How Do You Be A Punk Skater?
The skate punk style emerged in the late 1980s when skateboarding and punk were still considered outcast movements and found a natural symbiosis with each other. Today, being either punk or a skater is a mark of mainstream cool but doing them together requires that you follow some important steps. Read on to learn how to be a punk skater. Get the basics of punk rock down with important founding groups like the Sex Pistols, The Ramones and the the New York Dolls. From early punk, move onto transitional punk groups like Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys before you get into the specifically punk skater bands such as NOFX, Pennywise, 10 Foot Pole, Face to Face and Social Distortion. Start skating on a short deck so you can learn tricks. Bring the board wherever you go and as you start to get comfortable on the board keep an MP3 player with you so you can listen to skate punk music as you skate. Focus on your ollies to get started and then work on some basic tricks such as the kickflip. Wear
