skating and depression
postmodern posted,
i've been having a sad couple of months lately.
I find that there are so many reasons to be depressed.
But there's always one good reason to be happy: skateboarding
whether it's landing a new trick on a shortboard or ripping east van alleys on a longboard, what is it about standing on a rolling piece of wood that cures depression quicker than any chemical solution?
and the like-minded people you meet along the way are beautiful too. I've made instant friends more genuine than lifetime aquaintances, just because we share a mutual passion and outlook on life that is so rare in other segments of "society".
just felt like sharing my insights
2009 February 4 4:10 PM
replied,
how metaphorical.
life is a metaphor.
fuck it.
2009 February 5 6:59 AM
gnarly gnorm replied,
whens you gets pissed off takes that shit out ons your wheels man, theyre likes a punching bag. finds a straight steep hill and do a straight colemans alls the way down destroying 4 perfectly good skate wheels. thatll teach thems. whens you get sad hit the same hill ons a longboard in a speed tuck. DONT CRY TEARS OF SADNESS CRY TEARS OF SPEED!!!
2009 February 5 10:40 PM
Stones replied,
You know whats the best cure for that always works for me.....A bong rip and a 50+ hill. Hollistic medicine for the soul
2009 February 9 9:47 PM
T-REV replied,
As a response to the original post, hell yeah skateboarding is the best anti-depressant. Back when I saw my shrink on a regular basis she told me about a speech she heard at a psychiatry convention where the speaker actually used "longboarding" as an example of "extreme sport thereapy" (or something similair)
I cant remember all the technical mumbojumbo but the jist of it was the adrenaline released while skateboarding positvely affects depression cases with stronger results than most medication.
Dont mope, skate!