Trying something you used to be good at

I'm over at my friends house and his little brother just got a new skateboard but it's a little smaller then the normal ones. A few years ago I used to skateboard constantly so I figured I'd take him out in the street and show him some stuff. I was having some problems with the size of the board and decided to go with something that wouldn't be too dangerous as I didn't want to get all busted up. I was going for a fakie shove-it and almost had it landed when the last time I screwed it up hardcore. For those of you who don't know what it is, a fakie shove-it is when you ride the board backwards and spin it around 180 degrees (just the board, you remain in position) and land back on it, since the board was pretty small added with the fact that I pretty much suck now the last time I didn't even get the board to spin and landed right on the tail and slipped out. Normally you can land on your hands without injury, every now and then you might scrape up your hands and depending on how you land a broken or sprained wrist might be in order but since I was completely not expecting it I slipped and the first thing to hit the ground was my elbow which slid across the ground and got sliced pretty good in addition to it smacking the pavement pretty hard. So basically I just bruised my elbow, busted a bunch of skin and accomplished looking like an idiot and now I'm sitting here with a bloody paper towel on my elbow.

Anyone have any similar stories of trying things you used to be moderately skilled at?

Eh not really, but I have had some sports related fuck ups.

I went off the road on a bike of mine, went into a ditch, flew off the seat, gut and crotch slammed into a concrete pipe and the upper part of the bike.

Took a turn on a board to sharp and to fast, flipped around backwards and slid down the side walk on my gut.

I tired to play basketball with some friends a while back.

In high school I was ok at best and could hang in there for hour long games. Today I'm winded after 10 minutes and on the ground gasping for air after 15. I'm still ok if all I have to do is shoot free throws.

And I'm sure if I suited up and tried to play some football I wouldn't be anywhere near the greatness I once was.

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Originally Posted by Gohron

I'm over at my friends house and his little brother just got a new skateboard but it's a little smaller then the normal ones. A few years ago I used to skateboard constantly so I figured I'd take him out in the street and show him some stuff. I was having some problems with the size of the board and decided to go with something that wouldn't be too dangerous as I didn't want to get all busted up. I was going for a fakie shove-it and almost had it landed when the last time I screwed it up hardcore. For those of you who don't know what it is, a fakie shove-it is when you ride the board backwards and spin it around 180 degrees (just the board, you remain in position) and land back on it, since the board was pretty small added with the fact that I pretty much suck now the last time I didn't even get the board to spin and landed right on the tail and slipped out. Normally you can land on your hands without injury, every now and then you might scrape up your hands and depending on how you land a broken or sprained wrist might be in order but since I was completely not expecting it I slipped and the first thing to hit the ground was my elbow which slid across the ground and got sliced pretty good in addition to it smacking the pavement pretty hard. So basically I just bruised my elbow, busted a bunch of skin and accomplished looking like an idiot and now I'm sitting here with a bloody paper towel on my elbow.

Anyone have any similar stories of trying things you used to be moderately skilled at?

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Dam, you're only 18 and seeing this already? Prepare for this shit to happen the rest of your life.

All my stories involve me trying to be god at anything :/ it just doesn't happen.

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Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

All my stories involve me trying to be god at anything :/ it just doesn't happen.

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Well thats just the problem, when i tried to be god at something i totally fucked up the exodous of my chosen people and had them wandering around in a foodcourt for 40 years, man was my awe-inspireing divine visage red.(yeah, i know I'm the last guy to pick on typos, but it just looked unintentionally funny.)

Anyhow, i ahve been out fo martial arts training for about a year now, due to time and monitary consttains, as well a as problem i was having with my foot, which is mercifully starting to clear up. And a little bit ago a friend's wife was thinking of joining a tae kwon do class, which was similar to the style i did, tang soo do, so i figured i would show her the moves. Lets just say i didnt follow adequite streaching procedures,and i used to be really good at HARD face level kicks. One loud pop later, and i abuptly ended my demo. The bad thing is, i still practice on my own, particularly on a heavy bag, but outside of a formal class, you lose a lot.

Tetris Attack. I got so pwned by this girl's little brother. :: super-embarassment:: But I've trained back up to almost where I was.

This is always a problem for me, because I've done/do/try/excel at a lot of things, but maintaining a high skill level in ALL of them is just impossible. Mostly with sports and board games.

Edit: Dancing. I used to be the proverbial shit. Literally the star of school dances, etc..., until about grade 6, where hormones occurred and the embarassment organ grew. Now I can't dance. I'm just another lame white motherfucker who has rythmn but doesn't know how to use it.

Most Memorable Dancing Memory: At my aunt's wedding, I was about 9 or 10 years old, and I led the entire dance floor to "Everybody Dance Now" with my awesome moves.

Basketball. All the guys at work play so before I go jump into their games, on my breaks I go to the back lot and practice on the hoop we have out there.

I used to play in High School and I used to be the shit at shooting. Now? I can hit a 3 ranged shot about 1/10 times.

But I can still hook like a mother fucker!

Breakdancing: After a while, I stopped doing it, so I forgot all my steps and turns. I can still groove if I go to a party, but I'm the shits compared to what I would do 2 years ago. sigh.

Basketball also: Went from AA star leader to just a casual player. Tried alot of my old fakes and hotspots and they got cold.