You're not a loser, you just need practice in an empty parking lot etc. I fell on mine too and my daughter whizzed past me and said Whoa! thinking I need to stop. Of course I was clipped in and Bam! there she goes. Still have the scar on my knee too. I have stupid dreams of me riding lipless and falling all b/c of that one incident. But I'm gonna keep practicing. Never Give up, You can do it!! Jennifer