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Dylan writes, "I really want to go to my local skatepark but my mom won't let me because of the people that hang out there, what do i do."<p>

I've written an article called My parents wont let me skateboard - what should I do?, but this is something a little different. Dylan is already a skater - but his parents are concerned about the other skate punks at the skatepark. And you know, it makes a certain amount of sense - a lot of skaters ARE punks! My local skatepark is a pretty good place, but even there, if I had kids I wouldn't let 'em go alone!

This is a tough problem within skateboarding. Skateboarding's rough side is what drew a lot of us to it, and to be honest, it's something I love about the world of skateboarding! But it doesn't mean we have to be jerks ... we just end up being that way a lot!

My advice to Dyaln was that his mom could go and watch him skate, but to be honest that might not help... all parents are different, just like all skaters! What do YOU think? Leave a comment!

Companies often send me e-mail asking me to promote something very loosely related to skateboarding on this site.  I usually just delete them, but this time, I want to share the love.  Ford is doing a series of videos for their new Mustangs where they grab people and create their Mustang Wish.  For example, famous drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. slid sideways in Japan, or a teenager drag raced his shop teacher.  For their ninth video, Pat Duffy and Jake Brown jumped in and made a skateboarding video, kind of, with the car squealing it's tires nearby, doing some pretty neat stuff, but then also spliced in with some ridiculous computer generated scenes with the car.  Honestly, Yeah Right has better special effects, and it's like five years old!

Watch the video here - it's called the Mustang Session.

So what do you think?  After watching this skate video / Mustang advertisement, do you think Duffy and Brown have "sold out"?  Personally, I think most everybody has sold out in one way or another but this kind of add is just strange.  Did you think it was cool?  Or is stuff like this lame?  We've seen Tony Hawk selling all kinds of stuff - is this just more of the same?  And how do you feel when you see stuff like this - does it work on you?  Leave a comment!

A reader named Chandler wrote in with a pretty common problem with learning how to Heelflip. He asked, "When ever I heelflip the board dosent flip all the way around it just lands upside down. Do I have to ollie higher? If i do how?"

For heelflips, your ollies do have to be pretty high. I'd say at least 2 feet. More is better. Getting a higher ollie can take a lot of work though - getting a higher ollie is all about getting a good solid pop, and then pulling up your knees. PULL 'EM UP! Read How Can I Make My Ollies Higher for more help with that.

The other thing to do is to practice. Keep at it. Some people learn tricks in an afternoon, and some people take longer. Much longer. Take your time, practice, and if it's taking too long to learn one trick then take a break and work on another one.

If you have any advice to add, or questions for more help with heelflips, post a comment below!