I have NEVER been good at skateboarding, but what I found and loved very swiftly was the openness to trying and failing. From the outside it can look scary and

I have NEVER been good at skateboarding, but what I found and loved very swiftly was the openness to trying and failing. From the outside it can look scary and intimidating but I only found people friendly, welcoming once you try something. Everyone in skateboarding fails, and fails multiple times before achieving what they wanted to do - and they celebrate that failure - which I found very refreshing. This year I took my young son to a skate park to play on his scooter and loved how welcoming all the people there way. YMMV but my experience has always been positive.