So, in the previous part of the article about why skateboarding is helpful, we told you how a wheeled board would help you refine your flow, style, and timing. It will help you stay fit and in good shape too. There’s also no limit in practicing maneuvers with a skateboard — you can practice them as much as you wish!
6. Concentration
Both in skating and surfing, concentration is needed to finish the trick or maneuver and retreat proud-heartedly. Without concentration, get ready to keep falling over! Skateboarding in the pool is similar to surfing in terms of response time: just one wrong move may result in some real pain!
7. Involvement
There’s no way you can do well in skateboarding without being completely involved. Trying to do the trick without absolute involvement will result in a lot of pain… The same applies to surfing. Sure, it won’t hurt as badly, but you’ll hardly manage to complete the maneuver.Suppose you are performing a light drop. Or you are going to snap in a sharp section. Or you are doing a floater on a large wave… These situations, like many others, require the utmost involvement.
8. Repetitions
The key to success: doing something over and over again.
There is a popular saying that becoming a master of one’s craft requires 10 thousand hours spent. So, if you don’t have Kelly Slater’s magic stable wave pool available, skateboarding is your key to success. On the surfskate, you can try doing cutbacks or snaps endlessly to make sure your body remembers the movements.
9. Balance
Surfing requires the utmost sense of balance. Skateboarding is quite close to it. If you keep skating regularly, you are certain to see significant progress in water too!
10. Fun
Because, if it’s not fun, what’s the sense in all this?