Skateboarding in China: From "danger to extreme" to streets and alleys

Speaking of the prosperous history of skateboarding in China, Che Lin must be a person who can't go around. He is not only the first professional slipper in China, but also the earliest slipper to accept brand sponsorship and signing, because in the first Asia The Chinese team won the championship on behalf of the Chinese team, and Che Lin also won the title of "the first person in China".

Che Lin is from Zhengzhou, Henan. He began to contact skateboards around 1991. Similar to the experience of most Chinese first -generation skaters, his preliminary awareness of skateboarding comes from the skateboard movie "Danger" released in the United States in 1989.

At that time, Che Lin was only 10 years old, there was no concept of skateboarding, and there was no concept of "cool". When he saw the protagonist's sliding skateboard chasing the murder, he had an extremely strong desire to imitate and master skateboarding skills.

Since then, Che Lin has started a long skateboarding career.

Che Lin's video number updated a video half a month ago. In the video, he wore casual shorts and white T -shirts, and a white hat was pressed on his head. Stretch out.

Such an image was almost no different when I participated in the Qinhuangdao more than 20 years ago in Qinhuangdao, and he stepped on a slider under his feet. Under his control, the skateboard jumped easily and quietly.

Many media people once described Che Lin's dressing: "It can satisfy all the imagination of the reporter's slippage." Today, such evaluations seem to be out of date. Most of the sliding hands we see in the streets and alleys are easily casual. When people raise their hands, they always associate them with "cool" and "tide".

However, when the movie "Danger" was first introduced to China, people always habitually associated the skateboard to hippie. When it raised the skateboard, the first thing people thought of was to be dyed with yellow hair, pierced ears, and all over their body. They are all young people, and this image is simply a vivid reproduction of starring in "Danger".

On August 27, 2022, Guangzhou. From adults to children, rare people can refuse the charm of skateboarding. | A Chan

It is undeniable that most of the first -generation skating hands, including Che Lin, began to understand and contact skateboarding because of watching the movie "Danger". Enlightenment of China's first generation of skaters.

When Che Lin learned skateboarding, the skateboard has not been widely spread, and people who lack systematic skate learning skills in China. Not only that, domestic video tapes, magazines, etc. are also very rare. The first generation of skaters, including Che Lin, can only ask family members and friends who live overseas to help buy information related to skateboarding.

At that time, there were only one or twenty people who played skateboarding in Zhengzhou, and only a few people played the skateboard for a long time. Che Lin and these early skateboarding enthusiasts stayed together all day long. But they rarely teach the skills of learning skateboarding with each other. This situation is not because everyone hides privately, but because everyone understands the skateboards very one -sided. A person may do a certain action, but it is often impossible to clear the theory behind the action.

When you meet other skateboarding enthusiasts to the streets, parks and other places, Che Lin and others often cause the curiosity of the onlookers. Sometimes, Che Lin and the onlookers sit together. He will repeatedly watch those actions that he cannot, and study how others control your focus, how to work hard, how to control the speed and direction.

This exploration lasted until 1997. Che Lin participated in the "Souye Cup" competition held in Qinhuangdao at the time. The event was held for six sessions before and after the event. It was the only domestic and national skateboarding public competition in China.

However, according to Che Lin's memories, the "Souye Cup" at that time was more like a national skateboarding enthusiasts annual gathering. Participants would exchange skate skills and share skateboarding learning materials in the competition. Many people would exchange contact information. I will write a letter after the game.

"At that time, the supplies related to skateboards were very scarce, but at the scene of the" Soulu Cup ", you could almost see all supplies related to skateboarding at that time. These materials include magazines, video tapes, skateboard shoes, skateboarding clothing, etc. Buying the items you need, so the game scene is a bit like a flea market. From time to time, some film factories will also go to the scene to select skate actors. "Che Lin said.

On August 27, 2077, Guangzhou. In Che Lin's view, the skateboarding in China will be formally entered the professional track to go back to the National Extreme Games in 2000 in Huzhou, Zhejiang. | A Chan

In Che Lin's view, the skateboarding in China is formally entered the professional track dates back to the National Second Extreme Games held in Huzhou, Zhejiang in 2000. This is the first tournament in China to list skateboarding as one of the competition projects. At that time, Che Lin, one of the contestants, was standing at the crossroads of life, and there were two very different paths in front of him: either continue the skateboarding career, or follow the suggestions of his family to go to school, graduate, and participate in work. Essence

At the age of 20, Che Lin made a slightly discount decision after comprehensive consideration: if he got good results in the game, it took two years on the skateboard for two years, and it took two years to take two years. Read yourself a skateboard dream; if the results of the game are not satisfactory, then put down the skateboard and concentrate on learning.

At the time of Che Lin's swaying, he met Bole on the road of his professional skating -Han Yudian, the owner of the Shanghai Fly Skidett Club, handed out an olive branch to Che Lin. After Carin and the other party met, he explained his plans without avoiding it. Che Lin clearly recalls the scene of Han agilely persuaded himself at the time: "He said to me at the time, 'You can't do this, you have to stick to it, I now open a sliding shop, I have their own income, we need to sponsor a Chinese in our store, I You can sponsor you for free, and you continue to slide '. "

Under the "brainwashing" of Han Kou repeatedly and persistently, Che Lin finally gave up his original thought. After returning to Zhengzhou from Huzhou, he confessed to his family that he wanted to give up school, continue to play skateboarding, and became China's first professional skating hand.

Che Lin's family naturally disagreed, and even felt that he was crazy, and gave up his studies for a skateboard. The family advised him to look back, but Che Lin was unmoved. In the case of unsuccessful communication between the two parties, Che Lin went to the school to go through the procedures for dropping out, and then began to learn skateboarding with the sponsorship of Han's agility, and began to participate in professional skateboarding competitions.

On August 28, 2022, Guangzhou. Nowadays, skateboarding is far from being "dangerous" as in the past, and it has transformed into a warm and leisurely urban culture. | A Chan

In 2002, under the introduction of Han's agile, Che Lin came into contact with another sponsorship company, and the other party paid 3,000 yuan a month for Che Lin. One year later, an American brand company also found Che Lin, formally signed with him, and paid him a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan.

The bonus and corporate sponsorship of the competition made Che Lin gradually live a economic independent life. His family members finally did not oppose his choice as before, but did not support it. "The reason for this attitude may still feel that I am a bit unreasonable, but after all, I can support myself." Che Lin said.

Che Lin appeared in a world -class event as a professional skating hand, in 2005. He won the skateboarding championship at the first Asian interior Games.

At that time, Chelin, as a professional skate, had three or four years of experience. He participated in a number of business competitions and intercontinental competitions, and had discussed with skaters at different levels of domestic and foreign. Unlike Che Lin's rich experience, it is almost blank in the field of professional skateboarding in China at that time. Not only did there not be regular skateboarding national teams, but few regular skateboarding training grounds. "And the same period of Thailand, the Philippines and other countries have already traveled to the skate farm." Che Lin recalled.

In order to successfully participate in the sports meeting, a vigorous trial quickly kicked off across the country, including 6 skaters, including Che Lin, stood out in the trials. Wheel competition.

Shortly after joining the temporary national skate team, Che Lin and others were temporarily pulled to Nanjing. They were asked to participate in training in a miniature skate park in Nanjing.

Today, skateboarding enthusiasts can easily find professional skateboarding sites. | Pexels

Speaking of training, in fact, several players who stood out in the trials practiced in the park. Che Lin recalled that because the skate team was temporarily formed, and there was no relevant training experience in China before, they were not assigned coaches before the game, and no one did technical guidance for them. Most participants won the championship. Everyone seems to have defaulted to the competition mainly for "running." What I didn't expect Chelin was that it was the water sports management center in charge of the skateboarding project.

Soon, the news of Che Lin's championship at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games returned to China. This was the best achievement in China at that time in the extreme movement. Because Che Lin and his first gold medal, skateboards began to be redefined by more people. This original movement gradually entered people's vision. By 2016, the International Olympic Committee's voting voted to enter the Tokyo Olympics through skateboarding. Skaters won the favor of more young people. Some people even regarded skateboarding as a necessity for socializing.

The skateboard is hot, which can be confirmed from the skate school opened by Che Lin. In recent years, there are more and more people who have registered skateboarding to Chelin. Che Lin has the smallest skate learner in the skateboarding school. It is only two years old.

The parents of these skateboarding enthusiasts are mostly the same age as Che Lin. The purpose of sending their children to learning skateboarding is also different. Some parents are to cultivate their children's hobbies. Some parents are for their children to have a skill. Let the child have a place to pass the time.

In Che Lin's view, people's love for skateboarding and the progress of the skateboard itself are promoting this movement in two completely different directions. The party represented by the national team is keen to select excellent sliding hands across the country and lead these skaters to participate in the official competitive sports. The skate enthusiasts, professional skaters, skate clubs, etc. in society pay more attention to the cultural attributes of skateboarding, not competitive attributes. As far as the latter is concerned, the derived skateboarding economy is becoming more and more vigorous, such as tide brand shoes and clothing, which has won the love of countless young people. Che Lin believes that tide cards can make more young people come into contact with skateboarding, and skateboarding can also increase the sales of tide cards. There is no right or wrong in these two roads.

"An important purpose of everyone to learn skateboarding is not for technology, but to socialize. We cannot ask people who like skateboarding cultural attributes to study skateboarding skills. This is unrealistic idea. We want to allow skateboarding to become a kind of life in everyone's life. Comprehensive entertainment, "Che Lin said. Today, skateboarding has become a tool for people to relax and participate in social. | Pexels

In addition to daily practice skateboarding, Che Lin is also working hard to cultivate professional skaters belonging to this era. He imitated the model of the Western Skateboard Club and set up a skate training system. He would avoid the tuition fees of outstanding students, and would also sponsor their skateboarding equipment and send them to professional skateboarding competitions at home and abroad.

However, Che Lin also acknowledged that at present, the development of skateboarding in China still has some inherent collateral lack of innateness. For example, the number of first -generation skaters is very small, the teachers are naturally insufficient, and the second -generation inheritance is weak. These problems are Che Lin. Experience.

Che Lin's daughter is 9 years old this year, which is similar to his first contact with skateboarding. At some time, Che Lin will see her shadow on her daughter. For example, she is always on the left foot on her left foot. She just stands next to the process of the upper board, and she can go on her own. Sliding. Che Lin wanted to cultivate her daughter to become a new generation of professional skaters, so that her daughter had no interest.

Che Lin chose to respect her daughter, but regrets are always inevitable. When sharing his regrets with other first -generation skating hands, Che Lin unexpectedly found that almost all sliding hands were facing the same problem.

"But these two points are not the most important. The most fundamental reason is that our children do not have enough time to touch the skateboarding. Their extra -curricular life is often filled with various courses." At the end of the interview, Che Lin said.

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