Skateboarding is a cool sport that is loved by many teenagers, but skateboarding also carries the risk of injury, especially when not wearing protective gear. Here are some protective gear that beginners should wear.


1. Skateboard helmet


The helmet is the most important protective gear in skateboarding. You can choose a sports helmet or a helmet specially designed for skateboarding, but it must fit your head. Skateboarding without a helmet is very dangerous. Because head injuries can be very serious, you must wear a helmet to protect your head.


2. Skateboard shoes


Skateboarding is certainly possible with regular shoes, but it can be more difficult and sometimes dangerous, so beginner skaters can choose a good pair of skate shoes. It can better meet the needs of skateboarders, such as providing better grip, and other features such as reinforcement for areas where the shoe may wear during skateboarding, and more.


3. Elbow and wrist guards


If you're a beginner skateboarder, it's also important to protect your wrists and elbows. Novice skateboarders are prone to falls, and when you fall, you subconsciously extend your elbows to support the ground, which can lead to injury to your elbow or wrist. However, some elbow pads may limit your movement, so try to choose something that is lightweight and durable.


4. Knee pads


In the process of exercising, if we are not careful, our joints will be injured, and knee pads will play a good protective role. If your joint has been injured, the function of the knee brace at this time is to reduce the pain when the joint is moving and reduce the pain when bending.


When we prepare these skateboard equipment, it is not an easy thing to learn to skateboard well. The board is under our feet, and the danger is on the body. Friends who play board cannot do without the board, let alone wrestling. Especially for beginners, they are still very unfamiliar with the board, and it is still difficult to control the center of gravity. The following matters must be paid attention to.


1. Learn basic tutorials


Before we start practicing, you can watch more related materials and videos. Beginners should not jump on the board in a hurry. They should watch more basic tutorials, video articles about beginner skateboarding, etc. before starting the board, so as to reduce the risk of injury for beginners as much as possible.


2. Keep practicing


If you want to play skateboarding well, you need to master the skills and keep practicing. You should be mentally prepared, this sport is cool, but behind the cool it also has its sadness and pain. Skateboarding should start with a short distance, and then slowly extend the distance after repeated practice, and even increase the speed of sliding, but you must pay attention to maintaining the center of gravity and controlling the direction.


3. Pay attention to the center of gravity


A big difficulty in skateboarding is that the center of gravity is not well mastered. Especially for beginners, the reason for falling is basically because of the unstable center of gravity. If a beginner suddenly loses the center of gravity when sliding, he can press the end or tail of the board with his feet, so that the end or tail of the board can stop.


4. Reduce the degree of injury


Falling on skateboards is inevitable. Whether you are a beginner or a person who already has a foundation, when you are unsuccessful in practicing to vacate and land, you should try to curl up your body to make your stress area larger.


5. Follow the safety rules


To prevent injury, learn to skateboard in a safe location and check the ground for cracks or debris, as a small pebble could bring the skateboard to a sudden stop and you could lose your balance and fall forward. Don't wear headphones while skateboarding, and pay attention to what's going on around you.