r/freestyleskateboard

First session in what feels like forever. That's on me for trying to surf past my abilities 🏄🏼

Today I made a song 90 seconds long so I could try practice getting a run together to train for competing.
I had high hopes of filling the 90 seconds today but soon realised this is gonna take a bit of work.
So far I've managed to get the first 30 seconds but it always seems to change a little but when I give it a go.
I plan to keep at this until I have enough consistency to actually do the full run.
I want it to be a good run with mostly rolling tricks so I use the full space provided. I actually seem to suck at anything stationary when I feel pressure but need to learn to slow down and not rush (although I do want to keep the flow).
Hopefully with enough practice I'll get a strict format in place that I can skate with ease.
No idea where or when I'll be competing but if I can get a decent run under my belt I guess I would make the effort.

Few question's about designing a run though;

I was given the tip to break it down into sections so I don't go mad because to be fair I was getting annoyed at missing tricks then having to restart

I'm also wondering about leeway as I was finding the the run I was building was changing slightly each time. How much leeway does the average freestyler give themselves in a run and does this combat error?

Lastly, I don't want to make it all easy tricks, do you go for broke? I'm guessing there is a balance between difficult tricks and easier ones for consistency but when is best to place that? I gather that as the run progresses you become more tired and the margin for error increases so what's the best formula for having an effective run?

Cheers

Im not sure why but if i dont feel like im progressing i get frustrated with my skating. Ive been playing catch up recently because over winter I lost a lot of tricks, specifically fingerflips. One thing that has been coming along is footwork, slowly starting to make some progress there but I feel a bit stuck tbh.

I gave up street skating in my twenties for the exact same reason. The progression slowed down and I eventually lost interest. Not gonna make the same mistake twice though.

I think its time I started looking up tutorials to have a hack at. My favourite thing to do skating is learn new tricks. I like the whole picking the lock experience, I guess I've just ran out of ideas lately.

I got myself a Welinder deck for my first day as a man!