey.
I still cannot believe Ben did it. He was such a happy goofy dude, always smiling… that just shows that even the happiest people have their struggles…
“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.” - Robin Williams
@@greatvaluecorndog yea
to be honest i didnt know about him until he passed, but knowing his story juxtaposed scenes of him being happy made me tear up.
@@greatvaluecorndog The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
As a lifelong skater and therapist, this is awesome.
Shout out CHAD CARUSO!!
I'm a bmx/mtb person at the core. Last year I picked up skating and I'm still learning the fundamentals. But this video brought me to tears. But I recently figured out how to "ollie proper". When the tail snapped off the ground and the wheels had a touch-down landing. I couldn't believe It. was such a euphoric feeling. This video literally brought me to tears. Thank you redbull for creating this. We need more of this.
Agreed. I’m 46 and still just scratching the surface of what I could learn on my board. I live for that magic moment when your body works the alchemy of what it needs to do to execute a new trick; the timing, the turn of the hip, the lift of the wheels, the lean in, the throw of an arm and BAM it all locks in like you hoped.
Awesome! Skateboarding has saved my life on multiple occasions.
Now go watch Chad Caruso skate accross America for the same cause!!!
Man, I love skateboarding so much! Great video!
We needed this! I’m about to go to jail for six months and months. Mom can’t figure out why all I wanna do when I get out skateboard and I’m gonna have to be sober as well as I’m so grateful this film is put together and I could find it and show it to her and now she has a totally different mindset of the culture that she’s had since she was young. Thanks y’all!
Hope you get things sorted mate.
Just got out on an 3 monther and I’ve been feeling great being sober and my mindset has made two years probation not seem like an obstacle but an advantage. Stay safe, in Sarasota Florida we call it the thunderdome for a reason be safe smart and smile
Stay strong and yeah and know that there will be skateboarding there for you. Yeah its helped me get through some of my toughest times as well and happy moments.
i like to say and share with folks in other similar vids / groups, i absolutely love seeing this ! and like the game of chess; which is called the great equalizer. no matter who you are, what language you speak, what color you are, what economic background you come from, chess is chess and anyone can play against anyone. same goes for skateboarding, BMX, rollerblading, they are also great equalizers, it is universal, no matter if you from Canada, Kenya, Australia, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Russia, japan, that all love to skate and are doing the same things, as well as creating new tricks. enjoying it, having the same passion and love, no matter who they are or where they are. skating and skate-parks are universal.
I’m 36 and have only been skating for a couple years, I don’t think I’ve ever felt so free in my life; I’m 3 days sober and I’m trying really hard.
You got this! I’m at day 335 and I remember day 3
You got this man. Sobriety is hard. I’m struggling still but if you put your all into it, it’s like a skate trick and it can be done. All power to you!
first 2 weeks is a bitch you got this bro. your not fighting for anyone else your fighting for your true self.
Started skating 40 years ago.
When I was 14, my mother died from Cancer. When I was 16, my Dad died from Skin Cancer...
Skateboarding was my release. A release of energy, good and bad, it has helped me to express my hurts, my pain, my frustration at life/death and all of the uncontrollable noise within my mind!!! I'm 48 years of age and I still love to kick, push and roll...
I choose to ignore the haters and skate to relate. I choose to create my own fate!!! Thank you skateboarding for 40+ years of fulfilment.
The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Check out Chad Caruso skating across America right now raising awareness for addiction he started in Venice Beach and he’s almost in Virginia Beach
No matter how bad my problems in life get, for the duration of that skate session, it's all good.
The Kingdom of God is at Hand
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
skating always gave me a sense of purpose and place from my teens to my early 30s. towards the end of my time on the board (early 40's, ruptured achilles) it was different. i no longer had a crew and i was only working on what i had versus learning anything new so it became frustrating and lonely. thankfully i found boxing a few years later and now hooked. i think about it just as much as i did about skating growing up. i guess what im trying to say is that for anyone that used to skate and dont feel the same enjoyment from it dont be afraid to try new things because there are just as fulfilling activities that will challenge you and give you a sense of purpose and belonging.
Was hoping for a Chad Caruso mention in this 😔
Yeah totally he should be a huge part of this whole video for sure first person to skate solo across America is unbelievable .
🙏 Skateboarding ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍
All my life I was bullied. My oldest sister died when I was 11. I got bullied in school. At the age of 23 I moved to Texas. I got jobs yet I was always told that it's not realistic for me to move up. I fell in with the wrong crowd. I was severely depressed. I got bullied in my workplaces as well. I worked one place where my boss sexually harassed me and touched me. I've been in abusive relationships. Got fired from a lot of jobs. March 2016 I attempted suicide. Was sent to the psych ward got a diagnoses of depression with borderline personality disorder and post traumatic stress disorder with anger issues. A couple of months later my second sister had brain cancer and slipped into a coma. She died in Oct 2016. Well I learned how to rap. Dec 7th 2022 I bought a Tony Hawk sig series skateboard. Learned to ride then a little over a month I bought a skateboard at Zumies. Saved up my money to buy protective gear. Started skating when I was 48. Been skating seven months now. Skating has helped me cope with my mental illness and my anger. It's addictive. It has taught me that I can control my outlook on what happened to me in the past. I haven't broken any bones yet. Back in Oct 2022 my cholesteral was skyhigh. My doctor told me that I need to exercise so I chose skateboarding. I've lost 18 lbs and my balance has increased, my muscles have gotten stronger and I always have fun. My bones have gotten stronger. Yeah skateboarding can be dangerous that's why I take baby steps when learning tricks. Skating has taught me to be confident. I take safety precautions to avoid serious injuries like broken bones etc.
12 minute video explaining the term “skate or die” without ever using the term “skate or die”
Brandon Turner is sobriety goals! Fulfilling the Dream! rest in peace Church of Skatan and Tony B. The OGs Sammy Baptista and Brandon are now sober 💪🏽
Check out Chad Caruso he’s skateboarding across America solo for mental health and addiction
I miss and love you Ben Raemers!!!!
Brandon Turner is no joke. Legend.
Skateboarding has helped me completely turn my life around. It really hit home when Tony said it’s a form of meditation because that’s what I’ve been calling it for the last year. It has really helped me become disciplined and chase my goals. Thank you for making the Tony Hawk Pro Skater games, that is what brought skating to my attention as a child. Thank you so much ❤
This was such an amazing video, skateboarding helped me at a young age when my parents took off. Its still to this day a huge part in my life
51 years old. I mountain bike. Play Ice Hockey. Climb and Ski mountains...tennis...paddleboard...People only question and confront me when I skateboard. Why would I stop....Thanks for sharing this.
w video skaters on top 2023
I grew up in an addiction home and my escape was Dirt bikes. If I had a bad day I could jump on my bike and ride. Fast forward to my 35th bday I went and bought my first complete board set up. Let me tell you learning to skate at age 35 was a bit of a challenge, but now 5 year later, my board give me the same freedom as my dirt bike does. I’m from cookeville tn and thanks to Tony and His foundation we got the guys at grand line to come in and build us a full concrete park four years ago and it’s been huge for the community so thank you Tony for giving back, and thank you Red Bull for this edit
Skateboarding saved my life so many times it's my one true love ❤
Still skating ,biking,bodyboarding at 47. Still tearing Shizzie up!!🤙
53 , started in 85, and just unable to stop, makes my mind so much better when i do it, even just rolling, skating is a blessing
Skateboarding is love ❤🔥
Depressed 49 year old with a 1' ollie checking in.
An Ollie is better than nothing and remember bro it ain’t about the tricks it’s supposed to be the feeling you get when you step on that board
Drugs and drinking are overrated. Stay clean and healthy. Skate.
I'm 33 years old...mmm like 2 months ago a return to skate and my life now its simply better every trick is making a better person of me. Thanks God to let me Ride
Skateboarding builds an incredible amount of character in everyone who picks up a board
Je suis fière de nous skater
i started skating again after 20 years because of mental health issues. one of the best decision i have made in my life!
I even got a friend to pick it up with me. she is a beginner and i started doing switch tricks to level the plainfield.
she also wants to skate pipes which i never did in my 6 years of street skating way back in the 90 ties. we are learning it together now
we are having the best time! skating is just wonderfull i should have never stopped! i am so glad it found its way back into my life.
When you really think about it though! It’s really Nothing New, considering the Fact that people have Been dealing with Mental and personal issues anyway For along time. It’s Just that Now there Making Mental health a bigger issue Now then what it ever was before! I’ve Learned From My almost 15 years oF skateboarding that it’s the people that come From a Rough kind oF Family and problems that turn over into skateboarding because oF there background. You don’t really see it as Much From Rich kids! It’s More From a poor Family maybe Lower Middle class kind oF type that Find skateboarding as an alternative to get away From the BS.
38 next week. Just getting back in the board heavy after 18 years. After the first full day back on the board I knew my life was about to change. ❤
I'm 48 been a skater over 30 years not planning on stopping yet I need to skate it makes me happy
I like all of this except the obvious bias against drugs.
Ben Reamers FOREVER ❤
That overwhelming sense of adrenaline and stimulation. 🙌🏽🙏 thank jahhh for skateboarding
We can never talk about this too much. ❤
I’m 36 years old, still ride my board 🔥
Great video
Great video. Going to start committing more 💪🏽
We need better quality and bigger skateparks in the UK.....jersey just built a massive one but jersey is too expensive to travel too for a lot of people on the UK. Imo we need a skatepark the size of a village, enough room to really be able to skate around and feel free. The outdoor parks in the UK are too small.
Imagine what it could do if more folks are exposed to it in urban cities. Right now, Tony Hawk is the first thing that comes to mind, and the second being the show "Scarred"
I'm one of the only skaters in my neighborhood, in the hood, here in Chicago. I try influencing some of my neighbors kids to the sport, but it all comes to back to whole "this is a white people's sport" when I ALSO try convince them that there are dominant figures in the sport they wouldn't ever imagine, like Stevie Williams or my locals like Timmy Johnson.
It did wonders for me, and continues to, with every push I tell ya.
Keep pushing literally and figuratively chicago hoods need something like skating it would be so insanely beneficial if they dropped the guns and gangs and picked up a skateboard to express themselves, not every1 can be a rapper, also skateboarding has a style and swag that can appeal to inner city kids
I am 36 years old, study clinical psychoanalysis and have been skating for 24 years. I agree, skateboarding can give you a sense of porpuse, community support and balance your brain chemistry.
However, there are deeper psiquic distorsions that require theraphy for a genuine self change to really integrate your mental health.
Additionally, they are some clinical conditions that require medication, so not being fooled by the social stigma of theraphy or meds is crucial; it is a miracle of science to have the opportunities presented today to be stable with an inner self of porpuse that lights from within.
i'm a believer
Skate
Sorry I didn't have time to feel sorry for myself growing up. I just skated and didn't want to fawk my life up so I wasn't weak.
why can't i just ride a skateboard these days without some asshole thinking i'm part of some little community with them and that we all share identities just because of that?
40 years of skating, skate or die
Hemet, Ca and Temecula ,Ca need a skatepark , Temecula is such a rich city I don’t see why they don’t got one, Hemet got too many young addicts It really needs it
B turners the sickest! Sk8mafia4life
mental health and finding balance and stability in my life is what brought me to skateboarding last year, at the ripe age of 34. at 5 years sober (6 now), I felt a slip coming and needed something to hold onto that also gave me a release... I dont know if I'll ever let go ❤
0:56 he sounds like linus tech tips
If u see this Lucy, I think Ben would be really f*cking proud of you❤
Skateboarding ruined my kness. But its all good.
lmaooo its everything you've done with life up until now
I used to skate in high school and slowly gave it up to travel and start a family... My daughter pushed me back into it and it's currently helping me through a custody battle for her.. we're also building a mini ramp in the backyard so we can skate together whenever we want.
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I am From Brunei,Age 37 and still skating..Skateboarding shows us to learn and in Peace..Tq so much skateboarding since day 1..😊..
Bob's still the greatest
I love how everyone suddenly has mental health problems now and no one wants to talk about how our fuqqed up US gov, bribed politicians, divisive media, and anti working class policies created every dynamic that has led us here 😂
Plenty of people do in fact talk about it. But at the end of the day, the catalyst isn't important when someone is actively suffering. It's more important to focus on positives and recovery.
The larger discussion needs to happen, sure, but not in internet comments.
well its not only that is also that we are so free nowadays and the communities are less strong. You are not with your family and grandparents all the time on a farm and working together. You may work for some international company and then go to you 1 person apartment. I feel like this is also a problem
lol, i know what you mean pal.
Money rules the world and money doesn't care, . . .hence the shitshow that is modern life
@@itmeurdad such a profound internet comment...
@@trtlcap1501 thank you for the affirmation 🤙
Skating is very therapeutic. True freedom is on the board.
I’m 18, skateboarding saves me from suicide, Now I’m getting better healthy and I love skateboarding soo much.
Skateboarding is great for mental health and recovery. As long as your not hitting your head and causing more problems, then it should be incorporated in treatment.
How Awesome!!
Our very own dynamic movement. There really is no other movement. We don't need any other ridiculous movements.
Still miss Henry Gartland
We are all family! Let’s continue to extend that hand to each other.
This is super important. Thanks
Brandon Turner is one of my favorite success stories, even beyond skateboarding. I aspire to be like him.
Je m'appelle NINO j'ai 42 ans et j'ai commencé le skateboard ça va faire 2ans. Avant j'étais à la rue, je prenne beaucoup de Drogues, alcools ect ect. Maintenant, c'est grâce au skateboarding que je ne bois plus, je ne prends pas plus de drogues. Un conseil que je peux donner à tous, allez ou skatepark, comance le skateboard pour vous, pas pour plaire au autres. Merci. 😁💯🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Addicts are the best at music, business, and skating because of that innate drive and obsession that allows them to do it hours a day and not get tired of it
skateboard can be whatever you want to be. If you go hard also you also will fall hard. Not all accepts well the last one even if its part of the learning. When the skateboard dont give you anymore that pleasure we should try to learn new things or think better days will come. Being occupied and with people its really important. Skate can be also a social thing if you want.
Everything’s ok until you snap your deck…
If anyone could reach out to African countries, like Malawi🇲🇼, where I am from. We have no skateparks or outlets to get skateboarding gear. The skateboarding community is Alive and well but with no resources. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
dope
I’m a 22 years high-school skater from Nigeria,Nigeria has no public skating park,we’ll be glad if we get assistance and donations to improve the fast rising skating community here.
Skateboarding improved my life.
Iam so praud off skateboardrs
Hello! You can't skateboard, and want the feeling, the comunity, the challenge, the escape and a reason to get out of your boxed mind? Try bouldering, byy :)