Rock Music Today

Throughout its history, skateboarding has been associated primarily with two genres of music. Hip hop and punk rock. The rationales behind the associations are reasonable enough. Hip hop being a rhythmic style of music lends itself very well to the groove required when skateboarding. Essentially, the beat in hip hop compliments the skaters bouncing around on their skateboards. Punk music, on the other hand, being loud, last, and aggressive lends itself well to the passion and raw emotion skaters possess when they are out competing.

So, the question here is really, “what is skateboarding about? Looking cool jumping around doing fancy little tricks? Or is it about the passion?”

Really, technical ability can only take one so far in any activity one endeavour skateboarding is no different. Tricks mean absolutely nothing if the skater shows no passion for what he or she is doing. Furthermore, taking into consideration the difficulty of mastering skateboarding, more than anything else, it is about passion.

Therefore, punk rock wins.