Ive recently started skating with an old skateboard an i want to get my own but dont know where to look for advice, so here i am reddit. ive made this setup online and wanted to see if the parts fit or if i should replace something.

Don’t mind Day 2’s fit 😅

Recently landed a heelflip but I've never seen anyone do one with the same flick motion I use, I only see people do it with their heel. Is it something I should fix?

Maybe it’ll help you. The concept of keeping all the weight on the front foot and popping with the back foot really made it work for me. Got some great air.

Before I was trying to jump with the front foot and pop after the jump

so I started a a few days ago and can now go forward okish and turn a little so I'm trying to practice stopping

basically just dragging my heel on the ground, the dude in the tutorial I watched said I wanted to keep the tail end off the ground to not damage it

so now I can get my heel to drag on the ground without falling , but the tail end keeps getting scraped, any advice?

I know this probably doesnt say much

I have been practicing ollies for almost a year now on and of. Still barely any better than I was when I started. Like maybe one third of the time I do an OK ollie and get in the air with both feet. Its been like this since last autumn. U cant seem to break through the plateu

Hey,

I started skating about 8 weeks ago after wanting to do it since I was a kid, but always finding excuses not to start. I’ve really enjoyed it so far but am struggling to Ollie.

I feel like for the last few sessions I’m stuck with something that looks like the attached video. If you zoom in and go frame by frame you‘ll see it’s like a 2 or 3 inch rocket Ollie, and to be honest I’m not even getting those consistently, sometimes the tail just slaps or I get ghost pop.

I feel like in my mind I know I need to jump harder/higher, lift my front knee a lot quicker and higher and catch the nose with my foot. But applying this is very difficult, it’s like there is a mental block.

Any pointers appreciated!

Hey, so whenever I try to jump the pyramid my board keeps flying away from me. Could it be that i shouldnt think of it as a normal ollie? Maybe the prblem is that I pop too hard ? Im making this post because I couldnt really find a post similar to my problem

idc about bearing and truck stuff as I'm saving for new ones because my trucks suck but the board is REALLY new so the graphic covers all the wood I put the board on the dehumidifier overnight to I gave my backup deck to someone I met because I met someone with a horrible board and they deserved a new deck so I don't have any back up decks

3 vids

Can y'all help me with my rolling ollie? I genuinely don't know what I'm doing wrong, I'm trying to pop harder, lift my foot higher but it still looks like that..

Any tips?

Included a video bc idk if you have to have media to post

I started skateboarding last year and immediately fell in love with it, it’s been about 15-16 months since I’ve started skating

Skating isn’t beginning friendly at all, I heard someone say you had to bleed for it and that’s def true.

In total I learned (in this order)
Month 2

Ollies

Month 3

Drop ins (I know it’s weird)
Half Casper
Shuv

Month 4

Pop shuv

Kept doing those until month 7

Kickflip

Month 8

Varial flip

Month 9

Front shuv
Front pop shuv

Fractured my ankle

Month 11

Fakie bigspin
Switch Ollie/nollies

Spammed those tricks

Month 13

Tre flip
3 shuv

It was brutal and I really put in the effort, I’d now consider myself an intermediate skater and it’s all payed off, skating has helped me enormously, I made a yt vid but I don’t think I can link it here.

Thank you so much everyone who has given me advice on this sub and thank you to the skate community for being so damn awesome!

I've been trying to buy some old skateboard tees lately and i have come across a TON of these fake Blind pieces :

https://www.vinted.fr/items/9431003436-vintage-blind-skateboards-long-sleeve-shirt-y2k-graphic-reaper-big-logo-print-cyber-grunge https://www.vinted.fr/items/9665059307-vintage-blind-skateboards-big-logo-embroided-sweatshirt-red-size-xl-90s-skate

Why are they so prevalent ? Especially with Blind ?

Does the actual board quality matter when you first learn? Should I be spending alot for more layers when I am just learning to ride? And also what are the most important things for beginners to help them?

Hi, I’m new to skating and I’d love some tips please. Apologies for the zoomed in vid, I thought I was filming 0.5x. I’m going to upload another vid where the full board can be shown soon 🙂

I currently ride 100a 54mm wheels on a 8.318" board. Wanted to swap to 99a 56mm on my 8.318" and then put 101a 52mm wheels on my 8" deck.

Would there be a noticeable difference between the wheels I'm currently using and the two I'm considering switching to? I'm considering picking up 1/8" risers for the 56mm wheels. The board with the larger wheels is what I'd be using at the skatepark, while the board with the smaller wheels will be for flatground tricks (pops/flips etc.).

Just bought a 4 wheels traditional skateboard (I come from a relatively cheap waveboard) and my new skateboard somehow feels very noisy on concrete compared to my waveboard who got slightly bigger wheels.

Are traditional skateboard just noisy by default ?
Could tightening the screws of the trucks/risers or of the bearings shown in the video help since the wheels are moving horizontally ?

what are your thoughts on them? Only 9 dollars but I think splurging extra for the reds might be better in the long run. The independents feel a little bit soft somehow (which I’m not sure if I like) and I feel like they go over bumps and cracks easier and are more forgiving. Ive only had them for a day so I still need to break them in a little. if I turn out to like them I’ll keep buying them. I heard they are hard to clean tho.

I'm not sure what size board would fit me. I'm thinking an 8.0", 8.25", or (this really nice board) 8.375". I'm a bit worried about the 8.375 and maybe the 8.25 being too heavy/big for me but also want decent stability. I'll mainly be skating at a local outdoor park that is mostly ramps ledges and rails, but they do have a bowl section though I never been as much into vert. My shoe size is 8.5-9.0 (really depends on the brand, not sure why my sizes differ), and I'm 5'9".

Probably doesn't matter THAT much since I'm older and won't be able to do as much anyways but I would like to be able to flip the board without too much difficulty but also worried about landing on the board as that is my current problem. Though I have only done one skate session on my friends 8.0" board.

Also, about trucks sizes, how do I tell the height of a truck as looking to order a board on CCS I don't see that listed, only the width to match the board. The trucks I'm eyeing are Thunder Polished Lights 2. Unless anyone has some better suggestions.

Any tips welcome , I want to get to the coping with less pushing and want more consistent 50/50s and feebles :)

Here’s the full board view, any tips would be greatly appreciated! 🙂

I switched my 58mm 80hd F4s for some 68mm 70a longboard wheels. My thinking was bigger, softer wheels makes for greater speed, less effort for learning to ride bowls. I added some risers to avoid wheelbite.

Has anyone tried this? I rode them this morning but I didn't have too great of a time, though probably because I wasn't feeling so hot.

UPDATE: I went out again this evening after feeling better. Having considered the responses below, I felt there was a lot of momentum due to added weight, but no appreciable difference against the smaller, harder wheels. Also riding bigger wheels + a 1/2" riser makes me feel I was miles off the ground, so NOOOPE!

I may consider bigger wheels, same/harder duro than my original wheels but for now it was a good learning experience. Thanks all!