The feeling of excellence is something we are all determined to strive for in our sport. Whether it be attempting something as simple as a frontside grind or something as difficult as an alley-OOP fishbrain, we are determined to land the trick.
With the look of determination in your eyes, you skate up to the waxed curb, jump on, slide for a couple of inches and then fall. Now, a typical person would fall once and feel pain and not try again. Usually when you are into extreme sports you're not considered a typical person and that is why we get back up and try again. It's that feeling of sliding just a few inches that encourages us to keep trying. When you finally do the trick right, after dozens of falls, cuts, bumps and bruises, it's one of the best feelings in the world. At that moment, you realize that all of the falling and the pain didn't matter anymore and in someway it was worth it!
So next time you are out trying a new trick, just remember that feeling you get when you finally accomplish what you are trying. If you continue to strive for excellence, you will, in your opinion, achieve it!
