From the article: How Do I Fall Safely Skateboarding?
Bailing, crashing and burning might hurt at the time, but they always make for good stories later! What's the story of your worst bail on a skateboard? Make sure the story sounds true, or it might not make it in! Share Your Story
Downhill Dumba**
- im riding down a hill to my friends house on a skateboard.and i come up to his curb.since his curb is so messed up.i go fly flying about 2 ft in the air. i thought if i flapped my arms i would stay up longer with no harm. but that didnt work.i ended up cutting my: left elbow left pinky right ring finger
- —Guest goofy skater pro
20 or 25 mph
- i went down this narly hill wit my friend suan and i said i would go first and as i gained speed i reached the bottom i new i was goin to make the turn and there was a huge azzz bump i poped over it like you do wen u get over a rock or crack and i made it but i got speed wobble and my front foot sliped off and i went down on my side and just took it. i new i was goin to fall so i rolled across the hole road and hit the curb. road burn bloody elbows skin was missing ughhhh it was bad
- —Guest isaac lawson
Shin Slasher
- Ok. First week of skateboarding, i had all the bascis down, etc. and, the first time i try and ollie, all seems well, until my feet touch the ground. Basically, my back foot hit the tail and my front foot landed on the ground in front of my board, and BAM! the nose crushed my shin and even now, 6 months later theres still a bump on my shin...
- —Guest Hoochoomama
Slow response
- so i was going down this bumpy hill cause my friend said he would pay me 10 bucks to do so i went down this hill 20 mph and i hit a bump i was like omfg so i got hit hard was bleeding like crazy and had a huge bump on my head.
- —Guest Rookie
Snapped Ankle
- I was skating with some of my friends at a local spot. My friend clifton did a bunny hop over the 5 set on his bike and bailed cause he landed funky. I decided i had to show him up so i grabbed my board. Now keep in mind that i do this set like all the time. I pop a decent ollie and when i land my toe drags the ground and my foot slips off and my ankle rolls. As i roll it all my weight comes down on it and it just snaps. It was the worst short skate sesh ever.
- —Guest SirBrokenAnkle
360 Flip to BS Boardslide Attempt
- So one day I'm attempting to tre-flip to BS board slide on a little white Razor rail, which is only like 6 inches high, and I landed on the rail perfect and smooth. I slid really fast, a lot faster than I expected and fell and busted my head on the ground. For some crazy lucky reason, there was no blood and it only hurt a tiny bit for about 10 seconds!!!! Since then I haven't gotten the courage to try it again even though I do feel like I could land it. :)
- —Guest Ryan W.
Pelvic Bone Distaster
- When I was first getting my start in skatebording I decided to go down a new ramp. Big mistake! I started to roll in and I lost my footing and I fell all the way down this good sized ramp and I landed the very first thing I landed on was my pelvic bone. In case some of you dont know what that is it is a bone part of the pelvis bone righ bellow your butt!
- —Guest sixth avenue
Kickflip attempt
- A few months back when I first tried a kickflip, it flipped perfectly, but as it flipped it shot upwards and smacked me in the nuts. Ouch.
- —Guest Kierz
My come back
- After I stopped skating 15 years ago, I've now decided to get a new board and try to get the groove back. I'm 33, married with kids and living in the burbs. I'm in my driveway practicing ollies after I put the kids to bed. Front foot slips off the board, the nose of the board jabs my calf and produces a softball size pump knot on the side of my leg. All that's left is a bruise and I'm ready to go after it again tomorrow. Old but having fun.
- —Guest VIPDRE
No more kids
- I was doing a hardflip down a 10 set with my new board.I landed it perfectly the first time and told my friend to get it on footy so i set up to do it again and kick the board away cause i knew i wasent gonna land it.I gave it another shot and Bam! credit carded so bad my nose snaped off the board.Rushed to the hospital my nuts bleeding emensly and hanging out my sack.The docter said they might be able to save them but he didnt. Now i have no nuts and no hope of kids in my future=/
- —Guest RatsaBoarder
seriuosly
- so i just got my skateboard yesterday and it raind so today i was getting used to pushing the board then tried to do a manual and the board shot out from under me and hit my head and when i got up some guy stopped his car in front of me and laughed well ...atleast i did'nt get hurt that bad
- —Guest NewbieKid
360 Hippy Jump
- My brother dared me to try and do a 360 hippy jump outside the front of my house so I laughed and said it would be easy and I jumped in the air and spun 360 degrees but i landed on the tail of the board and the nose came up and smaccked me straight in the mouth, i was sitting on my sofa holding tissue paper in my mouth for atleast 20 minutes before it stopped bleeding and i had a fat lip for a good 2 weeks!
- —Guest Silk
bail stories
- ok so i was learning how to grind and i had picked a great ledge to try my first grind a 50-50. well i tried a few times and bailed but then i landed it the only bad part was my friend brought his dog and you know how if dogs have a bone or something they kinda shake there head well i was about to finish the grind when the chew toy the dog had flew over and landed under my truck . face first sewer grate
- —Guest skater boy
Learning to hardflip..
- one day me and my friends bought this tutorial skate video to teach us how to hardflip. we watched it, my friends does it like his 3rd try.. i end up credit carding myself so bad my nuts were literally hanging outside my sack.. it fu**ing hurt so bad..
- —Guest Beaver
worst and dumbest crash
- I sit on my skateboard and go down my huge hill hitting maybe 25 mph. So this time i wanted to try that but standing up... This took alot of guts. I get on my board and kick off and i start rolling... im going fast then faster and faster... im thinking about bailing but i dont. I keep going im afraid of crashing... I didnt have knee pads or arm pads on. I hit maybe 25 mph... and i stay on my board... wow what a relief... ok so i felt good... so i try again but this time it was different i was going maybe 15+ mph.. and im about half way down the hill. I think i hit a pebble.. i flew off my board and hit the aphsfault i got bruies and i was bleeding like never before... I got up and walked up the hill. In lots of pain
- —Guest lil - T
1-15 of 24Next
