Act your age

A word of warning to all parents out there....whilst doing my dutiful father bit this weekend i thought i'd give the kids a skateboarding lesson.

So off we go,along a nice flat smooth path, me showing them the finer points of balance and doing wheelies thinking i'm the next Tony hawkes, all is going swimmingly.

Next comes the 1:3 gradient, kids are a bit worried, so up steps super dad and sets off down the hill....now on the back wheels again thinking i'm the dogs doo-dahs...now im heading towards the curb at a rapid pace of knots....the inevitable happened i go **** over tit..rip my jeans, shag my knee up and with a sickening crunch my ear comes into contact with the afore mentioned curb, i'm now walking like douglas bader and got a cauliflower ear that martin johnson would be proud of

Is this better than doing tank stands down the high street to impress the birds

Cuffy
PS: The kids were impressed cos my eldest kept saying "Wow..cool trick dad"

[mattSV]

Me & my brother in law decided to show the kids how to jump over plastic coke bottles on their scooters.

All was going well until he landed right on the back wheel - the scooter then went out from under him, depositing him at great speed on his @rse.

Nearly ****ed myself laughing, until I realised he really did hurt himself.

This why I stick to demonstrating cooking, housework and shopping only! (some girl is going to thank me someday)

[Lissa]

I once decided to show my lads how to take a penalty.

I spent 6 weeks on crutches for torn ligaments in my ankle.



I scored the penalty though

Bad luck old son, don't worry about it, grow old disgracefully like I intend to .


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[Tigerrrr.......]

Originally Posted by cuffy

A word of warning to all parents out there....whilst doing my dutiful father bit this weekend i thought i'd give the kids a skateboarding lesson.

So off we go,along a nice flat smooth path, me showing them the finer points of balance and doing wheelies thinking i'm the next Tony hawkes, all is going swimmingly.

Next comes the 1:3 gradient, kids are a bit worried, so up steps super dad and sets off down the hill....now on the back wheels again thinking i'm the dogs doo-dahs...now im heading towards the curb at a rapid pace of knots....the inevitable happened i go @rse over tit..rip my jeans, shag my knee up and with a sickening crunch my ear comes into contact with the afore mentioned curb, i'm now walking like douglas bader and got a cauliflower ear that martin johnson would be proud of

Is this better than doing tank stands down the high street to impress the birds

Cuffy
PS: The kids were impressed cos my eldest kept saying "Wow..cool trick dad"

Sorry to hear of your "off", but where was your helmet, especially as you were teaching impressionable children? Perhaps it's not "cool" to wear one.

Get better soon.

Was gonna take the bike to work in the morning but its now an impossibilty....cant get me furkin leathers over my knee and my helmet wont fit over my very large,red swollen ear

[Viney]

My mate burty done that when showing off on his kids micro scooter, snapped his collar bone and fractured his ankle!! Hes also crashed his bike a few times and come off with nothing worse than a sprained wrist!!

[jambo]

Kids are light, loose and flexible, because of this they bounce in a way parents really dont!

Plus Kids don't have to go to work