I don't get how 16K people watched this video but only 500 liked. This guy had all this work putting up this research to facilitate our life and people only see the video without giving the thumbs-up!! Let's help the brother out everyone! Thanks 4 the video, man! Help me a lot!! Aloha!!
@@SurfskateLove i went to your website and its fantastic, i used it to find some board options. I have decided on Carver CX, there is two models i have decided on, i just can’t decide which one. What would you pick friend. 29.45 Length or 31.45 Length, would there be much difference in the feeling here?? Or just go with the board i like the look of better. Both are Carver CX Trucks
Hello Steve, this video really helped me in choosing a board. I chose a board with a 20-inch wheelbase because I'm going to ride a board mainly for cruising and land surfing. Thank you so much for helping me a lot. May God bless you and your family
This is one of the most high-quality youtube channels I have ever stumbled across. Your attention to detail is impressive and you do a great job at not seeming like a salesman. Love it!
This was extremely informative. We have 4 Carver's but I want to get a couple more surfskates and this video has guided me towards a Smoothstar and possibly a SwellTech. My wife and I love surfskating, surfing and stand up jet skiing. We're older but man can we hang! Just subbed...Looking forward to diving into your channel, Billy
Great informative video, without unnecessary glitter/music/effects. I really like your style and great work with summarizing all of this information! Your care and concern for what you advocate for are well felt and transferred to the audience. I want to see more channels like yours 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Definitely subscribing.
Love this channel. Interested in learning how to skate as a 32 year old and recently come across Surfskate, think it’s the perfect entry point without the added risks of trying tricks etc. thanks man!
hey Steve, well done, you do a fantastic job on your videos and reviews, keep it up, congratulations!!! Would you mind if I make a suggestion about your riding tho? There are two major things that you're not doing right when you're riding these boards on your videos.. and I really recommend you to keep an eye on them, your performance will increase tremendously. 1) Your back foot must be placed farther behind, as close to the tail as you can, and most importantly, KEEP your toes inside the board. Always keep the top of your feet inside the board, never out. That will give you massive control over your turns cause it will allow you to take advantage of your heels properly to compress your knee in and out. 2) Dissociated arm position! Instead of riding it 'in parallel, which means, front arm following the direction of the front leg.. you should do the opposite (your back arm must be pointing in the direction you go, and so should your head). That will force you to keep your shoulders going forward.. and that's a massive game-changer. I've been riding surfskates for many years and also tried all the options out there.. my favorite is the Swelltech Hybrid Camo, and I ride mostly bowls/half pipes and transition ramps with it to practice all the surf movements. All these tips came from my SurfSkate instructor and made me perform a million times better. Try them out :)
Hell yes, you can give me riding tips! I need all the tips I can get. I'm not following some of this, but I'm going to apply everything I can figure out. Thanks so much, man!
So to keep my toe inside the board, would that mean I would want to turn my foot at more of an angle, toes more forward than heel? Any chance you can show me a video of both the points you're talking about?
Thanks Steve! I love how you compare board brands to car brands. I'm a bimmer guy, and I must admit your opinion on Smooth star and YOW are pretty accurate!
Thanks, man! I really appreciate it. Had to figure out a way to make them understandable to people who haven't ridden them yet. Trying to give people what I wish I had when I started out.
Hello from France I'm 48 YO and after playing baseball during many years my shoulders convinced me to change sport. So I decided to take the leap one month ago. After have watched all your videos i focus my choice to a CARVER. He arrived a few days ago. (LOST ROCKET REDUX) So I'll trie to make your infininty loop challenge. Continue your great mission to to make the surfskate known by everyone. See you soon, CYRIL
I used to pump slalom boards for fun about ten years ago. As a middle aged man, be forewarned that this can wreak havoc on your knee cartilage. Don't go too hard and if you feel any pain, call it day and wait till you're fully recovered.
Good job , Steve. All the brands should take notice of your reviews. Excellent feedback for them! You show advantages and disadvantages in a very constructive way. Very helpful for everyone. Thank you, mate!
Super thorough video, good job. Use a wrench, not needle nose plyers, when you putting on trucks to look more pro and so you don't strip your hardware.
So there's actually a funny story behind that. I'll spare you the details. The bottom line is, I'm in a new apartment and I don't have my tools, which are packed away. So I was making do with what limited tools I have. 😂
Hi, thanks a lot for this video, recently I bought my first surf skate and I didn’t really enjoyed my riding, now I figure out my surf skate is mock) and this video help me a lot how to choose the real one)
Great video and so detailed! I really want to get my hands on Smoothstar but saw the SwellTech on pre-order sell and its turns out to be a really good value pick. Let's hope I can survive learning from it
@@SurfskateLove no. But I'd love to get into it. I was actually looking for a surf simulator before knowing about surfskates. I do come from a snowboarding background.
Many thanks, very very good videos you do. In the 80's, I've spent my youth ticktacking on a yellow Penny cruiser, then surfing at summer time, then snowboarding at winters. And 2 years ago, i've discovered surfskate. What a shock! Such a long long time... Exactly what I needed! Since last summer, i'm riding a YOW Pipe. Just amazing!!! Many thanks To SB3 in Labenne (Landes, France) who are the best professional people I've met in skate stuff 🙏😉
Just got my Padang Padang today and I came from a carver greenroom CX. I get what your saying that it’s really sharp in its turn radius which I find makes it hard to generate speed. The carver greenroom may feel tighter but I can get some great speed on it.
Really really informative videos I was searching for days to understand the differences and OMG what an amazing comparing and details thank you from Egypt ♥
I am brand new to skating and surfing. I am 4'11" do you have any suggestions for me? I turn 40 on April 6 and I wish I could learn to surf, but I do not live near a beach so this will be my happy medium. Should I start with a p Penny than move to a surfskate? THANKS for the help
Very helpful! Just want to ask, why avoiding blue Haze and Black beauty as first board? I have tried CX my frist but i surfe, and feel like Black Beauty would suit my style, but i am not sure now!
Hi Steve, I'm just looking for my first surf skate and you have helped me a lot here. I fell in love with the Malibu. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be available for sale at the moment. But I keep looking. Greetings from Germany.
enjoyed the vid really helpful, I brought a board mainly on price its a Two Bare Feet 'Floe' 32" 360 Surfskate based in the UK for £80 as a trial boardto see how I get on many thanks middle aged shredder
Hey steve. As of today, which is your favorite surfskate? Do you have a top 3 models you would recommend? I have tried on the website based on our needs the reommended surfskates but i would just like to have your own preferences.
Thanks for your videos very informative especially the one on the surf trucks! I have Bombora 59' long kahuna creations deck with waterborne surf trucks installed and it takes a lot of energy to pump on it but once you get this thing rolling it really feels like surfing!!! Would be interesting to see your insight on it!!! Thanks again and hope to see your video with bombora deck!!!!
hi steve, I am a beginner in surfskates, but wanted to buy a Carver. I am 5'10" and 75kg, what size/inches of board do you recommend for me? thanks and more power to you.
I am a beginner and I would recommend a carver with at least an 18 inch wheel base. It’s so much more stable and you can cruise for longer. I would go with the green room board ! Love it.
Yow has already added a 3D simulation of their boards (for at least 8 months - maybe as response to this clip?) to see the concave and shape. And they do have high concave boards in their stock at least for 5 years now (I own an old Yow Snappers). So that’s not the whole truth. But otherwise great work, you really love surfskating :)
Good video i already have a waterborne adapter it works well on my electric skateboard but not than wel on my cruiser or longboard so im looking for some surfskatetrucks and maybe a deck
Hey Steve, fellow Utahn here! Thanks for the videos! I'm in my late 40's and used to skate back in the 80's-90's. I've been wanting to get back on a board so I built an electric skateboard a couple years ago. It was fun, but potentially too dangerous and not for me. Lately I've been wanting just a regular longboard and stumbled across your Surfskate vids and am sold on the idea. I'm a fabricator/welder and tinkerer so I'm going to grab one of the Waterborne kits to mess around with. I'm in Central Utah, but love going down to St. George. The scenic paved trails in Ivins before Snow State park are my favorite and can't wait to get down there when I get a board and cruise! Are there any Surfskate groups/rides down there?
I’ve made up my mind ages ago and collected nearly all my parts but the Carver C7 truck I want has been out of stock since forever :( They don’t reply to questions about restocking either
Your videos are ridiculously helpful. It’s fun discovering passionate creators for niche hobbies like this. I feel like surf skate, mountain boarding and eskate should all get way more attention.
Hi Steve, incredible review! Thanks! Can you tell me if there are any wheel bites on Dark Pukas? My weight is 220 lbs and it bothers me a bit before buying. I would also like to know your opinion about whether the Meraki truck creaks. Thank you for what you're doing!
Hey Steve, thanks so much for all the insight and help. I’m also on the older end of the spectrum, i already surf skate a bit, but am looking to get into riding pools/bowls after watching your inspiring vids. Amazing where you got to from day 1 to day 30. Currently I just “borrow” my wife’s surf skate, a carver w/ a 15” wheelbase, but my stance is actually 18. So, looking to get a new board. Couple of questions, would you recommend a CX or C7 truck? Also, what are your thoughts on the tail for pool riding, in terms of kick, width, or shape? Thanks a lot and happy holidays!
Thank you so much for uploading this video! I've been wanting to skate for a long long time but kinda never had the courage to actually go for it. I've also been worried about buying a wrong skateboard because there aren't really any shops nearby where I could ask for help, so buying one online is the "best" option 😅 Now I've never been skating (except for trying it once or twice but you can't call that skating at all😂) but I am very interested in surfskates! I've been trying to do quite some research and I am very happy that I found your video!😊 Would you recommend the YOW PUKAS DARK 34.5'' to a complete beginner who's more interested in cruising than doing tricks, etc.? Because somewhere I've read that YOW is more suitable for experienced skaters. There are so many different opinions online, it is quite hard to know which one to choose.😅 Oh and I am somewhere between 6' and 6'1😂🙋🏼♀️ Greetings from Switzerland!🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭💜
Great video thank you. I have a swell tech ( got it when they were called Surfskate) and a carver Da Monsta. The swell tech is great for training way better than the carver but you can’t cruise at all. Rocks are even an issue for the swell tech. The carver is a great board you can pump and cruise but lacking in tight turns and it doesn’t feel like surfing not like the swell tech. So my question is I want something in the middle but I don’t want to make a $300 mistake! What do u think I just get
Hello Steve, from the vasc country, spain. I like smoothstar, i,m 187cm tall, like you. In this video you tell us that manta ray IS the BEST option for you, but in other videos we can see you riding Toledo 77. Please, tell me why. The manta ray is slightly cheaper than the toledo....¿?
Not sure what you're looking at, but I've never ridden the Toledo 77 in any videos. However, I did ride a friends' once and I actually prefer that over the Manta Ray. But you have to have no more than an 18" wide stance to ride the Toledo.
Hi Steve, let me thank you for the amazing work you do in your channel, I really appreciate! One question, I’m a 6’6” guy, i skated so much when I was younger, i practiced a lot of snowboard, so I’m comfortable on the deck..I measured my stance and it’s near 19”, do you think a 17-18” wheelbase is too narrow for me? I would go with Yow, and I noticed that 17-18” is the more common wb. Thank you!
@@SurfskateLove i started surfskate at standard 40-ish cm wheelbase. After a year, during covid i bought a 101cm deck and drill a dozen set of holes to test the wheelbase, now around 60-ish cm is the best for me.
@@SurfskateLove your review is good for us to save money on buying useless thing. I have been wanting to buy swelltech , but heard that spring broken quite often. Thus hesitation.
Great video with alot of information ! Im getting Carver Reisn for pump tracks but my friend wants something longer for the same usage . Do you think Yow (Kontiki maybe?) will suit for that reason ?
Your valuable advice is highly appreciated. What's your recommendation for a beginner. I have access to purchase below 2 adapters, depending on the budget and place i live. 1. Yow V4 with S4 springs, which is recommended for
Question- Why don't you buy your decks and trucks separate? I'm looking to get my first surfkskate soon. Being new to skating myself at 54, I started skating at the skatepark with my son two years ago. I'm full on hooked now and I'm comfortable carving bowls FS & BS on bigger 9.5-10.5 decks and 215 trucks and hard wheels. I really just want something for the driveway, street and parking lots without the full skate park experience. I'm just planning on finding the right trucks and slapping them on one of my decks I'm already super comfortable on. I have it narrowed down to Yow or Smoothstar. I've surfed, windsurfed and SUP'd for years but I'm not looking to do blow tails skating, just carving and pumping. Which trucks would you recommend?
You can certainly do that if you have the knowledge, but if you've never tried surfskates before, it's very difficult to put together your own set-up that you love. And for what you're describing, I would probably recommend the Waterborne surf adapter for you to start with.
Hi Steve - thank you for this resource. I am like you, a cruiser at heart (20 yr snowboarder, recently with hardboots, so carving is the thing that drew me to surfskate). Steering towards YOW (which I can get in Switzerland). Just had a question on width. I have size 12 Euro feet (mondo 29.5 ish). Is it better getting the Teahupoo (34" long, 19" WB, 10" wide) or something like an Arika (33" long, I think 19.5" WB?, 10.5" wide)? I would be a complete surfskate beginner, but I did test drive in the shop a Carver (not sure which, but it was short) and a YOW Teahupoo, and the YOW was way easier to initiate, and had more "lean travel" (not sure of the technical term). I wasn't fast, but I did get moving ok, and once I work out the limits of lean, I feel I will get a good rhythm. I am 5'10" and about 85kg (but aiming to be less in non-pandemic times). Just curious how foot length affects things... Generally, I do worry about how this would work with cruising (it's very twitchy on the front, and I can't imagine a skatepark at all to be honest). Having said that, I live on the side of a steep hill, so cruising is limited. But quite happy to burn energy at the local school playground practicing carving for winter... :-)
i realised something very different in the surfskate market compared to the skateboard/ longboard market.... surfskate is usually a complete system (deck, truck ,wheels) its not easy to find different components to do a custom
Not only is it hard to find, but even if you can find the parts, it's hard to set up something that works well unless you've experienced a lot of good complete set-ups.
@@SurfskateLove well thanks to you, I went full bore into this sport, got to know about soulboardiy, and got myself a pristine 2nd hand carbonyx meda with yow S5 trucks ....AND a smoothstar Filipe Toledo #77.
Hi man I like your videos! I'm a snowboarder and would like too get in surfskate to keep my snowboerding intact and warmed up.. is this(surfskate) something you recommend also to snowboarders and surfers alike? Looking too grab a 77 smoothstar or something smaller I'm 73kg 175cm wide kinda guy.. Have a good one(:
Beginner question here. I know the front truck/turn on these is usually very loose and snappy. My question is about the rear. In the Slalom and LDP worlds, skaters use low-angle trucks zero-25 degrees. Helps with powering forward. Surfskates appear to generally use 45-50-ish degree trucks. Much more turn from the rear - correct? Probably helps with "snap" moves. So...should the higher angle truck have soft bushings for a more responsive rear, or harder bushings for a more solid rear? I've tried a waterborne adapter rear once and it seemed to collapse super quick and was verrry tippy overall. Does the rear vary by beginner (more solid) and advanced (more tippy)? Thanks for your help.
My reasoning on that is that all of those models are flat cruising decks. Other decks give you more versatility. And when you’re choosing your first one, I think it’s better to have more options because you don’t know how your skating will evolve. For example, if you get the Glass Off and then start getting into snaps and slides, you’ll wish you had a deck with more concave.
Hey Steve, which YOW do you use? Can you tell me your height and weight? Maybe it would help me a little bit to find the right board for me. Best regards Steffen Edit: Ok YOW Malibu for long distance :)
@@SurfskateLove Hey, wow thanks for the fast answer 😊 I don't have a Skateboard or Longboard. I am a beginner and the Surfskate will be my fist Board. My weight is 84 kg and i am 1,84 tall. I would prefer the Smoothstar, but they are out of stock in Europe. So I think the YOW could be a good alternative for me. Btw: I really love your videos! 😊👍🏽 Edit: I saw your Slide Review. Maybe this could be the best choice for me?
I don't know Globe or Impala, and I only know Miller from pictures, so I know that it's a CX knock-off. So I can't speak to Miller specifically, but I can say that I've tried several CX knock-offs and none of them are as good as the original. But they do work.
@@SurfskateLove Thanks for your reply.And what would your best option be for surf skating and cruising regarding yow boards such as Teahupoo, Padang Padang, Cristenson Lane and Pyzel Ghost? I am 1,86 cm and 77 kg
Hi and thank you for the very useful video. So I think I chunked down my choice but still have some doubts. I'm a total beginner, 190 cm tall. My finalists are: Carver 36.5" 777 C7 Carver 33.75" Greenroom C7 Smoothstar Manta Ray 35.5" YOW x Pukas Dark 34.5" YOW Byron Bay 38″ All kinda out of budget but I'll worry about that once I know how big is my problem :) What's the difference in feeling between meraki S5 and Carver C7? And then I wanted to ask you what you think of globe Surfskate? Thanks a lot for everything!!
What carver would you recommend I am 6 foot two as well. Do you have a dealer that I could buy from in the United States I’m having a hard time finding these.
