Clean!!! Touching the obstacle and realizing you didn't die is always the first step. Jumping on and bailing is the second. Learning safe consistent bails is the third, then finally you get the muscle memory and control to make the trick. Progress is a beautiful thing.
This is so great! Unless you're there in person, most people have never seen someone work up to a trick. The whole process of taking small steps to overcome fear and then committing. Textbook.
Well that's a big part of skateboarding, to conquer your fears. I'm stoked you made it. Handrails are so much fun but terrifying at the same time. Greetings from Germany!
@@steve00alt70 glad to hear it my dude, keep at it, it's easy to get discouraged but so worth it im in pain now but im so glad I skated til I heel flipped yesterday
Who did not cheer when you finally landed that?? I gotta give you some props here for doing a skate video where a central theme is facing fear. Seeing your determination in facing you fears here was pretty damn impressive I gotta say. I’m 46 and started skating in the late 80’s. These days I just cruise and roll down the shitty alleys of east Van rolling over glass and rocks on my 55mm 86a Acid Pods. I was not born with much athletic talent and I was born to cautious by nature...and I’m also 6 foot 1 and 190lbs...not really ideal factors for skating but I love it anyways. Despite the challenge of the activity, I was out there facing fears...talent, style and skill was always subpar BUT I was still out there facing fear. And overcoming fear builds confidence that is transferable to other areas in life. Skateboarding is fun, and overcoming fear is super fun! Great channel man...I actually really enjoy the discussionS of the finer details of decks/wheels/trucks etc...I’ve been building “old timer” low vibration setups as a hobby while I’ve been introducing my sons to skating. My favourite setup for cruising is a modern 8.3 version of a Blockhead Hard Times deck. I ride hollow indys with medium bones bushing and the riptide pivot cups. I use the thin Dooks shock pads as risers...they get really flattened so they done really really rise the trucks much. The riptide cup makes the trucks mostly silent but I’ve also waxed areas of constant for pretty much guaranteed silence. For wheels the setup has Oj Mini Super Juice, 55mm 78a...Bronson G3 beatings in there...to be low, smooth and somewhat all terrain but have the deck look like a typical street deck is so cool to me. To have something close to this in the late 80’s would be a very ugly setup...I can’t think of any ways to make the above setup I’ve described above any smoother or quieter...open to input! I’m old and kinda broken but I am grateful that I can still enjoy the basic “roll for the soul” as I call it. Peace!
Man, I'm one of those guys that gets really sketched out about stuff like that big strip of tar at the landing. If I'm rolling up to a box and there's a leaf blowing around 8 feet to my side I'll fixate on it like "what the hell is that leaf doing...you stay away leaf". That tar strip would dominate my mind.
Man I love the handrail battle, that moment you slide the whole rail, but don’t land it yet is the best. It’s like savouring the moment before you conquer the handrail. Great job Ben, I’m 32 and I know handrails get scary as you get older. Ballllls buddy. Balllllss. 🎉❤. Thanks for all the videos over the years. Very informative accurate information always.
Ben you're definitely one of my favorite skater. You're always pushing your limits, your skating is smooth, clean and classy and you're one of the skater who inspire me the most. Keep shredding man !
At 31 I've been getting back into skating and the hardest part is the falls from all of the handrails at skateparks. I'll eventually land the trick on the rail, but my palms and wrists take an absolute beating!!! Great video, be safe!
It was a funny coincidence to see you post this today- I just slid a (park) handrail this morning for the very first time. I’m in late 30s too and never had it in me to try it before; it was always such a huge mental hurdle. I had a pretty similar experience working up to it as your video so it was fun to watch. Stoked I got it and stoked you got it back, Ben!
It’s so awesome to see how excited you look when you cut to the wide shot. Seeing you run up the stairs for 3 consecutive makes is such a contrast from the beginning.
As a guy who just started skating again after like 9 years, this is dope to see. I was never that good but I’m already better than I used to be, just learned tre flips and rock to fakies yesterday!! It’s all about that commitment baby!!
Ben as a 41 year old I totally understand the fear of a trick that used to be on lock. as we get older the knowledge that we won't recover as fast or at all looms over us. I ate it big on some stairs in my late 20s and jacked my ankle so bad I lost switch for a few years now stairs terrify me. Anyway great vid, it's uplifting to see someone around my age shred and it got me pumped to get a new complete and jump back on after a 4 year break.
You are a badass! Please don't feel embarrassed to share the outtakes. One of the many things I love about your videos is how honest and down to earth you are. I'm hella stoked for you, and though I've never done hand rails, this does make me want to push myself in other areas where I feel afraid to commit. After watching many of your videos, I noticed that we are the same age and share a similar timeline with skating, although I gave up skateboarding completely in 2004 when I became a full blown alcoholic/addict for 15 years. I'm back though and I find your videos incredibly motivating and inspiring. You are one of the good ones. Thanks for sharing and keep ripping! 🙌🤙
Dude... I'm pushing 40 myself and I would would give almost anything to even consider doing that rail. Consider yourself fortunate to be in the position to actually try it. Really happy for you. Much respect!
Nicely done Ben! Right when you said the word commit, I got a flashback of the Santa Cruz Ads I would see in the 00’s that said “Committed”. I think they had grip tape that had the word on it. Anyone else remember that?
Ive developed a fear for the coping on transition, after i hung up majorly and broke my collarbone this spring. I can relate to the video! Grats on conquering your fear!
I know I am pretty late, but seeing the process of you landing this slide on that rail was amazing! I could relate when I tried my first rock slide on a flatbar (just learned them a few days ago). Anyways, you are a big inspiration for me Ben! Cheers, from Brazil!
In my experience. Conquering your fear of full commitment in skateboarding helps so much in your adult life. I've learned that it's completely fine to fail a few times; or literally just test the waters a little more each time before fully commiting to something. Whatever that may be.
Hell yeah man, I'm stoked for you. So much of the time it's nothing but a mental barrier stopping us from doing the tricks (or general life things) we're scared of, and I think it's always rad to see people break through that barrier.
Proud of you, bro. You nailed it! At 48, back skating for a few months, doing powerslides, revert slides, slappie grinds and manuals...I'm really wanting to get ollies back...and also 180 no complies. I just can't commit to them. So I'm doing ollies to axle stall (frontside) to build confidence and control and get that "ollie feel" back. It's been easily a decade since I did an ollie...maybe 28 years since I did them frequently and with meaningful control (able to ollie into board slides, lip slides, hurricanes and 50-50s). For the no-complies...they're right there but for the landing. Just have to commit to it. I'm tentatively trying frontside 180 shove-its too...so sad. Such an easy trick and I'm a chicken shizzle. An all padded (and helmeted) out chicken shizzle. But about a month ago, I was scared to try backside 180 revert slides. Now I do them all the time. You have to know when to hold back and build confidence...and when to go for it...especially when you're older and haven't done stuff in awhile. But when you get to that no excuses place...it's time to start going for it. P.S. Recorded my first clip! This is my current distance record for manuals: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4dYJt1uq5JQ.html.
You got it Ben bro it's such a mind game! I dislocated my cheek bone from my skull when I slipped out 5050 a hand rail! Hand no feeling in one side of my face for a better part of a year! Great job rad content! Stoked man! 🤙🤙🤙
@@thomasbuchanan3559 it was lol had to go see a cosmetic surgeon i was always drooling out of one side of my mouth for around 6 months! Head trauma! Rails give me the shivers lol
kingofthedeepsea yea fuck I got bodied on a low down rail recently and it now has me shook on rails i would normally do casually it can really change the mind set
Hours of work goes into the first attempt at 6:48 and building up the intestinal fortitude at 7:10, I think that's something all skaters can relate to.
I loved watching this because this is exactly what I do every time I go out to skate and try to land a kick flip. I’m determined to land one next time I go out now.
7:53 Ben running up and down like a little child. It is good to see you being genuinely happy. I want to see more of that in your videos. After all, that’s what skating is all about, having fun and being happy, right?
Seeing someone overcome their fear is probably the radest thing! It's the true essence of what we do as skateboarders. Personal growth and understanding that follows
Watching your persistence on something that frightens you has inspired me to try to quash my fakie demons tomorrow. Glad to see it's not just us novices that struggle. Thanks Ben you're the best!!! 🔥🛹💯
I physically clapped and smiled ear to ear on that make. Damn what a good feeling and relatable to watch the struggle. Thanks for the content Ben! Keep on Keepin' on!
Good effort with the head game mate! You ended up doing it easily. I think I can safely say, at 43 any desire to hit a rail like that are a very distant memory and that's where they'll stay 😅
Woooo. That’s literally what I do when I’m learning something off of something hahah. “Pats the terminator”. Would love to see you review or reminisce old parts. That Duffy part is still amazing and I still watch questionable. Something about shotty footage and just pure progression from those days that is much more appealing to me than the perfect squeaky clean footage from today. People are just too good now. Way to go dude great video
Great💪thanks Ben for this vid that shows how skareboarding goes, getting inspiration from others (duffy) and mentaly focused to push your limits. Now, I want to go back to Duffy's part📺 and some Primus🎶🎸
The struggle is real! Such a reward when you work through the fear and conquer a trick or obstacle or combination of. I psych myself out on way less. Good job.
I recognize myself so much in this video, I'm a 43 years old skateboarder and back in the 90's I used to do so many tricks, specially on rails, I took a long break of skateboarding maybe 10 years or so and when I got back I really got a fear of rails, I con still so a bunch of flat ground tricks, tricks on ledges but rails, it is a big no for me these days. :D
Damn dude I think I needed that. I chickened out on doing a 50 50 on this hubba today down a bank. kinda like a 8 stair with a nice slope. I know I got it but I just kinda wimped out. Gonna go back and do it. There I said it.
You should do a "Best T-shirt" video comparing the best out there. Hopefully adding in the Carhartt K87 short sleeve pocket t, been looking for review on that and your video on the Carhartt pants helped a lot already! Thanks again Ben.
I love that you show the full struggle. I started skating after 15years last year and went through the same process but for a mini flat bar and this really gives me the inspiration to go a bit longer next time 🤘🤘
hehe awesome ben! it's funny to see you being scared of something but it's not embarrassing at all. it actually shows a side of you, nobody has seen before. you're going very intimate with your viewers... =P also everybody can relate with how you felt and that's good, too.
I absolutely LOVE this park. It’s really 90s but it’s well built and so much fun. Ben you should come skate Kamloops skatepark in BC it’s huge and it’s one of the best I’ve been to
This video gave me the confidence to try and do 50-50’s on round rails again after having them on lock then one day I locked in wrong and fell so fast onto my face and chipped my front tooth in half.
Way to go my man! I haven't skated a rail in 5 years and I was just thinking to go try again one of these days. Watching this video got me amped up, now I know I can do it again, just need to commit and forget that I'm in my 30s and not in my 20s anymore.
Nice man! You got those locked. I’ve always been too scared to skate hand rails so I absolutely get the trepidation. Good for you! Let’s see a bs crook or grind of some kind next! 👍🏻
Another great video. Inspiration for the old timers. I feel you Ben, I swore off handrails. At 45, I’m skating for the enjoyment but I also want some longevity. I’m trying to limit eating it from that high these days. I can get my slides in on ledges. If I eat shit I need to be able to make it to the car to get back home. Lol!
