@Theo Bridgeman It was a great start. I’d been telling her we need to practice on carpet first because the board can get away from us fast. She realized pretty quickly that it wasn’t as easy as she first thought. We both did the fake “fall forward” to test it out. I think she’s regular and I’m goofy.

@Theo Bridgeman We had a hiccup with the gear I bought so I’ve been hesitant to try concrete yet. 😬 We have a second-hand sporting goods shop in our small town so I bought a 6-piece set of protective gear. Unfortunately, when I got it home and tried it, the elastics on the elbow pads were too stretched out to use. I guess the last person had biceps or something 😂 The owner of the shop and I had chatted about skateboarding and he showed me one he had for sale from the 80’s - the designs have changed so much! It was like a flat piece of plywood with one tail, plastic rails on the underside, sections of grip tape, and a big plastic pad on the tail. Old school. 🙂 Anyhow, he did say that he’d be happy to do an exchange for anything bought in the store, I just have to get back over there.

Mom (45) and Daughter (10) starting out as beginners here in Canada. Seems like there’s a lot of parents here learning or relearning how to skate together!

I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with.