I appreciate these videos. There is very few people making videos on the honest learning process. Awesome that you have a friend to skate with. I will try and get my edit done from Ashville this week. You have inspired me to get the video done. (I get stuck in my park skating sessions) Stay Rad And keep inspiring.
Thank you and much appreciated. I enjoy the process of learning, but when you share & teach other people-you actually learn more. Looking forward to your videos. 🤘
10:51 Your buddy did a heelside predrift. A heelside predrift is a slide that is used to slide before the apex of a curve to be able to grip the rest of the way out of a curve (kinda what he did, actually). If your buddy wants to do a heelside glovedown pendulum (pendy) slide (aka. Coleman), he needs to look hard left with his face right after the front wheels start sliding. Doing so will bias the weight to the rear wheels (which are leading now), and deweight the front wheels, so that they will spin back around and complete the pendy motion.
Awesome-thank you. Will mention that to him as well as learn it for myself. We’ve just been practicing a lot and trying not pressure ourselves into setting up ourselves for disappointment, aka unrealistic goals-other than 1 good slide that feels good for the session.
@@cantskate5535 I guess you could say a heelside predrift is a half-Coleman that you don't go over 90 degrees of rotation so that you also turn as you slide. While a full Coleman is one where you aim to rotate over 90 degrees for the first half to slide backwards for a short time, and then swing the nose back around for the second half. edit: What I'm trying to say is that, your buddy actually did 2 tricks. Hs earlier slides seemed to be Colemans cuz they rotate over 90 and slid backwards a bit too, but that one I mentioned seemed very much like a heelside predrift cuz he seemed to turn a lot.
Good to see your progression. At the beginning of this video i thought you'll never get it right but I was wrong. Good job. If it still feels sketchy that may be cause of your glove dropping too far away from your hip. It forces you too brace hard. You can practice dropping on your hand at the most natural position with your board upside down. Then try long carves with your glove on the ground but just secure your turn with it. Don't try to slide yet. Then u might just feel that your on the right place with your positioning to lift up and extend your legs a little bit and start drifting.
Thank you. Yes, makes sense of hand position and distance from hip. Steadily practicing to have better control of board so I don’t rely as much on hands. Really like the upside down board practice idea-🙏
Thanks. Always fun when you can with another person or group. Being around more skilled people will help you improve. I’ve noticed it in two short sessions with San Diego crew.
You are a cool dude, thank you for uploading the progress. Did your friend just learned to Coleman slide in one session? The rain also makes it more easier to slide and noticed he got that triangle position that makes him also easier to control the slides.
Thank you. Yes, my friend, Hector learned Coleman in one session and wetness definitely helped. He did better applying areas I fell short on better: 1) press front foot, 2) lead with your front truck, 3) weight on front foot and wait for timing (don’t force the board), 4) traction will break.
Push up slides are difficult to weight only one leg or the other because you can't really plant either feet down. You're usually just distributing weight equally to both feet (and hands), and you end up sliding due to having 2 hands to deweight the deck. It isn't a very reliable form of sliding though; mainly because you don't have much control. A Coleman or a toeside (1-handed) glovedown allows you to control the behavior of the slide somewhat, so they're the 2 preferred slide for DH skaters.
Thank you and makes sense. I’m trying to transition away from it into Coleman because my form stinks, weight too heavy on my hands and no control. Plus, I grind the pucks too hard and wear down fast.
