Woah, are you okay? Get well soon! I fractured my thumb once, from landing on it when bailing. Took a few months until full recovery. Had to wear a cast for the first few weeks. Take care and get well soon.
Thanks. Not my idea. @downhill254 showed it and pro @adrienpaynel has a good you tube of Venom one. I will be installing more (Venom) and may make short vid. Good luck.
Honestly, I think you're better than me at slides at speed now. I don't think I've ever skated above 25 mph in my whole 13 years of longboarding, so I can't really say how I will fare at those speeds. Keep up the good work though. I love watching your videos.
Awesome and thanks. just being present and repetition. Still nervous each first go of Coleman, but good or bad - it psyches me up. A good wipeout even motivates me more. 😆
I'm trying to build a methodology for skate lessons. So knowing what was the most helpful for you is very interesting for me. Thank you again and have fun skateboarding down hills!
Nice of you volunteering time to help others-which is most important and thanks. You should check out @downhill254 vids and site; he goes to incredible detail to include outlines, etc. I just started re-watching his videos and they make a lot more sense now since I have a little more experience. There are a lot of concepts that are hard to grasp-that seem simple for more experienced downhill skaters, but they didn’t start making sense until I increased practice sessions.
All good and heck yeah. Good luck. If you send me a video via WhatsApp-I’ll include you in an upcoming video (Jon Krause and pic is of me with bouldering pads). What’s app keeps integrity of video - regardless android/iphone - as far as I know.
@@cantskate5535WhatsApp definitely compresses video quality, even when selecting the HD option it’s only 720p. As far as I know telegram doesn’t compress videos or images
You finally did it, it's so cool! I've been downhill for 7 years now (I'm 42, bro), and it's been about a year and a half since I changed my stance from regular to goofy due to a ruptured ankle ligament, and I'm barely catching up to where I was before the injury. Always be careful of injuries. As you get older, you will likely be taking more medications, so be aware of the precautions before getting on the board. The reason I got hurt was because I had an allergic skin reaction in the middle of summer and the antihistamine I took caused a blackout during the toeside check. It's scary to even think about it if I didn't have a helmet. Anyway, seeing you happy makes me feel the same way I did when I first succeeded in coleman and heelside stand-up 180. Cheers to your future downhill journey.👍
Thanks. Whoa-that is some crazy allergic skin reaction? Would never have thought of that. Sucks you got hurt, but glad you’re getting back to where you were. Now you got me more scared on toe sides - 😳 - nah, just kidding…but when I do start, I’ll be wearing full helmet and chest/back protector. I’m more of a homeopathic person, and minimize any meds, however currently on inhaler/albuterol for asthma/lung scarring from desert shield/storm when I was 21 - exposed to vaporized benzene/petroleum from burning oil wells in Kuwait. Any additional info/suggestions getting started, your recovery steps back into toe side, etc. would be welcome. Thanks for an informative comment and watching. 🙇🏻♂️
@@cantskate5535 This happened once before and I ended up writing it again to see if there was an error in RU-vid's comment system. After getting injured, I only rehabilitated by stretching and walking for about two months and started running little by little. After that, I really wanted to ride a board, so I bought an LDP board and did long-distance pushing. When the third month came, I carefully headed up the hill again, and of course changed my stance from regular to goofy. From then on, I proceeded step by step in the same way as when I first learned sliding. It was frustrating because my body didn't follow what I knew in my head, but I was so happy just to be able to ride a board again, so I was able to recover to this point now. I finally switched to the shorter, smaller board I was looking forward to a while ago (I bought it 2 years ago when I got injured and had to start over from scratch, so I couldn't ride it and just drooled) and I'm feeling great. The next step is toeside glove down, right? I'll leave a few links to some relatively recently uploaded tutorial videos that I thought were pretty well made. You may have already seen it, but I hope it helps you grow (please keep in mind that the second one is a goofy stance). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FGxXMSpYeOA.htmlsi=XO5AjbwYcF0ordwC ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ox52KaxsCio.htmlsi=89dcDy8wBarlB_Rl
Yay! Congrats man! I find that when I am trying to go faster relaxing and releasing the tension is really important. Feeling the feed back from the wheels and not forcing the slide keeps you below 90 degrees. You should try to do some low degree speed checks next.
Thank you. Truthfully, i don’t know how to feel when the wheels will break, but definitely understand not forcing a move/slide. I’ve seen speed checks, but, again, have no basis of how to do it. Any input or method would be awesome. 🤘
Awesome. Stoked for you. I am always down for a whiteboard session. I appreciate you sharing your understanding as you build on it. This community is awesome. If it wasn't for RU-vid I would be skating by myself and talking to myself, well more than normal 😂.
Thank you. Eager to share anything from noob standpoint and agree this community is awesome. Haha…yeah, cool how the right YT community brings out the best in us. Really enjoying YT more now than ever.
Good progress. The speed is a big factor. Very soon its time to learn toe side glove down slide. I like to grab rail for this,some people prefer not too. Good luck learning toeside!! Its more scary. But one tip i can't stress enough to you for toeside,is you MUST look in the direction you want to go,so look down the hill or towards the apex of a corner if your learning it around a corner... If you don't look down the hill,you will likely high side onto your back hard! 😩
Thank you and much appreciated. Looking downhill is definitely going to be challenging, but if I wipe out-I have all my gear-may wear full helmet and chest/back protector just in case.
Nice new gear! Seismic has a 30 degree baseplate option too. It's nice to be able to have a low angle rear truck without needing to mod anything (baseplate-swap or dewedging). The 30 degree baseplate even comes with harder bushings to help compensate for the higher leverage due to the lower angle. I have tried these Aeons in their 180mm original version (quite a few years ago already). They were a friend's, and he had it as a 45/30 setup. The short version of my verdict is, I don't really like them. The long version is, they didn't allow me to lean enough for my style of riding. However, those ones I tried were on the original formula of bushings. I believe they are not as good as the current version of bushings, which are Defcon formula bushings (a very good bushing formula - arguably one of the best for downhill). They may perform better with the new bushings, I don't know. I'll wait for your review of them. If you do end up liking them a lot, you can purchase 2 additional 30-degree ones, which will allow you to set up 2 boards as 45/30. The only drawback of Aeons is their use of proprietary bushings, which, now that they are made from Defcon, it isn't too bad anymore.
Thanks for your detail as always. I ordered some 30 degree ones, too. Trying to see how symmetrical set up will work before split truck. I did put 95a in rear. Will be testing early morning tomorrow on the new Owen Fox board with Blood Orange 65mm 82a Liam Morgan pro series.
Congrats! i know the feeling. I did a toe side stand up the other day (for the first time) without effort. It just kinda flows out after tons of practice. Again! great job. By the way I’m 57. Got you by two years 😂
Thanks, and likewise congrats on toe side. 🤘 If you have any pointers-i’d appreciate it-it’s on my to do list. Plus 2 years is cool. 😆 Age is just number.
I’m still a beginner and say yes. It helped me to place my front foot properly just over the trucks. Plus, it provides a sense of control when you have to make transitions from standing to crouching and back up. I still have poor foot position awareness and the Riptide slab stop keeps me aware; many styles, but the slab works for me because it’s adjustable height and has greased washers to move with positions. Good luck. 👍
@@lightsinthenightssky7373 Thanks for commenting….for experienced and people that know - yes, but for people that don’t know (maybe not). I know I was one of them and couldn’t make sense of all the terms in the beginning. Plus for the title, it helps to show basic purpose of video.
1:34 and 2:24 Those ones are already complete pendies. You can definitely practice hooking up and riding away with ones that are similar to those for sure. Great work! And the amount of control and confidence you have while riding this hill comfortably is proof of your progress.
Wicked cool and thanks. Feeling really confident in stand up. Cool on pendies, but not sure how to hook up and continue? I feel off balance - to continue-too back from board and might be because of back knee/foot?
@@cantskate5535 You do have room for improvement with your stance, which can help improve midslide balance (helps when hooking back up). However, you can also definitely learn to ride away in your current stance as well. So, perhaps, you can definitely do both together (adjust your stance and also practice hooking up and riding away). To practice hooking back up, shift weight onto the rear foot midslide (which is now in front) just before the slide finishes, and it'll help swing the board around faster, and this quicker returning swing will help add momentum to the body for standing back up (try hooking up before the deck swings back to be parallel with the road, so you're gonna be hooking up and turning left a bit). As for your stance, locking your core to keep your glovedown hand closer to the front-left wheel and inline with the front axle can help a lot. Additionally, slanting your torque block can also help get that rear knee down.
Thanks. Something that no one really talks about is what is a good hill? At least for noobs-new to dh. Stoked to have found it. Looking forward to getting my buddy on it, too.
@@cantskate5535 Yeah, it's awesome to learn slides on a straight, wide hill with good pavement and a medium slope grade. Bonus points if there's little traffic.
looking good. A bit of advice that really helped me is, while working from home ( i have for a long time) at my standup office desk, I stay in tuck while working almost 6 of the 8 hours per day. It solidified my muscle memory & that is no small thing when over 40 . I also do squats and pistol squats on a bosu ball in between working on my setup, lol. It sounds like I am being sarcastic tho I am not. Keep at it, the information will come if you seek out other DH skaters to make runs with. I tried to start learning with a torque block on my DH setup but , honestly, I found that hitting events with it not having any features added except a footstop really fed me what I needed as far a board shaping contour features. When I tried before I understood the whole premise of gripping a hill at 40mph and maintaining tuck as long as possible thruout, looking back i feel the torque block was too much/too soon and got in my way. That is the best I can explain it. But, after a few seasons of progression & learning the hard way , I by that time then knew why and where I needed a torque block (and even a small front toe piece of TB) . My point is, I think me trying to use these prior to actually getting the board to boogie ( getting more solid fundamentals down) was contradictory to my learning . I finally added a TB to my setup this season when I got a custom Zenit that was almost just a flat topmount. Having my stance and foot/weight/real-estate management figured out better fromk a couple of years of running with a crew has permitted me the use of the TB . I do not know that what I am trying to say is beingtranslated to this comment well but I tried. DH setups are one of the most subjective personal things I have ever dealt with. I heard you guys saying in previous comments about how being new to DH reveals a dearth of useful ,detailed , in depth info that lends you a hand with " The Setup " you must have but I think it is because everyone goes thru where you are and you more or less will find what you need versus what you think you will benefit from at the beginning of your endeavor into DH. Said another way, i think you will come to understand the hardware you need after you come to be capable of getting on anything & exhibiting sound skating . This is so imperitive in all skating but especially DH where you are running very fast , often open road with traffic and all while railing on the edge can get to be enough as a new DH skater. At burly-man, aero helmet speeds, you wanna make darn certain that the way you have things configured is going to lend a hand towards stability & keeping you alive. It is no joke. What happens if you don't build like this is you'll find yourself booling on some run and realize you're over your head and sh*t's not working like the IG post said = if you make it thru the experience, it winds-up revealing your real skill limitations so , get on whatever you have & know it like you know your pillow ; that is what is going to permit you to continue growing skills which is what counts as you start out. It is wise to not believe the constant product hype always. What we are trying to achieve is crazy difficult but - at its essence , kind of "simply" boils down to the management of Speed and Timing . Handle your Speed vs Timing and then manage them both -combined - well & you'll experience your progress almost falling into place , nearly as easily as that Torqueblock velcroed to your board. ( * a tip on what helped me pocket my Colemans was finally getting my back knee to stay tucked tight into my front calf and be prone lying on the board instead of having my back foot's sole still contacting the grip; lay it flat so side of back inner shoe arch is flat against deck top ; this drives all your weight further forward, and that is a good thing ; Do not try to reply with ,' I tried and that position is hard for me to get into ' ....I am over 50 ; get that yoga goin if you cant get your limbs tucked effectively or none of this other stuff will matter. 😉) - has good shreds🤙🏻
So grateful for all the great pieces of information and really appreciate your time. Simple “speed and timing” makes so much sense and really liked the aspects of muscle memory, foot/weight mgt, etc. - holy cow that is wicked awesome - for me to visualize and basic understanding. Barely getting muscle memory of Coleman, but definitely need to practice tuck because I’m so unstable and nervous-hence a lot of the time my back knee/leg hangs out. Subjective rider preferences makes sense, and truthfully I’m just testing various boards, trucks, etc on my own (without influence of marketing, etc). Thank you, again, so much for the details and will be back for more to re-read. 🙇🏻♂️🤘
Ahhh, I just realized, if you positioned your footstop & torque block the right way for regular stance, it won't work for goofy stance. Your friend may have issues using the board that you've specifically set up for regular stance.
I remember years ago when learning to snowboard, an old hand said - remember that speed is your friend, but too much speed is like having a really drunk friend at a party; it can all go sideways very quickly! Keep up the good work!
That’s a great comparison and thank you. Yes, unfortunately went too fast without control, but glad I slowed it down to learn the necessary skills…and now slowly speeding up. And thank you for the encouragement. 🙇🏻♂️🤘
@@KaikoSean yes-thanks. Still a little nervous my first one(each session), but after that-just repetition. Really focusing on aiming my precarve and working on bringing hips closer to centerline of board, bending back right knee/tuck more, but it’ll happen in time.
You need to go at least twice that speed to succeed in bringing the board back around to continue skating down hill. You pretty much have the technic sorted. The speed will complete the missing piece.
Well, here you go. First comment five minutes after posting. Good job. 57 here. Been knocking of some cobwebs around my neighborhood in NH. Moved back here from Morro Bay, CA last year.
Wicked cool and great you’re still active at 57. 🤘How are hills in NH compared to CA? I went to college in RI, summer home in ME growing up in south NJ.
My neighborhood is perfect for what I’m trying to accomplish - which is fun fitness and keeping my skate game going. California hits are different animal. I met Cliff Coleman several times out there. A friend of mine in California is pretty friendly with a bunch of old skate dogs.
@@UltimateHomer always an element of fun & fitness is key. Whoa-you met Cliff multiple times? Wicked rad. What an icon and hall of fame inductee. Crazy he was still competing in his 70’s. 🤯
Cool device thanks. May try it out. I wear jeans now all the time instead of light climbing pants. Plus, at that time (almost over 1 year ago), I didn’t know how to stop. 🤦♂️😆
a tip that helped me a lot is to look where you want to go during the slide: so if you look downwards, the board is going to come back to its original position facing the slope at the end of the slide. keep on!
Oh, you were on a symmetrical setup? Wow, you were so stable I didn't realize you were on a symmetrical setup until you showed your setup pic at the end (your angles were 44/44). No wonder you appeared to have some very slight micro-wobbles when getting down to prepare to slide (like at 1:15).
Yes, symmetrical, but felt surprisingly in more control than I expected. Board is super light and sensitive, which with more practice I could get use to.
@@cantskate5535 hell yeah I'm 43 and been skating my whole life transition 2 Downhill skating 10 years ago but it's hard 2 keep control when u hit a reflector they suck
@@user-bc6hy6wz8j wicked rad that you’ve been skating that long and even more cool for 10 in dh. I’m a noob so please feel free to share any pointers, if you don’t mind-eager to learn. 🤘
I am very interested in all the personalized modifications downhill riders make to their setups. It is interesting. I have gotten a few things from Owen Campbell like under the grip molds to try. I need to spend the 4th of July weekend on the downhill board.
Good luck on getting on your dh board. I saw your last set up video which was cool. Had to google Owen Campbell, so thanks for additional resource for dh. I think there is a huge information gap from pros/experts, but not sure why? I’ve had privilege to connect with some really non-pro, but would say a few experts in dh and with pro Adrien Paynel-whom I met in San Diego prior to his going to Europe to race. In the end, I think it’s going to be what feels best for each person? Idk-I’m too new to know any better, and still clueless. Just trying anything, practicing and having fun.
@@cantskate5535 exactly, that was I was trying to say in my one video on learning slides. There are professional downhill channels but very few beginner channels and a handful of intermediate channels. Owen Campbell and Downhill254 explain things the best. They helped me set my board up. You are right it is up to the individual. However, the setups are very different from my other skateboards, I needed their help to get a start point. I have a video from Ashville I need to edit. What I learned up there was that I set my board up between a freeride and a downhill board. So I am adjusting that board to be downhill and I am setting up another to be crazy hybrid freeride board.
@@AdventuresInSkateboarding Downhill254 was the one that helped me the most to set up downhill, too. 🤘 Truthfully, not interested in free ride - for now, but enjoying knowledge bases of all skating methods. Look forward to your video. 👍
@@cantskate5535 honestly, I am not sure I will ever edit the Ashville video. It was an amazing trip and I learned a lot. However, not sure it would translate well to video. Downhill is definitely challenging with a tripod. I need to make a downhill homie.
