The Top 5 Surf Skate Drills From The Worlds Best 

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2:13 #1 heel to toe transition 3:16 #2 bottom turns 5:04 #3 cutbacks and carves 7:28 #4 speed generation 8:10 #5 developing flow

Super helpful, man! Thank you! Watching it again.

*I highly recommend WaterBorne surf adapter!*

Thanks for sharing

very informative! thanks

can't wait to lay my hands on this awesome hoodie!

Amazing! thanks mate!

thx for sharing, good practice 🤙🏼

First drill 2:18

thankyou sooo much it will improve my surfing a heap!

I skated 10 years prior to surfing. While your not as developed in the arms and shoulder Departement, the moment you start progressing to a smaller board and know where to be on the wave you'll be thankful your mind doesn't have to think about body position while doing certain moves.

Hey Ryan, another top post mate. Thank you. I went out on my surf skate earlier this evening and practised the bottom turn technique you showed. Touching the ground with the trailing hand really helped me to get down and compressed. That's a top tip right there. I thought I was compressing before but now I really know it because my thighs were burning. Love your content. Was that Adelaide Pier btw?

awesome tips! great video.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

Probably one of the best videos out there on surf skating. Thank you What's the name of the tune you have in the background in the first couple of minutes? Love it

sooo sick

Nice work 👍

Hey guys! Really would like to see a video on how to start surfing bigger waves. Only recently started surfing again due to lockdown and am a bit rusty.

no dislikes? not one hater! Thats the first time i've seen that . Thanks for the great video!

Great help in going from my long board 9'6" to my Pod Mod 6'4" - Sneaking on my son's Carver when he's not home :)

Thanks

Hi there thanks for the great video I wanted to know if there are any tips on how I could more pressure on my toes to make the snap. I can hear the SurfSkate snapping at times but is not at will. I’m a beginner. Thanks .

I know this will be random but I'm enjoying the background music on this video! What is it? Thanks, I'd love to use it in a real estate virtual tour I'm creating!

Practice your switch!

When I moved I lucked out and have the perfect driveway. A little downhill to gather speed then can practice various turns. I have a Carve board with inflatable tires so it's a little slower but doesn't get hung up on any of the things trees can drop that don't see but trip up my normal long board. With those tires there's no sliding though. Compressing and releasing is something that's really been helped with this board. I created 6 routines to work on both sides plus just agility. Great practice and exercise too!

Hi is it a smoothstar manta 35’5? I just bought one to improve my begginner/ intermediate level to learn how to use arms and hips . Thanks

Great video! What surfboard are you riding in the clips?

Very nice! I tried

just got my smoothstar, gonna join this surfskate religion

Which board is this? Love the vid. Can you do one about pumping?

In terms of using an actual skateboard as s basic surfskate, I'd add (as a 25 year skateboarder, recent surfing convert) that it is possible, but I'd look into an old school shaped board (wide with little nose) and use trucks that turn well, such as indies or ace (the best at the time of writing). I'd also say that soft wheels (such as OJ superjuice or Santa Cruz slimeballs) and riser pads are a must. Wheel bite (when you turn too far and the board makes contact with the wheel) is not a pleasant slam on concrete! If you add up the costs of all of these things from new, it's probably close to a basic surfskate set up. I was lucky to have most of them knocking around in my garage. Still looking at investing in a dedicated surfskate at some point though!

Nice

Great video! You’re doing lots of “power slides” when you skate, are you actually doing this same movement in the videos you’re showing of you doing snaps? Or when you’re surfing are you mostly just going from rail to rail in the video? My goal is to do a very sharp and quick snap, however I’m not sure if I should be doing a quick power slide movement or just do as I would on a half pipe when I do a front side slash on the coping (eg, I put lots of weight on the tail to pivot on the coping while turning my whole upper body / and then shift weight to front of board as I go down the half pipe to complete the trick and ride out). Thanks!

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Love these tutorials guys. Would love to see a tutorial on the chop hop, I always thought it was a sick kick out move when the wave shoulders off.

Where was this filmed mate?!

Great video! Is that Sydney?

I think the clips hen you're demonstrating a maneuver are often too short. I get you're trying to focus on that particular move, but it helps to see some more lead up and how you're moving before you enter the move. It could help to talk a little more about how you're trying to set up and also just imagining the wave. That's what I got most out of this video, since I've seen some other good surf skate videos, is really imagining you're on a wave when you're doing this surf skate; up to this point I've mostly focused strictly on technique, only imagining what side the wave is on. Next time I go out, I'll be imagining the wave more. Surf skate helped me pump and generate speed much better, but now I want to connect to a big bottom turn to square me up to the face. I also liked the downhill street with driveways to simulate a wave.

This is awesome timing! What are some brands for surf skate you’d recommend?

Hi Ryan, what's your opinion on yow surfskates ? just bought one and absolutely love it !

@2:30. Heal to toe weight transfer. Does this apply to both the front and back foot?

I have a swallow tailed surf skate Carver board. I've only had it a few months & it's really helped my surfing. I'm looking forward to trying your drills this week when I take my skateboard out. Thanks Ry!

great video. what surf-skateboard are you using in this video ?

Thanks for the drills! I’m gonna try them soon. I’m considering buying a surf skate but as they’re quite expensive, I’m not really sure which one to buy. Do you recommend carver or smoothstar?

Does it really help a lot? I can ride cruisers perfectly cause I‘m already skating (normal skatebord) for like 12 years but never surfed. When I asked a (skate)buddy if it helps with surfing he just was like maybe it helps a bit and u pick up stuff quicker cause u already know how it feels to be on a board but over all it feels a lot different. So is this really a thing and do people do this as a practice?

I have a CX Carver Bean Bag (Lost edition), surfskate and I love it! It's 28" but it's wide enough for my gorilla feet. 😋 I've been watching tutorials on how to do cutbacks, but I'm afraid that I might fall off my board. I can pump and carve without any issues. That cutback is intimidating the heck out of me! I think it's a height thing. This is my first surfskate and it sits higher than my longboard! More practice I guess. Thanks for this awesome video! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Gotta get myself a surf skateboard, or practice on my skateboard. No waves here in 🇨🇦. No trips to Hampton beach either this year, might as well practice for the the dream of surfing. 🙏🇨🇦😟♥️🌈🌎

Mate, is that smoothstar board?

I am regular surfer and goofy skating. should I lean skating regular to improve my surfing?

i have a downhill deck can i still practice?

I use a maui and sons cruiser with two reverse kingpin trucks, and as a beginner i can get some good pump and carve, so you don't need a surfskate (edit - although i say you don't need one, it is way better)

Quarantine it’s hard

btw i just got a new kelly slater disign board and is a 5.6 peformance board and the previouse owner used it once and i got it for 490 aus dollars!

Can I do this on a penny board? Or will i just be forming bad habits because it doesn’t move the same as a surfboard? All I have is a small penny board and I think it will help but idk.

maybe a silly question, but what grip is on that board for you to ride barefoot :p

what is the brand of those trcuks mate?

As a general rule: How loose do you want your SurfSkate trucks to be ? Do you ever adjust your Truck Tension based on riding location ie. Downhill runs, Skate Park, Flat Terrain? Enjoy your Tutorials

DVD ?

Hi I love your channel it is super helpful but I don’t have enough money to buy a good surf board or a surf skate board what should I do ?

will take out my skateboard right now 😆 thanks!

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ha first again!

Most skaters ride their trucks nice and loose to begin with. Carving is a standard technique to skateboarding. That said, regular skateboard trucks are pretty low, and wheelbite will stop you dead in your tracks on some of these moves!

TBH I do not think a normal skateboard cuts it. I have Carver (C7 truck) surf-skate and a normal skateboard, I think any surf-skate (such as the Smoothstar in this video) is much more helpful in learning the movements, having the feeling, and building the muscle memory for surfing.

brilliant accent M8

Longboard same as surf skate board?

What is the cheapest board

Dusting my carver board down right now......

What about a ripstick skate bord

6:33 WTF 009 backside cutback

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Rip up some hills guy

ahaha not at all..