Rock To Fakie 101 - My Ten Phases In Pursuit Of Rock Fakie Nirvana 

This!

Gonna try this

Ha ha, yeah I found it proper hard !!

Wicked, Go for it!!

just keep practicing at some point you will breakthrough that mental wall and have made the trick simpler in your head. I found that just going back and forth on mini ramps or quarter pipes helps me really get comfortable with the ramp before I try say a rock to fakie. Maybe you gotta get more comfortable with the bigger or taller ramp before you just start trying them. Stay rad hope you get them more consistent very soon.

Try looking back into the bowl while coming out of the rock. Sounds silly, but i tried to learn rock to fakie for months before i realized i just wasn’t looking where i was going. When you’re looking forwards at the deck, your body will want to stay up there instead of being ready to come back down the ramp. As soon as i started looking, everything clicked and now i have them down really well.

@@asawolfe_ totally agree... and even drawing a white line with chalk to keep you straight. For me I had to battle the balance as was wobbly, I was not plumb in line on the fakie.

You are not wrong !!

Yeah man, it’s a tricky one ☝️

Great stuff dude, many thanks for checking in !

It’s a fun challenge for sure !!

Hey Rab Many thanks for tuning in. I did use pads in the early stages, but I have very limited footage of practicing. There are a few shots in here, but the footage is badly shot and a bit grainy. I went back and performed the early stuff, it was hot and felt confident so didn’t bother with pads. Turns out of those early stages are harder to do than the version I do now? 😂 So I ended up coming a cropper 😂 luckily no damage ?!

Many thanks for checking in dude !

Totally agree mate. I’m 45 now and I’m too conscious of it all. When I was younger I just did it with no problems.

Agreed, anything a half foot taller than my previous limit is a brand new battle 😂

Totally agree man, I'm 52 and every trick is a lottery now!

Many thanks for tuning in dude!

Many thanks for tuning in dude!!

Many thanks for tuning in dude!

Phase 1 to nine has taken around two years I recon? However I went through a phase early on of trying tricks and just making it once. I’d then tick it off the list thinking I’d cracked it and move on. This turned out to be not so great as I had to go back and pretty much start from scratch later on??!

Many thanks for the feedback dude! Go get it!

Great stuff!!

Nice one ☝️

Ah no, here’s to a speedy recovery

Wicked, let me know how you get on!!

Sorry to hear that dude! Rest up !!

Great stuff dude, many thanks for checking in!

Nice one, Yeah those surf skates are tricky the wrong way round for sure !!

Yeah dude, some dudes find this an easy trick, but you often find they learned it young and now can do it on command without the carnage. Most of the dudes who I know who learn it in their 40s have a similar experience, I personally found it scary and dangerous, but everyone is different 😂

Yeah man, the decked out way is ace fun.

Great work dude, I like the sound of the infinite stall.

@@JonBishopSkate cheers, welcome to check it out here, is only a minute-ish. :)

Ha, yeah the novelty of the ankle knifer wears off pretty quick 😂

Wow, nice one, shuv out, I’d like to see a vid of that !!

I can dm you the video through Instagram

@@jam12008 great !

Nice one, let me know how you get on !!

Great stuff!!

I can totally relate to being on phase 3 keep pushing and going like you said you will be on phase 10 in know time, although it will take a little longer than Jons very educational 15 minutes video haha.

I'm in some version of Phase 3. Don't have a bank with coping around here so got an actual piece of plastic pipe that I put on top of the bank. Roll to it, clear the front truck over, then clear again on the way down. If I hit the pipe, no problem, it just rolls so no hang up. Can do that comfortably. Then I go to the quarter pipe and I can't even put the front truck over the coping. My mind plays nasty tricks and I hate it! Funny enough, I was doing Rock & Rolls on that plastic pipe coping before doing Rock to Fakies. I find it more natural to kick turn 180 on top of the bank and roll down regular than fakie... still can't do R&Rs on the quarter pipe!!!!! Thanks for the videos John! Love how you take us through the learning and improving process. Much better a tutorial by some pro-skater explaining the trick as naturally as brushing your teeth. Keep doing them please!

@@ceppm ​ I know exactly what you mean. I practised last week in a park 30min drive from mine and spent a good hour getting my RtF's better and better on this mellow ramp - felt great. 3 or 4 in a row multiple times, woohoo [in John's voice]!! Then yesterday at lunchtime I went to my local bowl which is about a foot (or less) taller than the mellow ramp but with a metal copping and my mind just said NOPE over and over. My new plan is to tighten up my back truck and spend a good 10 mins just rocking back and forth on the bowl before I attempt to get the front truck up. Not sure if it will work but there's only one way to find out.

​@@asawolfe_ Absolutely. I'm pretty sure it took John many months and tries to get to his stage. I'm a middle-aged guy without any crazy aspirations so will take my time to learn.

Many thanks for tuning in. Crikey, That sounds nasty, I’ve never had that slam thankfully ?? Had all the rest though I recon 😂

After 40 you’ve got to build up as much muscle strength and flexibility as possible to reduce injury.

Here’s a link if you fancy a peek dude? The only thing that is different now is that I have 58mm Spitfire OG classic wheels. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lwvMU7ghDHM.html

@@JonBishopSkate I watched this one. I was interested to learn more about what's on your wall. You have a lot of cool stuff there... Thanks!

It’s a tough one!

Amazing idea, defo gonna try that. Many thanks for the input. If you are on insta and have a clip then please do tag me @jonbishopskate

@@JonBishopSkate will do I’ll put one up this week

Can’t wait, I used to do a decked out tail grab and that was scary, My mate does the tail grab with the front hand, looks like a seatbelt 😂

@@JonBishopSkate oh wow that would be tricky reaching around like that.

How long was the recovery? I’ve just broken mine

@@christianiggi I think it was about a month before I could take off the splint. I ended up having surgery and a plate put in. About 3 months total before I could start thinking about doing like push ups or things like that. Just take the time, and also take the physical therapy seriously. I was doing every stretch and practice motion I could when they’d let me, and my overall timeline went down. Hang in there dude. It fucking hurt when it happened, but now I’m pretty much back where I was, except I still haven’t rock to fakie’d since it happened. But that’s mostly on me.

Yeah that’s the way, I use BMX ankle guards, probably the same sort of vibe ?!

@@JonBishopSkate yep yep. moved onto stage 3-4 today on my back garden micro ramp (2 quarters facing each other), i put some deck rails on my board and found they really helped for some reason. Currently battling the rock n roll too. . . .

Yeah dude, it’s a tough one !!

@@JonBishopSkate that it is for sure, my park to is a bit odd only got two half bowls on both sides and a small half ramp in the middle that really slows you down, good park but omg the coping is so tight as is the transistion made learning slashers terrifying on a 4-5 foot transistion ramp and you only get narrow coping with a limited 2-3 foot spot to actually land in tricks on the coping without the board flying off the coping on its own xD

It comes by itself, especially when you try taking your rock to fakies to bigger ramps. It's going to be daunting, but you will notice massive improvement this way.

@@skatterpro Thanks! hopoing to have a crack at these this afternoon

Think I just leveled up. Managed to tap my board over the top coping. Still getting a small bump on way back down, but starting to feel closer to a proper rock to fakie. Just no rock yet.

Now up to phase 6! managing to get my board fully decked out with wheels up against the coping. The part that unlocked it was the speed of the tap over the coping, I found I had to do it quicker then I thought, plus keeping my weight inside the bowl. Only on a small quarter at the moment, but hope to step it up to a 5/6 foot quarter some time soon.

Wicked, brothers in arms !! I’ve offered it up, but crikey it’s scary. It should be just the same? But that’s what they all told me about dropping in on vert, and it wasn’t, it was different 😂

@@JonBishopSkate 👊🏼 I haven’t offered it up I feel like when I do I want to go all in and go for a full commit (we’ll at least that’s what I’m telling myself now 🤣) I’m currently avoiding the issue by trying 5050’s first but know it’s looming. Totally with you about how different it’s going to be and agree even the drop in was a million times different , literally everything is like learning all over again where I’m concerned with vert. I think a very quick ride up tap the truck over and back in again without pausing on the rock is going to be the best first attempt option, staying deep inside the ramp and not putting my weight up on top over the coping as that may lead to a hangup or at least a longer fall. So kinda avoiding the full on ‘rock’ until I’ve come to terms with the fakie exit on vert.

@@NeilHesterSkateboarding yeah man, the way nug lord does them at the end of this vid is nuts, that’s a super quick tap with full commitment. That’s what I’ve set my heart on. Mine will always look a bit more old man though, I’ve made my peace with that 😂

Thanks for the advice

Crikey! Yeah it’s a scary one I found! Go get it !

Wicked, it’s a fun phase! I hung out there for quite a while.

Good stuff, yeah It never ends, I’ve discovered another couple of details since making this video 😂 The phase 10 demo is the gold standard!!

That’s the spirit!

Yeah man, I happily hung out in phase 3 and phase 4 for a good while 😂

Nice one man, yeah I thought I had this one dialled pretty much 100%, but during the filming I still had a couple of bails 😂 The pool coping was the worst ratio, always bail the first one?? Eagle eyes on the wheels!! Using 58mm Spitfire OG Classics for the bowl now. Really like them a touch harder at 99a and definitely a bit lighter than my 61mm OJs

Yeah dude, I’ve offered it up a few times and it’s ridiculously scary. I recon I’ve got it all day long on the drive there. Then as soon as I look at it in ‘real life’ I know I haven’t 😂

@@JonBishopSkate Same. Been working on 180 Ollie's on transition and at home I'm like, I'm going catch so much air! Then I get there and I'm like, why don't I just practice strawberry milkshakes on the flat. 😂😂😂

@@thatoneguy2057 ha ha, yeah the tricks I make in my head are unbelievable. I did a 360 air on the mini ramp the other night just before I nodded off 😂

Many thanks for tuning in dude. Yeah, I recon it’s a confidence trick. In the early stages I found it was 9 times out ten a case of just not jumping off?

Yeah, I can’t believe the style when I watch him skate. So relaxed during the heaviest tricks!! Level 11, one louder 😂

@@JonBishopSkate lol true

Hi Josh Many thanks for tuning in. I run two setups using the AA deck for both Street/mini = mini logo 8.75 trucks, stock bushings and 55mm OJ Winkowski Bowl = 159 Indy, bones Medium hardcore bushings, 58mm spitfire OG classics

Hey dude, yeah it’s proper hard to learn on the big stuff. I had to go as small as possible with full pads to get over the fear ?

@@JonBishopSkate yeah I do the same but am skint atm so can't even buy pads atm😂😂😂😭

Crikey, sounds like a nasty one?! Good to hear you are back on it !!

That’s a good one !!

Hey dude The indoor stuff is all filmed at Prevail in Bournemouth The pool is in Newquay. The bowl stuff is all filmed at Duck Lane in Bournemouth

Ok thankyou I go to broad ridge Heath skatepark it’s tiny compared to yours

Yep, helmet is always on for progression and big stuff. I’ll have the odd cruise without, but as of the past few years it’s been pretty much 100% helmet ?!!

Sure, it's one of the first tricks you should learn on transition, and once you learn anything it gets "easy", but to say it's not scary is bogus. As evidenced in John's video, he took some hard slams, which can be scary. I have great respect for his perseverance at his age. I too am learning to skate as a middle-aged person, and am currently learning rock to fakie. It's currently NOT easy for me. I hope to someday soon call this trick "easy" for me... but that's just it... It'll be easy for "me" not everyone. To say he shouldn't do these tutorials... man, get lost.

You memory must be fogged mate, this is generally considered one of the harder staple transition tricks to learn with a lot of room for error. Also sounds like you're arguing for the sake of arguing. A Rock to Fakie in the middle of the board definitely has much more of a rock then a decked out one. You just sound like an old head, we get it, Rock to Fakies were invented in the past and they liked to deck them back then, congratulations. "I can't believe it's that hard for someone to do". Crazy concept to think of but maybe not everyone is as good as you are and that people learn things at a different speeds, just a thought. I find Johns videos very informative as do many others here, thus his following.

Hey Andy Many thanks for your feedback. Yeah, I don’t do trick tip videos as I don’t feel qualified. I just document my experience in a vlog style format. I try to report my findings as they pertain to me so it’s inevitable that others will not relate and disagree. In fact I end up disagreeing with myself 😂 especially as I progress and learn more. The main goal of the videos is to provide motivation and a time frame for my progression as the pressure of a deadline helps me to focus. I’ve always imagined my videos would be slim pickings for experienced skaters such as yourself? Best Jon

@@JonBishopSkate succeeded in your mission Jon. Loved it 👊🏻🔥 keep doing what you’re doing 👌🏻