Why is skateboarding good for our well-being?

Is it possible that skateboarding allows us to have our “quota” of fear like we used to when we were evolving?
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[@UKTOOLTALK]

Mmmmm what I love about these think pieces is there very cerebral and gets my clunky grey matters working a little bit,it seems to me that we need a bit of fear and adrenaline in our modern mostly sedate lives, it gets our juices flowing and makes us feel alive!!, my problem is my primitive bit of the brain I think it’s called the omiglier or something is on blink at the moment and I’m constantly anxious and on edge and it won’t switch off most of the time!!, how this manifests in regards skateboarding is I’ll go to the skatepark with a feeling of dread and anxiety even before I even get into the skatepark!!! I think you need a little bit of fear to keep you in check or I’d drop in and go for a 540 first wall and end up on the flat in a bunched up bone heap!! Buuut when I think mmmm I’ll go for a 50 50 ( something iv done on vert hundreds of times) my broken brain goes NOOOO I DONT THINK SO!! ARE YOU MAD!! YOUR GOING TO DIE!!! So I don’t try a 50 50 but knowing full well I can do them!!!!, other things of note!, in regards needing a bit of fear to fulfill my skateboard requirements, I’ll have an absolutely awful skate full of anxiety and frustration get home and start thinking that’s it I’m quitting and then a few hours later or the day after I’ll feel strangely happy I went skating even tho I felt at the time I got absolutely nothing out of it!!! My subliminal mind must have got a buzz out of me wobbling around on my board and getting scared and made it worth while!!!, oh and on another note who hadn’t taken a massive slam and then got up in disbelief that your not seriously hurt and you can carry on skating!!!, for a moment you feel invincible that you can take a big slam and carry on and it gives you confidence 🤟🤟

[@TheSkateboardingShow]

Love all these points Jon. Our relationship with fear is a very complex one, it can help or hinder.
I hope you get on some 50:50’s soon mate.