I've been trying to find an answer to this. From what I've seen, the majority of good skaters have at least tried weed once. Some of the best locals are always stoned out of their mind. So do the drugs or chemicals have any effect to make one skate better, or is it just a mentality? Is it that because the skaters who do ingest these things don't care as much about their bodies that they're less likely to care if they get hurt?
The only contradictory thing is that I also know some rippers who've never touched anything. So... what the fuck?
So far, my gay little study has been correct for the most part. I've never tried any of it, so I can't know from experience.
Ha, you might get some liquid courage to try some harder tricks but you have to have the skills to begin with, booze and drugs dont enhance any of that
i've done some hard drugs, weed, shrooms, etc... but theres no way in hell i could do those drugs daily and keep skating, so i quit. now i smoke cigs, before when i didn't i'd usually get tensed and stressed out about trying something i haven't tried before and eat shit. but after half a cig or so i'm cool enough to try stuff i probably wouldn't have and actually land tricks. we all know the hardest part about skating is actually committing to tricks. so imo it does help.
dude you do drugs you're just screwing your career up. Wait til one of these lil druggies turn to a vegetable and can't skate for crap AT ALL. Sooooo no don't do it.
Cool. I haven't tried any at all. I'm just getting opinions. It's actually a wide spectrum. I haven't gotten much of a single side. I've pretty much figured out (after thinking about my life for a week or so) that I don't want to accidentally destroy my personality with chemicals. Most people's brain mechanics change after drugs. I like where I'm going. I'm well on my way to opening a skate company. I've written a business plan for a skate shop and a deck distribution company. I'm only 17. I still have my MBA to get in college and I have to live in at least 3 different places before I can do it. I have to get into photojournalism. I have to work a deck press. I have to manage a skate team. I have to do favors for good skaters. I have a lot to do. It's all going to be rad as hell. Where would drugs fit? They can't. It all has to flow perfectly. Not in a way that's stressful, but free. I'm free with control.
Well here come the Sheckler hate posts. But if I were Sheckler, I'd be too good for this place. Sheckler is too good for the internet.... so he thinks... little fucker.
I skate like shit when Im drunk, smashing into everything and got no controll. but skating with a hangover helps, a lot actually. why? cause I'm too retarded to overthink things like I usually do, they just fall into place by themself.
yo peeps let's just put it this way, people on drugs are morons who are to full of them selves, and no good ever came from drugs, take Mr. Janoski here, he's never TOUCHED coke, and he's like the best out there. Stay off drugs kids.
when youre drunk you might have more balls to try shit, but you have less balance. when youre high you can concentrate on skating more, but you ussually have less energy. skating is hard no matter what.