How did the Pros get so good? How can I copy them? These are the questions I'm trying to answer for myself as I try to become the best skateboarder I possibly can be. Gear, fitness, training strategies.
I think a big part of the sound changing is with that back foot position you actually spend less time with your weight on the board when it pops. Notice how Tyshawn's back foot is completely extended, so he's flexing his foot downward very hard for the last part of the pop before contact with the ground. Takes some strong calf muscles. I only focused on that part before finding this video and it helped me heaps.
I keep the front one at king pin high, and the back one half turn tighter, i need the wheel bite for several things, crooks, and hold my position on a ramp/hill, pivot on one wheel to chage direction, etc
Dude it’s not the ground bro … it’s really all in the back foot … your front foot barely flicks … your back foot does all the work pop and scoop .. I got them dialed and I haven’t skated in a while now but kick flip and tre never went away .. and they still look good lol
The higher you can jump that’s about as high as you can Ollie … once you have your Ollie technique down working on your leg strength and being flexible will help give you more pop … core legs and flexibility and you’ll have a higher Ollie .. style not included lol
Why didn't he run something blunt around the edge so the board outline traced into the tape.. I hate to reference braille now days but literally every grip tape video.. ALSO I have that board up on another tab looking to get one coz my old board is 10 yrs old and beyond saving at this point.. I ride casually so assume something like this will last many years to go .. unless it's that good I can suddenly land a kickflip consistently ahahaha (dreaming) Love the shape though so cool so unique so Andy
I’ve never heard of anyone complain about over waxing anything. If anything there never enough wax on 99.9% of any ledge if ever skater in my thirty years of skating.
The clip of you using your finger to show the area where the flick is done is way too high, bring that down about an inch because he's sliding his foot to the spot right after the nose starts inclining, which is the pocket for fast easy kickflips.
You don't need to invent that tool there are plenty of lower powered screwdrivers that are electric with attatchments. They already exist. A better idea is to throw a small toolbox in your car with skate tools, as one tool that does multiple things is never as good as a tool meant for 1 job. If you work on cars or do anything with your hands around the house you would learn this.
bones reds are the standard price point bearing, perfectly adequate. i got some bronson g3s on sale for bones reds prices, i liked them so much i got 3 more sets while they were still on sale. i can't speak to their longevity, but man they're smooth. especially with the x97s. i also like the quieter roll.
"Lost more time trying to just rush in." So relatable. Learning noseslides recently and had so much progress one day, came back, did a lil warmup and tried to go right into FS noseslides. Set me back so far cuz then my BS ones suffered too
Great insights into this geat trick. To me the hardest part is getting back foot back on the board. I jump straight up, straight shoulders, got entire board rotation under control. Yet I only land it with the front foot, while the back foot is already on the ground, slightly behind the tail. What do I do wrong? Should I somehow try to distribute my weight from back foot to my front foot to fix this?
The problem is the jump and movement of the back foot so it stays over the board. It’s very hard to jump with the same foot that fracture of a second earlier performed powerful scoop. Tuck the knee after the scoop? Forget it. This is what mainly makes this trick so dificult. Yet no tutorial talks about this part, everybody focus on the scoop instead, part that you can learn within a day if you’re talented/lucky, or a week at most if you are average skilled skater.
