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I really liked the moment at 1:59, where you gripped the board in your hands and showed how the weight distribution affected how it pushed through the snow! And then other lighter foot glided ocer the top. I think I understand a bit more now!
Hello thanks for your videos. I am 68 years old started skateboarding at 65 with a smoothstar. I consider having lost 50 years of my life for not having started at a young age. My surfskate is my daily drug, only the cold and snow here in the city of Quebec Canada prevents me from training (about 170 days a year). I like to chat with people who has the same passion like me.
Cześć w tym roku na 47 urodziny kupiłem sobie Surfboard, rok temu próbowałem na mountaiboard, trochę za sztywny choć duże kółka są dobre... tak czy inaczej -świetny program, Twoje metody i jasność przekazu dają efekty..
so, just so I understand correctly is this you? For this case I would say, take a step back just for a bit, and check my video on the proper stance. More specifically I'm referring to forward faced position, with the arms more forward leading. Squaring the hips and upper body is crucial in good surfskating and surfing! Check it out here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H1mAGqvLkkk.html
Great Video. finally im improving a lot with my surfskating journey. ive been watching diff. videos but your videos are more well detailed and how you explained how to do it.
I own meepo v3 and meepo v2 and after the rain killed my v3 i thought about getting this but decided bto go with the meepo mini v3s great range my first short eboard and although it can be less stable at higest speeds and longboard feels smoother at 18 mph or less the mini is great for mobility cool review
Thank you! Yeah I love the shorter boards and are def easy to move around with. However this was super stable and felt safe (as these things go) in higher speeds
Thanks for the comment! always happy to get feedback. You are semi-correct. in fact, I'll be making a new video on this explaining more. It is true it should pass, but as you lean, because of the angle, if I take a picture and draw a line it will look as the elbow is in front. In any case, it's a little more fluid than you make it sound, but I hear you.
Yep- I actually transitioned to the yow myself. I might film that later in summer. But I would at this point recommend the yow over the swelltech. Definitely for beginner and definitely if you plan to practice in skate park. It’s still loose but not at watery as the swelltech
I do surf. I would say intermediate working in cutbacks and snaps. - The swelltech is very fluid. Very loose and I found it very surfy and definitely fun. I think after riding several surf skates on both flats and parks I would say that what made the difference for me was working on the park on a long wall or ramp treating it like a wave. You can see what I mean in the Kickturn video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jXw8zOuAC_M.htmlsi=NnEFl2QmtJP7uR3Q I’m now riding the Yow, I find it to have a great balance between looseness and resistance that is close to surfing. Both systems would be a great choice but if you plan to practice in a skatepark area I would say the Yow might be the better choice. In regard to surfing - you can practice speed generation on any surfskate. And I would say that for more advanced maneuvers it would be far harder to learn the movements of the waist hands head and balance of snaps if I didn’t have Surfskate. When I surf I know exactly what I’m looking to do- it might not always work but at least I have the movement in mind and It brings a definite advantage to the process.
This is a wonderful topic and you are amazing. You gave me goosebumps. I was taking my kids to surf school, and one day my daughter asked me to try because she thought surfing wonderful . Instead of waiting for my children to finish their lessons I put on a wetsuit and jumped into the water ......... so I caught the surfing bug 😊 It opened the door for me to realize a dream from my childhood at the age of 63, skateboarding! At first I was afraid of falling and my friends scared me more ... Three weeks ago, I started surfskating and I'm having fun. I find this channel fantastic, thank you Yaël....
wow, you are wonderful, we feel like you are giving this to us from the bottom of your heart ❤️. For me as a beginner, decision made, I take a Carver even if it means changing in a few months. Thank you from the bottom of heart ❤️ ...
Agree that while learning is the best time to share and (self) coach. These are simple and straightforward videos without too much overwhelming. Thank you. On my 3rd session this week and used your “holding a box” technique- very helpful. Still very stiff, but realizing more and can feel a good 1-2 hard pumps.
Great. Make sure you check out the newer videos on generating speed and turns. Go over my surfskate foundations to help establish good habits. More advanced maneuvers - snaps, will come soon.
day 1 surfskate (literally yesterday) done and mind blown today...jump on the board, switch skate weight distribution, etc...makes sense though-I'm use to regular stance on downhill skateboard and almost ate it hard when i went heavy front foot (my custom longboard with Carver C-7 trucks). Every video you share is so simple and functional. Thank you so much for making beginner's learning fun and enjoyable.
Thank you very much you are the best. You are absolutely right in your introduction, surfing is a frustrating sport, sometimes we spend the session paddling. I started surfskating 15 days ago, and I already feel reassured thanks to your tutorials .
New to surfskate (will be trying my first time this weekend). Awesome basic & concise video that doesn’t drag on-thank you. Not a surfer, but noob downhill skateboarder that was suggested to try surfskate for better balance, carving and body awareness. I purchased Carver C-7s (2 sets) and have my own boards. Your video will be a great re-watch video many times. 🙏
@@ALLaBOARDvideos thank you. Applied your simple shoulder and arms - it was challenging and fun…and tiring 😆…also temp hot so didn’t want to push myself. Included your video in my you tube video that I’m editing now and will tag you in it.
Thanks for your comment. I’ll def take it into consideration- however this is one of my first videos - I purchased the SurfEars myself at full price and only after a while decided to do the review. It’s my way of giving informative and honest opinion. I still used them regularly and had zero communication with the company, at least for now :)
Thank you! So happy you found it helpful- yes I hit some major holdups on new videos- but I already filmed a few and will edit and release in the next several weeks. Some reviews and more tutorials for snaps. Stay tuned- it will come. In the meantime feel free to reach out with any questions!
hello, you are magical and dynamic. Please, I started surfing a year and a half ago and I want to start surfskating to improve. for my first karver skateboard, which is better to start with, the K7 with spring or the sx without spring? thank you and excuse my English, I am from Morocco and I add, I am 63 and a half years old
Hi @wadifmohamed , thank you so much - you are very sweet. If you are surfing, and feel somewhat confident on a surfskate, and you want a Carver board, I would go with the C7. Having both lateral and leaning movements, both of which you can adjust and surely the more "surfy" out of the two. However, consider that there are other surfskates brands out there; I'm actually currently on the Yow, which I find much surfier than the carver. However, that also comes with less stability for beginners. So, it depends on your comfort levels. If there are surfshops in your area that you can try them you will feel the difference immediately. They are both very common in most shops. Your English is great- I'm actually moving to Portugal, so we are going to be neighbors :) Super impressed- 63 young! woohoo!
@@ALLaBOARDvideos Thank you very much for your generous response. Finally I start with the Carver C7 when I am comfortable I will move on to the You. I give myself the means with a skate coach. Are you moving to Portugal permanently or just temporarily? It's nice to feel you nearby. I often spend summer holidays in Albufeira. best wishes .
@@wadifmohamed I do not like the word permanently, as I don't know what will happen haha :) but we are fully moving, the whole family, in 2.5 months. We will be near Ericeira. Albufeira looks beautiful!
Glad it was helpful! please make sure you check out the updated videos which are more accurate and with better demonstrations. Generate Speed: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IBoduWaMtds.html Turns: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dfHdY6SliKI.html As always, feel free to reach out with any questions 🤙🏼
I explore a huge amount of surfskate tutorials and finally I found it as the most useful and explained! Thanks a ton and kind regards from the Black Sea coastline, Batumi, Georgia!
amazing- thank you so much and I'm super happy to hear you found it helpful. Although there's a gap in video production, I have a few on the editting table now. More will come on snaps, cutbacks, and extra work on turns. In the meantime, feel free to send any questions my way!
Of course! Please check out the full set of tutorials with all the explanations you’ll need here: How To Snowboard - Set of Tutorials ru-vid.com/group/PL1JRO0puIlHeQWNXKQsm0YnupoU-dIt4A
Can you explain the difference between j and c turn better? I thought for j turns you stay on either your heel or toe edge the whole time while for c turn you change edges. So why do you start on your toe side for heel side j turns then? Why not on your heel side?
It’s easily confused- and to be honest it’s possible you’ll find a few answers out there. But to keep it simple think about drawing the letter on the snow. In J turns you start in either heel or toe side position. It doesn’t matter, but depending on that you’ll open or close your knee and shifting your weight to the front foot and start by going downhill. Then you initiate either the heel side or the toe side - get to that edge and stop, which will give you j turns - once to the heel and once to the toes. Your starting position doesn’t matter. You can start on your heel go downhill and turn to your heel edge and stop. That a heel side J turn. I started on my toes because if you do sequence of J turns to different side each time you’ll always start on one edge and then make the J turn to the other edge. Makes sense? In C turn the starting position matters and will determine which c your doing- heel to toe or toe to heel. So you start by traversing on one edge, (unlike J where you start by going downhill) then you shift your weight forward to go downhill and then open or close your knee to move to the new edge. So heel traverse- downhill- turn to toes. And then the opposite. (As if you want to write the letter C to both directions).
Finally learned how to do wide s turns. It sucks that you won’t be able to always see what’s ahead when you are on your toes edge . I almost smashed into a tree and fallen into a ditch
You always look ahead. Maybe for now you’re doing S turns and coming To a full stop on your toe edge. Bit as you feel more comfortable you will center your self a bit more. Meaning, your board won’t be completely on the toe edge but slightly diagonal pointing down hill so you can maintain speed and not slow down so much. Either way. Always look where you’re going. Again, unless you fully stop in toe edge
Sure; in fact I got one now😅 so I usually set up my board in a goofy riding orientation but when I ride I realize I comfortably ride down slope as a regular. So my question is does board orientation really matter?
@@macarioswilliam219 haha that happens - and again, better late than never. Believe it or not I just heard from 2 people that discovered that after years of riding, and only realized once they decided to learn riding switch. Anyway, if you feel your natural stance is regular that set up as regular. that will affect your bindings positions and location on the board. If your board is true twin (ie identical on both tips) then it doesn't matter, but if it's directional than it has a front and back which will mean your front foot, whichever it is, has to be on the front side of the board. As for the bindings, after a lot of research I found that you don't want your total binding angle to pass 27. So although many ride +15-15, it's considered somewhat bad for your knees. As you progress you will find different angles for different boards or different riding (all mountain, vs park etc). I ride +15-12 at the park, so close to perfect duck stance, and freestyle on mountain i ride +18-9. For carving i go posi-posi at +39+27 which is a completely different world. So you see, you need to know which is your front foot to you can adjust your bindings accordingly. I suggest, if you go regular, start with +15 front foot (so now that would be your left) and -12 for the back foot, and then try different things once you got your turns solid. I will mention that since you rode goofy until now, that's great!!! continue and practice your switch riding, in which you can do regardless if your angles are +15-12 or +18-9 or whatever. Phew, does that make sense?
Hi, great video’s. Thanks for sharing. You instruct to keep looking at the “wave” on a frontside kickturn until the turn is complete. Can you explain that a more? I was always thought to look where you’re going. Or is this only for carving? Thanks so much!! 🤟🏼
It's true that you look where you're going. But sometimes for the maneuver itself you want to look at the place you perform it, ie the wave in this case. Part of keeping your head back to the wave in this case is helping with the counter rotation- that's what's creating the snap; one side of the board is stopping while the other (the tail) is continuing. So your upper body is throwing your energy up, decompressing as you're leaning on your heel edge, and the board starts to turn. The head remains to help with the counter rotation. In addition, if you turn the head, you will not only get a small drift movement, but also you are more likely to fall over. Since all the energy of the board is turning, if you don't counter it you'll have too much of your body wait turning with it and you'll fall over. Think of the head as somewhat of a stabilizer in this case. in the backside, your back arm is the one doing that work by pulling back, while the front arm pointing to where you'll go next. Makes sense?
Hey- thanks for the comment. Unfortunately you are correct- these are the first videos I ever made so I didn’t know any better haha. Anyways use subtitles and keep volume lower will help with the music. Next season I will release a remake of these and I promise for better quality.
45-years-old now and am trying to learn. I find it difficult because I keep leaning back into my old skateboard habits when I used to do it in my youth. Hoping to get this down soon. lol
Compress and decompress. That’s a main thing that is crucial in surfskate. In many cases doing that also helps posture… also- check out some of the tutorials for beginners. Has some tips you might find helpful ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H1mAGqvLkkk.htmlsi=eqJcb-5bbbHb78LG
