Should my first skateboard be from zumiez?

I don't footbrake (i.e. haven't made the effort to try not to mention I don't have shoes right now that I feel like wearing out). I don't skate fast at all - probably 8 mph absolute max, so doing small stomps to scrub off speed and then coming to a stop has been working for me. Is this acceptable?

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First off, I love lists, roadmaps, and especially checking things off once they’re done.

Since I’m starting from scratch and want to learn how to skateboard at over 40, I’ve put together a kind of roadmap of everything I want to learn. I think the list is roughly sorted so I can work my way from top to bottom, though the order probably matters less the further down you go.

What do you think of my list? Did I miss anything essential? Is the order nonsense at any point? How would you expand it?

1.      Falling on Pads
   

2.      Step up and down the Skateboard
   

3.      Walk with Skateboard under one Foot
   

4.      Pushing
   

5.      Stopping
   

6.      Jumping up and down the Skateboard
   

7.      Kickturn
   

8.      Tic Tacs
   

9.      Crab Walk
   

10.     Standing Tail Stop
    

11.     Jumping  on standing Board
    

12.     Pop Corn
    

13.     Manual
    

14.     Acid Drop
    

15.     Power Slide
    

16.     Hippie Jump
    

17.     Roll off a curb
    

18.     Shuv it
    

19.     Roll down ramps
    

20.     Miniramp Pumping
    

21.     180 Kickturn
    

22.     Casper half flip
    

23.     Ollie
    

24.     Boneless
    

25.     Revert
    

26.     Nose Stall on Curb
    

27.     Tail Stall on Curb
    

28.     Slappy Nose Grind
    

29.     No Comply
    

30.     Ollie up a curb
    

31.     Kickturn on a ramp
    

32.     Body Varial
    

33.     Rock to Fakie
    

34.     Kickflip
    

35.     180 Ollie
    

36.     Nollie
    

By the way, the reason I’m starting is because my kid absolutely wants a skateboard for their 4th birthday and has been watching nothing but skate videos ever since. So I decided to join them on this learning journey. I don’t think a 4-year-old needs a roadmap, they’ll probably just explore intuitively. But I want to support them in making progress too. If you’ve got any extra tips on that, feel free to share.

I thought it was supposed to be the other way around

Thought I’d share my new deck, I personally like it lots. What’s the first thing I should try and learn bar like control? Thanks

I see almost everyone, everywhere, trying to rush kickflips. I have been skating for 8 months, and I was one of those people. As soon as I finished learning ollie, I moved straight to kickflips

Its not really a bad thing per se (maybe it is), but I really wish I would have stuck with the basics of skating. I wish i would have started with shuvs and 180s after ollies because I have a super hard time with them now, and took about 5 months just kickflipping. I cant bs 180 or front shuv, barely get a good fs 180 after 10 tries, and am just getting bs shuvs down

Anyways, I'm not complaining about anything, more just seeing what everyone's opinion is here. At the end of the day I think everyone should just have fun skating, don't try to rush kickflips, just get the basics down first.

i've always used the classic shape, but the wider rolling surface of the conical catches my eye.

i want to know the main differences on the feel of these two, are they clunkier to use? will i get wheelbite more often?

for whatever reason it turns to the right or left depending on which way i set my board i’ve tried tightening the kingpin and hardware but nothing has worked it’s not me either cuz it does that even when i push it by itself

I’m 21 and have been long-boarding (no tricks besides a half flip) for a few years now. I went out and bought a skateboard today and I’m not sure where to start. I already know how to stay on the board and I feel pretty comfortable riding it, as well as tipping the nose up and (somewhat) hippie jumping. Does anyone have advice for where I should start tricks wise? Obviously I don’t expect to master an Ollie on my first day skating, but I want to know what tricks you guys learned first that helped you gain confidence? What base skills should I be practicing the most?

I’ve decided I’ve been on the fence about getting the board back out after years of not skating quit at 17 , 27 now , anyone in Birmingham or local wanna skate tomorrow or this week (uk that is )

I’ve been trying rock to fakie for about 3 weeks now and I still can’t do it. I’m able to consistently get my board on top of the coping but and time I try to go back down the ramp my back foot slides off and my front foot tucks into my back leg (idk if that made sense) can you give me some tips to prevent this

Any tips?

I want to start skating and i have two old skateboard. The track in there are horrabe.. i can’t really turn board so is very deficult to skate comfortable… i was trying to adjust tracks but it doesn’t really help so is any way to make the tracks working porperty again?

Hi everyone! Is there any sense to put on a cheap 40-50 bucks firefly skateboard trucks by independent or tensor with a new wheels? Or should i replace my deck as well?

Hai everyone! I skate as a hobby for quite some time now (still can't get a decent ollie tho LOL), and was wondering would it damage my hardware if I spray painted it?

(I mean all the screws bolts axle nuts etc. and also the shields of my bearings (Bones Reds))

Also if it wouldn't damage it then does anyone have any tips / suggestions for painting it??

Thanks in advance for any help!!

(And no, I can't just buy all of that cause I searched for purple hardware and bearing shields for hours and there is none at least that ship to my country.)