saint its the best thing I ever picked up on, though it may take a while to get into, but for me I was incredibaly motivated from day one and spent 2 hours a day everyday until I could ollie (about 3 weeks time)

cheapest board you SHOULD buy is 120 complete from a local skate shop

DO NOT get walmart or bargain boards
If you get into customizing parts and all that my total board worth is probably 200 dollars

extra expensise are replacing broken parts (wheels flatspoting deck breaking shoes ripping which happens about every other month for me)
so yeah its an expensive sport in that sense but to me its far more then worth it as its my main pass time.

Only reasons I never got into skating were that I was caught with soccer and I was a pussy and didnt want to get hurt.

skate flatground and or manny pads to build up your confidence and board control before you try big stuff.

lol i dont even know where i could practice cuz no one skates where i live lol..

pretty much this

Getting hurt is pretty funny :3 After falling you can feel you are rly alive :O

Lol Vel, i'll remember that when i break my wrist falling :P

I liek soccer, and I'm a fucking giant compared to other players.
I just hate skating because I can't balance...

But I can surf, dunno how that works out.

skating is for nerds.

Well I used to skate when i was younger, but eventually I grew away from it, also i wasn't any good at it.

But I feel like I'm a pretty decent snowboarder.