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There's no doubt that skateboarding is progressing faster than ever today. Little kids are starting out at a whole new level where they see huge rails, big gaps, and giant airs as an everyday thing to do on a skateboard.

Skateboarding really has changed a lot in the past five years. I remember how slow I learned. I took me about a month to learn how to Ollie four inches high, another month and a half to learn how to Ollie 6 inches while moving, and another two or three months to learn how to Ollie up and off of things. In my second season of skateboarding I could do about five tricks. Kids today though learn five tricks in only a few months of skating. It's just insane.

Then there are the other kids. These kids, despite being exposed to pros in videos, magazines, and on television events like the X-Games and the Gravity Games, just don't progress as quickly as everyone else. They know this, and they become all bummed out cause they can't kick flip after a few weeks of skateboarding. They end up quitting because they just can't keep up with everyone else they skate with. It's too bad to see that type of thing happen, but it kind of shows that they weren't really in it to have fun. It's too bad that the progression of skateboarding that can be seen through young riders like Ryan Sheckler, Tosh Townsend, Andrew Gordon, and others affects the new skaters enough that they end up quitting, but all in all the progression is great. I can't wait to see what skateboarding will bring in the next five years.