Our friends in San Diego hosted a longboard dance competition called The Coastline Classic over the weekend. They were kind enough to let me demo during a break in the action. I don’t think I’ve performed a proper routine since 2024 so don’t judge me too harshly 😂 boy do I miss competing tho
Finally out of the contest prep loop, which means I get to work on new stuff 😌
I want to build a 9" board but only finding 8.75" trucks for Royal and Thunder. If I have that .125" variance between truck axle and deck, will it cause too lopsided of a primo or make it harder to stick the primo when kick flipping into it?
I can't remember the spec I had back in the day, but it was a miracle match. My freestyle skating with primos leveled up significantly back then, and I just got lucky having walked into a skate shop, picked a deck and asked for Royal trucks. Now it's all particular sizes and I'm overwhelmed lol. Anyone have tips/insight on width specs for good primo performance? Should I just run 8.75" trucks with 8.75" deck?
This took me a month or more. I’m so happy I got them.
So for context im not a new skater, i regularly skate street and transition but as i get older freestyle has become more appealing to me for a couple reasons. The technicality of it seems like it would improve my flatground a lot, but the low impact is also a huge plus.
So heres my question, Ive ridden an 8.25 with 8.25 trucks for over a decade, how do i go about picking a size for freestyle? Ironically the person who taught me how to skate as a kid was Jesse Whalen, he lived up the street from me. I saw his nariphon pro deck which ive been thinking about getting but its also an 8.25. At that point is there even a point in trying that since its the same as my current size? I also dont know how to size trucks for freestyle. Ive got a pair of the nanocubics in 52 ill probably just throw on it.
I usually skate bowls and mini ramps but I recently had the urge to set up a freestyle board again after a few years without one. Definitely need some time to smooth things out but I’m pretty stoked so far
I’ve been trying my hardest to land a bebop on concrete and it has been going decently well. I’ve been getting one foot on but I’ve sacked so many times that I can’t fully commit, it might just be my mind or it might just be board comfortability and skill that might be the issue. Does any know any tricks that could help learning and committing to fakie bebop’s? I really wanna land the trick but I also want to do it right because I feel like I’ve hit a road block to learning it.