Possible Clues:

• Flubbed a kickflip, say
• Suffered ignominious failure, in slang
• Evinced enthusiasm, with ''up''
• Suffered a face-plant
• Fell while snowboarding
• Had to accept the loss
• What the dog did with the homework?
• Dug the experience, with "up"
• Bit the bullet, say
• Suffered a financial setback, slangily