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Summary: Learn about important safety tips for beginner skateboarders in this free how to video about skateboarding.
Cody Demory has been into sports all his life. His passion for skateboarding intensified to the point of having to build his own venue right in his backyard in Beverly Hills!read more
"So I know safety is a big concern with parents and yourself should be a concern your always going to want to have a helmet. A good brand of helmet will be protect it look cool and there inexpensive and there really reliable. Your going to want to wear knee pads, elbow pads, specially if your a beginner, especially cause your going to fall it's okay it helps you learn and know your limit if you have a huge ramp like this and you just started don't go up it. You just have to pace yourself you'll learn in time, stay away from traffic and cars, a lot of time cars can't see you cause your going so fast when you skate board. A broken board is better than a broken leg trust me I would know and just be really safe out there it's a dangerous sport."
eHow Article: Skateboarding Safety