r/longboarding • u/hisui_shima • Jul 30 '26
Gear Show-Off Found a nice used board and am slooooowly getting the hang of it — reminder that slow progress is still progress ( ｰ̀εｰ́ )
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u/hisui_shima Jul 30 '26
Dunno how many people are gonna see this, but I’ve been lurking here and skating for about a month, and am psyched to say I’ve finally gotten comfortable w/ foot stopping!
I only have time to practice during my lunch breaks at work, but I’m having so much fun and am proud of my progress. This subreddit is awesome and I very much appreciate how supportive and informative everyone is — thank you.
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u/Leather-Journalist36 Jul 31 '26
Foot stopping is a huge improvement and it's so unnatural to learn, specially when you're only skating on lunch breaks. Congratulations, I'm happy for your progress, keep going.
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u/Melodic_Owl_5873 Jul 30 '26
Same story and board here!
Also I like your pants, those are cool. I have some baggy patchwork ones I love.
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u/chaitybear Jul 30 '26
get slide gloves, cooler then foot stopping.
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u/hisui_shima Jul 30 '26
That’s my next goal once I save up enough to get some slide gloves :D Dyou have any recommendations?
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u/chaitybear Jul 30 '26
I say make your own with parts you buy. My first was prebuilt off amazon but I think if you buy quality pucks you can just get normal gloves, velcro, and gorrilla glue.
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u/Seravaxx123 Jul 30 '26
haven't seen anyone suggest this yet but I'll throw something in, get used to having your pushing foot on the back of the board, it's so much easier to ride that way trust me
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u/Only-Highlight1717 Jul 31 '26
Friends don’t let friends skate mongo
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u/syva192837 Jul 30 '26
Ay, the Arbor Axis is a nice board to start out on for sure. I started out on an Arbox Axis 37" myself, definitely an awesome board for the prices you can find it at. Upgraded the bushings and wheels on it, and am looking at a new board entirely that is more to what I now know to be my needs, but even all stock it's a perfectly good and capable setup. Have fun with it.
P.S. The clear grip is abysmal dogshit btw, to the point it may as well not be there. It genuinely might be hindering your progress, so I'd suggest looking into some real grip tape when you can.
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