Skateboarding is first and foremost a sport, just like running and skating.
Skateboarding is a kind of extreme sport, and people who don't have the spirit of adventure won't dare to try it.
Skateboarding is a cool street sport characterized by:
One, it is difficult and dangerous. So the skater's body has to be durable.
Two, foreign style, which is very popular in foreign street sports, than skating, ghost dance, social rock, square dance seems more foreign, and street dance almost. In addition, it has a close relationship with the fashion brand, skaters have a certain style of clothing,
Three, niche, because of the niche, it seems to have the value of the spectators, while the square dance has no audience now.
Street culture exists where there are streets, and naturally, there must be skateboarding culture where there are skateboards.
Street culture includes a lot of rap, graffiti, skateboarding and so on, the ultimate point is that they all belong to the street.
Personal opinion, street culture represents the love of life, truth and freedom, no falsehoods, no pomposity, the essence of life, there is no pursuit of fame and fortune, right and wrong, a group of street children to enjoy the reality of life.
Skateboarding is probably more specific to some skateboarding things, the freedom to step on the street, the insistence on practicing, the challenge of the terrain, friends together chill together with the joy of the street, is a kind of skateboarding is difficult to experience the feeling.
This is how real it is, a culture that has seeped into our lives and we are willing to be addicted and poisoned by it.
Skater's Diary
Dan Leung's line: "We don't have skateboards, we don't have anything else.
As for why China's street culture feels like it doesn't exist,
First of all, China's street culture is developing, and compared to the U.S. and Japan it's still a bit less, but it's not non-existent.
I'm a skateboarder and I can tell most places skate stores, skaters around the area, other rap graffiti as well. As with most things, there's a lot to discover when you know.
Of course, because of our traditional Chinese thinking on the conservative side, but also has been developing, binding restrictions gradually reduced (not to praise or disparage, after all, five thousand years of culture in China, contains a lot of good things, it is worthwhile for us to inherit and carry forward)
While the street kids in the eyes of a large part of the general public is a symbol of rebellion, not a proper job, but the good thing is that most of them are middle-aged people, and now there is a lot more young people to understand to like, I believe the street culture will be very good development!