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@AlexD
Not much to add to the above. I started skating ‘properly’ again about a year ago (skated a bit as a teenager. Was shit). I initially was focussed on learning tricks - flips etc - like when I was a kid, skating car parks. Actually, I’m really near several skateparks now and after a while I worked out i should be just getting the hang of carving around a park: going up and down banks, carving transitions etc and not worry as much about tricks. After doing that for a bit, I’m now starting to add tricks in to the mix and it feels so much easier and more confidence inspiring. For a beginner (or re-learnerer) Knowing how to kickturn, pivot, manual and generally move about in different ways on a board with confidence > flippy spinny tricks.
Also the more confidence you have on a board, the less you’ll hurt yourself when you do inevitably slam. I find it always hurts more if I’m not feeling loose and confidence, because I’m more like to fall in a weird way, rather than just roll a bit.