How to Ride Freeskates for Beginners! 

I made my own free skates out of long board wheels and wood. They work very well and I learnt how to ride over around 2 days. I did this because I really like free skates but I live in Australia and JMKs are too far and expensive. I ordered a different brand of free skates on Amazon (cheap) so I have multiple pairs to ride with my friends (that learnt with my DIY free skates). Hope everyone has fun with these awesome rolling things.

This tutorial was honestly so much more helpful and informative that the JMK official tutorial on RU-vid 👍

alright now because of this video, I've mastered how to ride them. Now all I gotta do is go and buy a pair👍

I got them because I’m good at Rip Stick Oof

I just got my first ones for Christmas and I picked up pumping on flat ground in a hour but I also skateboard and picked up snowboarding fast. Definitely helped

You make it looks sooooo satisfying 😭 I’m like a fish out of water

Gabe thank u for the in depth of the propulsion part This is a way better tutorial then Jeff made on jmk ride channel

Great Tutorial! Love the community involvement! JMK get this college some skates to loan out to students checking out the club! Video Suggestion - 180 tutorial!

I got some today, and having ridden a ripstick before, also thought that tilting would work lol. Figured out real quick that it was more of a pivot

I got them because they looked easy at first when i got them Ooooooooooooooooooofff

This is super helpful. I just tried today. And I was having the opposite problem of turning outward. So I just gotta point my toes more inward like a pizza. Thanks, brutha!

I'm getting my freeskate in two days so I'm making timestamps to he video for my learning haha 0:10 Positioning 1:05 Balance 3:40 Propelling 5:00 S-Motion 7:00 Stopping (Carving) 8:00 Gaps

This is so helpful. I'm on day 2, I don't have the big *private* space to learn so it's definitely slow going.

Good video. Very realistic to what to expect when you’re trying to learn for the 1st time. Highly not going to get it but practice, practice.

Great tutorial, love the energy, 10/10 wholesome and helpful

Just ordered mine, looking forward to start learning. Great video!

got mine a few weeks ago, watch a few tutorials, first saw them on the braille channel - tried to do an hour a day, because of bails and muscle soreness, not always possible - being quite an old guy, I would hardly recommend long stretching of the legs after a hard session, and before - I was not able to walk properly for a few days after I got them - landed on my front leg knee a few times, so some protection will be added soon... problem with the bails was mostly not concentrating, or just being too bold - it happens so quick, I was not able to bail out before hitting the floor, just bruises so far, but you have to be carefull, all the time learned to push regular, now trying switch - it's way harder than it looks, and my left leg, who has to lead now, is totally confused what to do - atm I'm pushing round in backside circles - love the regular frontside pushes, I start to feel the force "comming" back from the wheels, and get the feedback I need to balance properly - and its not longer an act of force or strength, it just "happens" - very nice feeling! stay with it, finish the sessions with a sucess, sleep and let the muscle memory do it's thing - yesterday I could not, today I suddenly can - just stay patience and don't overdue it!

I found out about these like a week ago and here I am on day 2 of my practice!!

I cant wait to get some skates. My feet are normally put out like that, so I’m hopping that I’llbe able to ride them faster!

I've been trying to learn free skates for only less than a week and I see this video and click on it. I'm watching and I'm like hmmm that place looks familiar... Then I realize you're on central campus at Iowa State. Awesome! Too bad it's started snowing this week so no more skates.

inspired! just bought my own today. ill have it by next week

Hah I got some and have been using my hallway to practice balance. Going out tomorrow if it isn't raining again to try a nice parking lot with a little slope in it.

Free skates, I had to buy mine !

I have been riding a ripstik for 2 years and i found these on the internet and bought some i spent and hour trying to ride them then once i saw ur vid i did it in about 15min

Rail and a little down hill, get balance jump off. Step two after a week or two of that twist

Hi Gabe! I started with an amazon skate and saving up to buy my own pair of JMK! Just a question, I now learned how to pump with the help of a slope (about two-week progress). My legs, like inner thigh, always feel tired after a few pumps. Yes I can go far in my first attempt but my succeeding attempts get tiring faster. How to deal with it? I’ve been practicing for 2 weeks but I can’t seem to build that muscle.

I just started 4 hours ago and I’ve almost got moving and I’ve found using something to keep you up while trying to get the motions helps

The jmks are fast I used to try the Chinese knock offs but now years later I’m back learning with jmks. That are fast and little taller so try and try again. From down under dad respect!

Been loving your channel a lot lately

I’ve been trying for 10 hours and I’ve only gotten to going down a hill any suggestions

Would you recommend these for commuting? I walk a mile from work to school and another mile back to the train after school. I like that they seem more portable than a longboard, and easier to get on and off.

Bro, it's wheels made from rubber? If so, it's will be harder to play on ceramic tile right? Pls answer me.. i want buy too

well im a super flat city so this is going to be its coming tmrw on 1/12/21 :D i used to skate and roller blade.

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Very good tutorial, the guy with the glasses also work at JMKRIDE

Honestly the first night was awful.. but i just tried it and the key really is momentum, the first night was really about balance then the second night was moving lol

Nothing like going through the video and realizing that the reason the place looks familiar is because u also go to the same school lmao

I think it's damn funny, I got my pair for 2 days now and i can kinda do the s motion but not get uphill yet, because i don't do it storng enough i guess. But what i noticed by watching tutorials is everyone gives a different tutorial for the s motion xD. Yet I watched 3 tutorials. The first one said, do a motion like walking, so forwards and backwards, the next one said do the tilting forwards and backwards and now you come and say do the twisting. I tried the first two yet and the best one of those two was tilting my foot, tomorrow i gotta try your technique and see how it goes :D

Im having problem do i just force turn my skate with my feet???

I am inline skaters but with been practise for freeline skate for more that 2 weeks still I can't rotate my feet at all. Help some one what did I have done wrong 😕

Great video thanks for sharing!!

Thanks for the nice tutorial... just one question. How fast can you go on these without breaking a sweat? If been looking for a while but everything I find it's not really anyone doing some distance on them... I've got a 15 min walk twice a day and thought this might be a nicer way to travel... but is it actually faster then walking? like twice or 3 times? Mannyyyy thankssss :-))))))

the motion is similar to waveboard

How much core strength is needed to ride this we’re you like sore when learning it

I have skated for one month. It was fun but my leg got tired easily. how to ride efficiently and save power?

is it necessary to change the grip each time you switch wheels or you do it just to match the colors?

Thank you guys this was very helpful

Hardest part is the balance

You explained it very well

Fantastic video. Thank you.

*gets it first day*

The video that started it all 😎😎

Hey Gabe thanks for the great contact you’ve made this journey much more enjoyable and very appreciated. Just out of curiosity why is the deck at the angle to the wheels instead of being just straight parallel with them?

Still can’t ride them this is hard to get the movement for them

I watched this and then I got it thanks

I do waveboarding really well, is it similar?

i just bought some and rode for like 3min cause its night so i rode in my hallway i want to know 2 things does it really feel like flying on land also should i start on a tennis court?

Hi! Can you help me please? I feel so hard the wheels, I mean, I don't feel free with my feets. Should I loosen the wheels? Thanks!!

They look awesome, too bad they're not avaible in eastern europe. 😥😥😥

Is it ok if I do it on a flat surface As don’t have a sloped surface

Yo that’s at ISU.

2 nights I am in a month still trying

Will you do another tutorial

ISU!

En español gracias

Lol y'all called me out I went out side and spent 2 mins trying to instantly hop on and go not even down a hill (obviously I couldn't) so 2 mins go by and I came back inside all upset get on RU-vid and your video popped up and I was like hay that's what I need a tutorial lol

10 minutes for that tall guy to skate like that?! 🤔🤔 it took me 5 days to keep the balance and flow down hill like that.. Maybe he was born for free skate..

Hey!!

I tried explaining my brother it’s not like a ripstick he stills doesn’t believe me

I have no idea how to ride

No no no we don't say that 👋 🤣 👋

Can u toe flip

My feet keep going like / \ / \ / \ 😭😭😭

99/100 didn't feature JC

eric's skates are not jmk's are they still good?

Time to go fall in a church parking lot 😅

I started off on my new [used] free skates by rolling back and forth on a flat surface with constant handholds for about 15 minutes. for me it was from the kitchen to the front door using the shelves/walls the entire way- this was just to get used to the balance, and a slight intro into turning. Then I took it outside on a slight slope to get the feel of ~no hands~. Progressed little by little the first day until I could make it down the drive (~50 feet) in not too long a time. This is a similar strategy as to how I started off with my Ripstik years ago; user @Higanbana彼岸花's wording of "more of a pivot" (in one of the comments on this video) helped a lot on transferring my ripstik skills over to the free skates the first days of learning to balance and pump. The "sleep on it" advice proved extremely helpful, however, as I found I somehow progressed overnight, so don't get discouraged on your first attempt/s! Today was day 2, and I can now steer, turn, and balance as long as there's a slight slope. Started attempting the propelling but it just wasn't clicking today, guess (hope) it'll be a Day Three thing. Thank you for this video - the explanations paired with the visual demonstrations helped a lot, step-by-step. Hope this info is helpful to somebody.