Skateboarding Bails

What do you think happens when a skater heads up the curve of a skateboarding ramp at a fast speed, leaps off their boards, does a flip in the air, and comes down to land on their board? Well, sure, sometimes they pull it off and actually land on their board, but sometimes, they miss. This miss is what is known in skating culture as a skateboarding bail. Skateboarding bails are an intrinsic part of skateboarding, and they happen to everyone. In fact, they happen so often, that watching these bails have become a popular part of skateboarding as comedic moment. Hey, you have to have some way to laugh through the pain, right?

About Skateboarding Bails

What exactly is a skateboarding bail? It is when a skater leaves his skateboard and falls, whether by design or by accident. Some skateboarding bails happen because something goes wrong during a stunt or a trick that is beyond the skater’s control, and some skateboarding bails happen because the skater “chickens out” during a trick and jumps off the board before they complete what they set out to do. Some skateboard bails only result in a red face and a little bit of kidding for the skater, while other skateboard bails can be quite painful and lead to serious injury.

Whatever actually happens during a skateboarding bail, watching them happen has become tremendously popular on the internet. There are tons and tons of websites dedicated to hosting videos of skateboard bails. From funny skateboard bails to painful skateboard bails, skating love to see them all. Pro skateboarding bails are among the most popular skateboard bail clips; skating fans love to see that their favorite pro skaters still take a fall like the rest of them sometimes. There are even skateboard bail videos available that collect the best skateboarding bail video clips around. Video swapping websites like YouTube have made it possible for skaters to upload their own videos of their own skateboarding bails, so the skateboarding bail video clips online are just made up of professionals anymore.

People who are not involved in the skating community often pale at the notion of these skateboarding bail videos and they wonder what enjoyment skaters get from watching other people fall and possibly get hurt. Skaters, however, know that skateboarding bail videos are here to stay. Falling is as much a part of skateboarding as the board and the clothes and getting to see that it happens to everyone else is an important part of the culture.