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beerncycle t1_iqz730k wrote

I loved the Tony Hawk "Do a kick flip" videos. I don't think he is harassing anyone.

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funkadunk8 t1_iqzojv6 wrote

I really hope jack black drives by and yells at him

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SpargatorulDeBuci t1_iqzpb82 wrote

damn, has it been 7 months already? I remember hearing about it and thinking "poor guy, things don't heal like when you're 20 anymore". So glad to know I was wrong.

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Bakkiekip t1_ir06s0w wrote

Two days ago i bought a longboard. The last time i set foot on a skateboard is atleast 20 years ago. Last night i took the board for a spin and i flew into the bushes.. my pants ruined.. my body is sore AF and i got atleast ten splinters in my hands which i cant remove myself so i had to go to the doctor lol. although it hurts i feel awesome.

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gettinggnarly t1_ir07cj7 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#27,080)

Not that I don’t agree with you, but it was his femur that was broken. Which is usually a more intense healing process. I’m sure being old absolutely doesn’t make it heal any faster though.

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Pls_submit_a_ticket t1_ir0irdg wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#27,080)

Im not a dogtor, but I don’t think there is any increased risk of another break. There is even a time during repair where your bone is stronger than it ever was before due to calcium collection at the site of the break. Although, that is a temporary phenomenon.

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akcoder t1_ir0vqke wrote

Replying to gettinggnarly (#27,611)

I’m currently dealing with a broken femur. The most excruciating pain I’ve ever experienced in my entire life. Femurs take a long time to heal. My doc told me 4-6 months minimum before I’ll be back to life again.

Then after the healing you need to do physical therapy to regain your strength. Since my break 7 weeks ago I’ve lost so much strength it takes every bit of strength I have just to lift the leg up to get into bed/car/etc, and some days I don’t even have that and have to use my hands to lift/move/reposition my leg.

Femur breaks are no joke.

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akcoder t1_ir0w08p wrote

Replying to Bakkiekip (#27,585)

Please wear safety gear my friend. Helmet, gloves, wrist guards, knee and elbow pads are what saved me from more extensive injuries when I launched off my OneWheel 7 weeks ago and broke my femur.

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thaddeus423 t1_ir12n66 wrote

Even if you fall a hundred times. Get back up. Land that shit. You’ve got a life to live.

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incinie t1_ir1fjb1 wrote

Tore my achilles nearly 6 months ago. Ran my first kilometers a few days ago. Appreciating my legs more now.

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ValyrianJedi t1_ir1fyox wrote

It's absolutely nuts to me that he has kept going as hard as he does at his age. Seems like he must literally want to die on a halfpipe. Especially for someone like him it seems like there are much better ways to stay close to your passion without leaving your teenager without a dad.

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FauxGw2 t1_ir1meoh wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#30,001)

Wtf is wrong with you. Dude fell like 20ft, no matter how professional you are at things you will still make mistakes, he broke his leg from a fall not from being old, he had a mistake because he is human not because he is washed up. I bet you don't even come close to his skill level for anything you do in your life. Instead of trying to bring him down maybe you should work at bringing yourself up.

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Hopeful-Sir-2018 t1_ir1ns6g wrote

Replying to FauxGw2 (#30,066)

> he broke his leg from a fall not from being old,

I hate to ahem break it to you.. (hah) but as you get older things like this happen more and more often.

Tony is 54 years old. The body just can't handle what it did in its 20's.

That being said 20 ft is no joke to fall on, regardless of age. But his age certainly hurt him.

Although I will say the person you were responding to does seem bitter and dramatic and all I'm talking about is how age absolutely is not in his favor.

ASK ME HOW I KNOW

edit: Wow, apparently people think mid 50's is just as healthy as in your 20's. Oh boy.

edit 2: Oh wow, y'all really do think 50 is the new 20 sincerely and deeply. O_O

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tarmacc t1_ir1qw3u wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#27,549)

At that age you never get back to 100%.

My knees are never going to be back to the 100% they were when I fucked them up in my early 20’s. But that's okay because I make better choices now.

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hiro111 t1_ir207hf wrote

Watch "Until the Wheels Come Off". Tony Hawk does not have any quit in him.

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night_man4 t1_ir2asg2 wrote

Replying to FauxGw2 (#30,066)

To be more specific he can’t be washed up because he hasn’t competed in a long time. If he were still trying to compete and falling short i would consider him washed up. But i just consider him retired.

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Privatdozent t1_ir2cbox wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#30,244)

You're shoehorning this reality check into the conversation. Nobody here has demonstrated the inability to realize 54 year olds are less physically capable than 20 year olds.

You're grumbling into the void and the only realistic human explanation is that you crave a sense that people know you're not a fool.

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EquivalentBright7671 t1_ir2i1mp wrote

It’s easy to get motivated and take the time to chase passions IF you have money. If not… you might as well eat a bullet.

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terracottatoast t1_ir2pow0 wrote

Replying to akcoder (#28,873)

Yeah I broke my femur in 2 when I was 7 and between the month long hospital stay, then a cast, then a wheel chair, then crutches, then physical therapy... I'd say 7 months even to a year for a full recovery is normal.

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jairumaximus t1_ir2ppx2 wrote

I am motivated but sadly I lack the same financial means to fix my bad back. Best I could afford was paying almost 2 grand for injections that helped but weren't enough to help my deteriorating discs heal.

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A_Hideous_Beast t1_ir2snjv wrote

I wish.

I have a deformed femur and knee. Broke it 3 years ago.

By falling over.

I always wanted to learn to skateboard and do martial arts, but unfortunately, some of us aren't born to do so.

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Kaminoneko t1_ir2t21s wrote

Man……I saw this guy in Boone, North Carolina at a restaurant I used to work at earlier this year for his God daughter’s graduation from Appalachian State University….totally unexpected, totally awesome.

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Kaminoneko t1_ir2t3lt wrote

Man……I saw this guy in Boone, North Carolina at a restaurant I used to work at earlier this year for his God daughter’s graduation from Appalachian State University….totally unexpected, totally awesome.

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TheloniusDump t1_ir2z1bb wrote

I got hit by a car when I was a teen. Broke both legs, laid up for months. That first kick flip back on my board felt like nothing else.

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SadLlamasOnMars t1_ir2z9qi wrote

Replying to gettinggnarly (#27,611)

It's more the muscle damage. I snapped mine in January and the titanium rod makes it stronger then ever. But the muscle damage from bone driving into muscle is gnarly. Plus the surgeon needs to fuck with a bunch of muscle in the hip and knee to insert the metal rod. It's fucked up but I'm not even close to Tony Hawks age and he is ahead of me.

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RonstoppableRon t1_ir30bom wrote

Man, people who never skateboarded have NO CLUE just how HARD even a basic move like a kickflip is. Everybody is different but that shit took me a couple years to get down.(And I mean a couple of years of skateboarding hours and hours every single day I could!)

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SpecialpOps t1_ir36wdn wrote

Skateboarding owes us nothing. You get back exactly what you put into it.

Like this guy does.

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OzManCumeth t1_ir3argm wrote

Replying to RonstoppableRon (#32,286)

I was never able to kick flip but could do a decent heel flip and even land a 360 flip sometimes. Man that shit felt great, it really is hard to explain. Still no idea why i was never able to kick flip though lol

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Strange_Tart7721 t1_ir3ci5f wrote

Replying to akcoder (#28,873)

Hang in there and there are a lot more factors than just muscle mass to not being able to move your leg right now. As someone who exploded their tibia and spent over 6 months non-weight bearing it's a long shitty road but once the healing starts you will at least be able to move it again.

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Halcyon_156 t1_ir3eugu wrote

Replying to HungryDust (#31,859)

No joke I’m 34 and I got back into skateboarding recently after a 15 year break. I’ve been going through a rough time, I had a messy divorce earlier this year, my grandmother died, moved to a new town, shitty job. Skateboarding has been my emotional outlet where I don’t stress about anything when I’m doing it.

I was having a hard time with my now ex-girlfriend the other night and I skated through downtown to have a beer by the train tracks to calm down. On my way back two different drunk college kids asked me mockingly “cAn yOu Do a KiCKfliP?!?!”

I had to pause for a second because I very nearly snapped and assaulted these stupid little fucks. Luckily I just went on my way but it scares me how close I came to doing something stupid.

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sheeshkabobcat t1_ir3s6q7 wrote

Do a kickflip is iconic so that def isn't the reason lol

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Only-Good-Things t1_ir3vhyo wrote

My blind a$$ initially read this as “Tom Hanks”. THAT was motivating. Now that I’m realizing it was Tony Hawk… meh. 🤣

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cctreez t1_ir3xh01 wrote

we love this guy

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loughtthenot t1_irb416k wrote

Pathetic, I remember back in the days when Tony could fall head first into concrete and still get back up and shake it off. Also he could grind and jump through glass unphased!

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