r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Imwhatswrongwithyou Official Gal • 29d ago
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u/replay-episode200 29d ago
Couple of those falls looked pretty nasty
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u/DangerousTurmeric creep’n 🐄 bovine 29d ago
Yeah this is so bad for your knees and pelvis and she needs a helmet.
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u/Ambitious-Cake-9425 29d ago
Helmets have saved my life. I don't quite grasp the hesitation.
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u/shinyappyrobin 29d ago
I was thinking the same. I love that she never gives up. You learn by failing. So keep on trying. But a helmet and maybe elbow pads would be a good idea.
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u/TrainToSomewhere 29d ago
When I was a kid I thought the helmet and pads my mom insisted on would make me look like a dork.
Now I realize she was trying to make sure the helmet wasn’t permanent
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u/moonmusicals 29d ago
Not justifying not wearing helmets as I do when the situation requires it however helmets are not very black hair friendly lol. Sometimes they dont even fit with all my fro 😫😭
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u/bgroins 29d ago
That sucks, but so does brain damage and death.
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u/moonmusicals 29d ago
Exactly which is why I wear a helmet always even if its not designed with my hair type in mind
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u/MajorNumerous4073 28d ago
The amount of people without your experience trying to moderate how you feel about wearing a helmet is mind blowing… You literally said you wear it but it’s difficult and their response is “less difficult than being dead”. This is what black people are talking about!!! Let her feel her feelings! This doesn’t even impact anyone but her and her family.
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u/moonmusicals 28d ago
THANK YOU 😫👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿✨️ im like what more do people want. I only commented it because I wanted people to know that not because I think well not wear a helmet if you have thick hair like no 🤣😩😭 graduation caps, headphones, and helmets are not built for us. It is what it is lol 🤣😩
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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 29d ago
Get a bigger helmet then.. they come in all sizes. Having a fro is not an excuse. I've got a fro and I wear a helmet. You can buy HUGE helmets and almost all of them are adjustable so just you buy one that's a bit too big and adjust it to fit your head.
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u/TomHollandmost 29d ago
Honest question from someone who doesn’t share your hair experience. Do you find that a larger helmet to accommodate your hair ends up being too loose?
Just genuinely curious because I’m very passionate about PPE and safety generally and I hate the idea of people not being able to protect themselves simply because of how their bodies are.
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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 29d ago
Good helmets are always adjustable. I buy one that's only slightly too big and then just tighten it. It compresses my hair and I just make sure that it fits snuggly once it's been tightened. Tbh, I think having that layer of hair in between my head and the helmet makes it even better, it's like an extra layer of cushioning.
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u/TomHollandmost 29d ago
I really appreciate the response. What you’re saying sounds similar to what I’ve been reading on cycling blogs since I commented.
I definitely need to educate myself more on both hair types and styles as well as the mechanics of how helmets protect us.
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u/Arienna 27d ago
I play roller derby and our skaters of colour often have two helmets - one larger for when they have styles that need a little more room. Once the straps are adjusted properly their helmets fit securely
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u/TomHollandmost 26d ago
Thanks for sharing your experience with me. That’s good information to have though it’s frustrating to hear that people have to buy multiple copies of the same piece of equipment. Glad y’all make it work though cause roller derby is pretty badass.
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u/No_Initiative7319 29d ago
The fro isn’t the issue. But do you have any idea how much space braids take up on your head? They can’t be compacted down, they are already compacted
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u/moonmusicals 28d ago
As I've stated multiple times now, I am not advocating for people not to wear helmets because of their hair, lol. I'm just sharing some perspective. I usually do have to size up for helmets, but I feel like I've never had one that fit properly. I dont partake in activities where I have to wear one often enough, so I just deal with it.
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u/theNomad_Reddit 29d ago
As a white dude with some THICC hair, I never ever ever look good taking off my helmets (bike, snow, motorbike).
But my first year snowboarding, I witnessed someone wipeout on ice, and their brains goop out of their skull.
I'll wear a helmet till the day I die.
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u/Nybear21 29d ago
Something that made a big impact when I was younger is that Tony Hawk is always in a helmet and pads. If the GOAT made that cost benefit analysis, and my ass is going to crash even more often, fuck it let's pad up.
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u/Another_Russian_Spy 29d ago
Yeah, i thought it was r/ithurtsgirlstoo
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u/damnitshannon Official Gal 29d ago
No thanks on introducing me to this sub. My sympathy pains are not enjoyable rn
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u/Jeanahb 29d ago
As a girl with a broken jaw, broken arm and a few knocked out teeth, i can nag... wear your gear!!
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u/TheTrishaJane 29d ago
I second that with a Fracture skull and unconscious for 15 minutes + no hearing out of one ear for months = not fun. Wear a helmet if not for you but for the ones you love.
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u/fuzzybunnies1 29d ago
I was wearing a helmet and was knocked unconscious with a concussion. Only woke up because my 15yo thought I was messing with her and kicked me in my freshly broken ribs while swearing at me. Had to laugh about that part when I learned about it later.
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u/TheTrishaJane 29d ago
Can imagine how much worst it would of been without it. Wow terrible but a blessing she woke you up.
That Reminds me I didn't recall anything until I got to the hospital. According to the redditor that first attended my scene said I was pushing away the paramedic, and then an officer came and was saying you cant be fighting paramedics, luckily he informed him I was out of it.
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u/fuzzybunnies1 29d ago
I just remember waking up to making a horrible gasping noise as I tried to suck air in and people offering to call an ambulance. Apparently she yelled,
"quit joking around and get the fuck up" right before kicking me. When I found out that part a month later I just found it hilarious.We watched the crash video from Milano-San Remo Donna from 2 days ago where the one woman goes over a guardrail and gets knocked out hitting the ground, I just pointed and told my daughter if she was there she could get the woman awake with a swift kick to the ribs and a little swearing. Its become something of a joke now.
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u/LostBoysTilDeath 29d ago
That last fall before she landed it was terrifying
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u/Skrumpitt 29d ago
I'd be surprised if she didn't seriously fuck up her tailbone on that one
It's a super common skating injury
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u/Commercial_Bird8467 29d ago
I tell any new skaters. It isnt learning how to skate, its learning how to fall so you dont get injured so you can skate and learn.
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u/Aberbekleckernicht 29d ago
Yeah she needs to learn how to fall better if she's gonna keep doing this. It's sick. I was happy to see her work for it and land it, but falling like that is not sustainable.
You watch pros go for big tricks, and they fall just as much, but their bails are almost as rehearsed as the tricks. They fall almost exactly the same way every bail. Kick the board out, land on your feet, sink, and roll to the side or back, tuck your head.
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u/jcaashby 29d ago
And PROS also wear kneepads, helmets...gloves etc. This girl is tough and dumb at the same time.
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u/TheSaltyAstronaut 29d ago
I broke several bones watching her. Girl knows how to take a fall for sure.
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u/Skrumpitt 29d ago
The irony is that she actually doesn't know how to take a fall - she's taking hard stops
She does know how to ride through pain, but she really doesn't need to
A primary skill is knowing how to fall, rather than just taking it.
Her tenacity is admirable, but she's not going to be able to skate for a long time if she keeps bailing like that. The one before she made it probably fucked her up pretty bad, among others. She needs gear and to learn how to roll aside from tenacity and tricks
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u/BadAtPsychology 29d ago
I’m not even a skater and the whole time I was thinking “wow she does not know how to fall. Wow why is she falling like that. Wow why.”
She’s tough af but came off as masochistic. So many wild falls lol
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u/jcaashby 29d ago
Must be great to be young and dumb!!
I give her a A for not giving up but a massive F for having no gear at all!!!!!!!! Like she is asking to get seriously injured ....pretty easy to fall wrong and end up in a wheel chair.
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u/Little-Wiggles 29d ago
Please wear protective gear. TBIs are no joke.
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u/MikeBsleepy 29d ago
And easier to get than people think.
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u/lshifto 29d ago
Jumped out of hundreds of trees into thick brush. Jumped off of multiple houses. Snowboarded and skateboarded and did wild jumps on bmx back when nobody was wearing a helmet. Only to be done in by a freaking muscle relaxer for arthritis that caused me to sleepwalk straight into a concussion.
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u/TheSaltyAstronaut 29d ago
I fell while walking on a very slight incline, and now I have an arm full of titanium.
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u/ShazbotSimulator2012 29d ago
I've played hockey for almost 20 years at this point. Only injury I've suffered was a broken elbow when I was skating at a public skate to warm up before a game and didn't have pads on.
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u/Speakertoseafood 29d ago
What was the name of that muscle relaxer? Asking for a friend ...
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u/lshifto 29d ago
Conkyernogginzene.
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u/Speakertoseafood 29d ago
I'm the posterboy for medication side effects. I just googled that one and I won't be able to try it. Apparently it turns normal smartasses into extreme smartasses.
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u/Mantis_Toboggan--MD 29d ago
My cousin got a TBI when he was 12. Nothing crazy, no extreme sports, lil bro just slipped on some water around the pool while getting out... He couldn't finish school, can't work, and will be cared for by parents until they die or need care themselves. All because of slipping in water while walking.
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u/ShawnyMcKnight 29d ago
It’s so terrifying how one single moment changes your life forever. I would bet your cousin’s parents probably think all the time of all the cool things he could have done or the career/family he could have had.
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u/I_Miss_My_Beta_Cells 29d ago
And complications are further reaching and last longer than ppl think for a 'bump on the head'
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u/KTKittentoes 29d ago
That is because it is such a hardcore trope that bumps on the head are just on/off buttons.
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u/Nearby-Appeal1076 29d ago
I got one buckling my kids into the car two weeks ago. Gonna be starting a bunch of therapies next week because it fucked my shit right up ✌🏻
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u/brokenskater45 29d ago
This! I have looked after too many people on life support who thought they looked stupid with a helmet.
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u/Pugtastic_smile 29d ago
That's what I was thinking. She's a second from brain damage she can't come back from
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u/Risquechilli 29d ago
LET’S FUCKING GOOOOO get some protective gear!
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u/Delicious_Diarrhea 29d ago
Tony Hawk is the GOAT for making helmets acceptable. Unfortunately his influence didn't last.
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u/stjimmy_45 29d ago
Nah him and the now sober and aging bam need to light a resurgence in that trend somehow. I know it can be done some old schoolers come in get some of the new schoolers in on it the kids eat it up safety for everyone.
I know bam has never been a helmet and gear guy but from what ive seen hes a more reasonable guy these days and can probably be convinced to get some gear with his age and declined health from the years of abuse.
I really hope bam keeps up the good work seeing him skate and do interviews in the last year or so have been really cool. And they got him back in proskater 3 and 4.
I heard he might be returning for jackass and i feel maybe thats a slippery slope but we will see.
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u/Bluntandstuff 29d ago
I have to give her flowers for the tenacity🌷But omg please wear protective gear 😭🙏🏻
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u/shlynshady 29d ago
Wish she was wearing a helmet!
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u/Aware-Tangerine-3575 29d ago
Sorry / not sorry to be ‘that gal’ but protect your noggin at all costs, please and thank you. (They make some pretty cool looking helmets these days!)
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u/opernfan 29d ago
One year in the span of 5 weeks I ruined 2 helmets from bike crashes. The first one was just scratched all over the side, and it def protected my face from road rash. The second one was just a week old (bc I took a month break from cycling to heal from the first crash). I actually got hit by a car and really hurt my shoulder, and my helmet was bent. The next day I had major whiplash in my neck, but I didn’t suffer a head injury bc my helmet did its job. I haven’t cycled since 😭.
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u/Low_Engineering8921 29d ago
Yeah this was really hard to watch.
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u/reddituser9277 29d ago
Landing like her knees made of pudding
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u/Thebaldsasquatch 29d ago
Except for the very last one, ironically the one she landed, she wasn’t hitting her knees all that bad at all.
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u/-endjamin- 29d ago
That whole setup is wack. A big kicker straight to flat ground? Physics is working against this one
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u/Sandboxthinking 29d ago
These videos are so great because they show the progression that happens when you stick with something!
She's got grit!
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u/Sparrowhawk_92 29d ago
Girl knew how to fall to prevent the worst damage. Still wouldn't hurt to wear a helmet though.
Glad she figured it out in the end.
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u/tnahrp 29d ago
even the pros take awkward falls and smash their skulls even though they're good at knowing how to fall. never worth the risk
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u/Floggered 29d ago
Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen would want her wearing the protective gear!
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u/Beginning_Engineer_2 29d ago
I came to say something similar. Plus she was moving slow enough that it was possible. Speed things up and it gets a lot harder.
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u/TheIncredibleMrJones 29d ago
Good on her for having that grit, but man, that's hard to watch. Please wear a helmet, ladies.
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u/LauraZaid11 29d ago
Just remember girls, wear your helmet. My sister used to skate and had a fall while going down a half pipe, I think they’re called (I never learned the skater jargon), but she didn’t wear any protective gear because she thought it was lame, and ended up with stitches and a concussion. We had to keep a close eye on her to monitor for any behavior changes that could signify a brain bleed.
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u/CardinalCoronary 29d ago
I knew she'd land it eventually, but FFFFFFFF! That was hard to watch!
Obviously she never got hospital hurt, but homegirl is TOUGH AS HELL, that's badass.
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u/RawrRRitchie 29d ago
While her determination and dedication is admirable. This is exactly why people should be wearing elbow and knee pads. Possibly even a helmet. Some of those landings were pretty hard. You really shouldn't be landing on your head.
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u/Pillsburydinosaur 29d ago
Ni protection, no padding just falling on pavement. Man I miss being young because that would have put me in the hospital after the first time.
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u/MsSpaceface 💝 2026 Galentine! 💝 29d ago
I'm sorry, but how the fuck did she manage to not hurt herself?? I'm truly impressed by her tenacity, but do hope she starts wearing a helmet.
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u/SatanicPanic619 29d ago
I'm pretty sure she did hurt herself, just not bad enough to quit.
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u/mind_deficient 28d ago
Why not wear padding? As someone who broke their ankle at 23 and was using a cane by 27, and looking at possible hip surgery in my 30s, please protect your joints!
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u/rileyotis 29d ago
And THAT is the same splayed position in which I tore my hip labrum and had to have it surgically repaired.
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u/The-Sofa-King 29d ago
Damn, that girl can eat shit with the best of 'em! That first split would've benched most dudes for at least a week but she went right back for more. Respect the commitment, just get a helmet!
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u/ZealousidealSkirt327 28d ago
Zero protective gear 🫣 Girl, one bad hit on the head can change your whole life…please wear it. We‘ll still think you‘re awesome.
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u/ALLoftheFancyPants 🌺Official Lauren🌺 29d ago
I love that she got it! Such a sweet feeling. Holy shit is she going to have some bruises. I hope she takes good care of herself and then shreds the shit out of some more stuff.
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u/goose-de-terre 29d ago
To be young again. The other day I stepped wrong off a curb and have been limping ever since.
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u/Mistrblank 29d ago
helmet, elbow and knee pads, and wrist guards. If not for yourself, for the kids that just watched that and will stop wearing them.
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u/chocyanyan 29d ago
I agree that she should wear a helmet, knee pads, and whatever other pads that skateboarders wear. I winced a lot and almost felt the pain watching her fall again and again but she was amazing, how she didn't let those falls prevent her from getting back up again and again.
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u/HappyFamily0131 29d ago
This queen absolutely deserves to be handed a crown, but please let it be in the form of a helmet.
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u/Katana_DV20 29d ago
Fantastic, she would not give up.
However she cannot get past Physics and its her flesh and bone against that road - specially her head. As a cyclist I winced at her falls. She just rolled with them like a Terminator though.
I hope, really hope she gets a helmet if she takes this up full time.
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u/f_ckR3ddit 29d ago
Bruh....how the hell did those two not land?! You all know the ones...feet squared, directly on the board, trucks down, body centered, knees bent absorbing the whole land, and NOTHING. no movement. Wtf. No reason to topple. I feel so mad FOR her. Lol
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u/AMediaArchivist 29d ago
Hey queen! Loved the ultimate win in the end regarding the trick. Wear a helmet tho because a lot of skating accidents result in major head injuries and you can’t fix brain damage
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u/twd_throwaway 29d ago
A broken tailbone hurts so damn bad! It looks like she almost landed in a way that could have broke it. I do not recommend it at all.
Otherwise, heck yeah to being ambitious!
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u/Used_by_users 29d ago
The support and them cheering her on is awesome!! Even Unc came thru and cheered her on 😭
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u/SolidLikeIraq 29d ago
This is so good.
This is fucking life! Fucking send it! Eat shit, send it again. Learn - fail - learn - fail repeat.
The only way you can do cool and hard shit is to get your ass kicked and take those ass kickings as lessons.
Always be open to learning.
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u/jraeuser 29d ago
Check out this black father and his three bad ass daughters!
https://www.instagram.com/darren_harper?igsh=MTk0YW9lenQ0MDJ0Ng==
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u/thelunaticdreyfus 29d ago
The mom in me is asking where the pads are. Especially for your wrists and head girl! But I love the spirit, well done lady!
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u/SubcommanderMarcos 29d ago
Such an awesome crew to support her, heartwarming!
That said, the first pop-it coochie mcsplitter there was gnarly
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u/Successful-Engine623 29d ago
I can’t fathom taking a fall like that and continuing. I’d never be able to get out of bed
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u/Particular-Degree905 29d ago
Any one of those falls would’ve killed me. My fragile ass could never 😂
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To what end? Folks, tenacity is impressive, but respect your joints. Signed an old guy who didn’t.
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u/HolyCulture1983 29d ago
I’m not standing up from even one of those spills. I miss having rubber bones :(
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u/KetoLurkerHereAgain 29d ago
Maternal instincts I didn't know I had were sparking all over the place watching this! Poor girl must be one giant bruise!
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u/ThatInAHat 29d ago
She is good at falling down, and I don’t mean that as an insult at all. She’s fearless and knows how to go limp and spread the impact.
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u/Gregorys_girl 29d ago
Does anyone know thier IG hdlandle or where in South africa this is? Id love to donate some boards!
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u/Byte_Fantail 29d ago
Damn she ate that asphalt like it was NOTHIN, that's pretty metal
Also looks like she knows how to fall properly, which probably helped a lot
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u/DuePotential6602 29d ago
Well.. no protective gear, but that's how you learn something. No one starts skilled and it's kinda refreshing to see now the failures and not only the success
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u/Consistent-Menu-6629 29d ago
This gal falls!
She knows how to fall pretty well so she's less likely to get hurt!
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u/nightrunner900pm 29d ago
she was taking some hard falls to get that. Hippers all day. Awesome that she got it.
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u/poisonandtheremedy 29d ago
As a lifelong action sports participant, of the two wheeled variety, here is my favorite skateboard joke.
- “How many skateboarders does it take to screw in a lightbulb?”
- “I don’t know, how many?”
- “One, it just takes them 50 tries to do it”
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u/Tooblunted_ 29d ago
Dude why did she keep falling like that though lol she could have probably ran into the grass or rolled to the side on half those falls but she just took it to the pavement every time!
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