I was setting up like an Ollie and trying to delay the flick only to hop on Instagram and see people kickflipping high as hell with just a normal kickflip position. What is the actual technique? Need to get this done tomorrow lol
I don’t know anything about skating but i thought it interesting so i am giving it a go
I have no idea about what makes a good board or how much a cheap board makes it harder to learn
Can someone point me in the right direction
I brought the one in the photos for 10 quid of facebook, i have done like 2 hours and the wheels are going into the board
The main thing I’m trying to find is anyone who has ACTUALLY SKATED a ~2’ tall quarter with a 4’, 4.5’ or 5’ transition radius. How did it feel?
I’m especially interested in coping tricks—rock-to-fakies, disasters, boardslides, Smiths/feebles. I want enough clearance to rock the board well over the coping without the transition-side wheels contacting too early, but I don’t want to go so tight that a 2’ quarter feels ridiculous.
My current RampTech setup is 3’ tall with roughly a 6’ radius and I like how it skates; I’m downsizing to 2’ because of the garage space. The standard commercial 2’ ramps I’ve found generally use ~6’ or even mellower transitions, which is more mellow than I want.
If you’ve personally ridden/built 2’ × 4’, 2’ × 4.5’, or 2’ × 5’, I’d really like to hear which one, how it rode, and whether coping tricks had good wheel clearance. Photos/videos would be awesome too.
Been 5 years since I landed my first one, over the past 2 weeks it's finally come close to clicking and I've landed at least one every skate session!!
They're not very high - so I'm trying to put my feet closer to the Ollie position to fix that, but I feel my main issue is the board rotating when I go for this or my back foot touching the floor when I catch it.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I feel it could be my shoulders or feet but I can't place my finger on what it is specifically. Apologies if these videos aren't good enough quality to see clearly too, best I could get when I only skate solo!
I wanna buy a new board and I'm stuck between these two,which one is better to get??
Im struggling with jumping over the board with my kickflips and instead jumping away from the board. Any tips on how to fix this?
I ordered an old skool shaped deck for a retro design cruiser, but ordered wide decks and realized when they came that they match the deck width by the front bolts but are like an inch wider each side by the rear bolts. What’s the best approach here? I do have some narrower trucks available. Wheels allowed to stick out at the back? Different width trucks, with narrower in the rear, or the narrower set for both??
After Months of trying got my second kickflip on camera. Thank you for the guidance. It ain't perfect but I'll take it. What can i do to improve this trick?
I know BBS and PS are the ones to get, but seeing some deals on boards coming out of this factory and wondering if they are decent, old stock etc. For example, seeing some boards in my size from the brand Madness. Never skated one, but slated Almost exclusively back then. Are these current Madness boards old stock and similar to Almost since they came out of the same factory, or a newer stock and not worth it? When Dwindle went out, did the factory and boards change?
I want to go 9" but royal ultra lights and thunder hollow lights aren't made in a 9". The thunder does 8.75, or 9.125", and Royal only goes up to 8.75". If I run 8.75" and have that .125" variance on the side of the deck, will it be significant enough to make the board lopsided when in primo position or make it harder to stick the primo from kickflip?