r/surfskate

Hey everyone, looking for some advice.

I surf goofy naturally and it feels comfortable in the water. The problem is that I recently bought a surfskate to improve between surf trips (I live in Quebec, so I don’t get to surf often), and I can barely balance riding goofy on it. For some reason, skating regular feels way more natural and stable.

I was hoping the surfskate would help improve my surfing, but now I’m wondering if I’m practicing the “wrong” stance.

Has anyone else dealt with this?
Would it make more sense to:

keep surfing goofy and force myself to learn surfskating goofy too, or

switch my surfing stance to regular since that’s what feels natural on a board with wheels?

Hello, I’m new in this community and I had a question about a way I saw to stop ok my surfskate. It’s called Tail Stop, I’ve been trying it for a lot of time and haven’t managed to do it. Can someone please tell me how to do it? Thx

If you could have any Surfskate tutorial on YouTube you wanted, what would it be?

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For reference, so far my main use for my surfskate is cruising and commuting. I have my truck tightened just enough so I can push comfortably when needed (as if it were a regular cruiser board) but that still allows me to pump comfortably and generate speed.

I'm 3 months into, I haven't learned how to make tight turns yet, but looking forward to it.

Would softer bushings make turning easier? How would that affect my stability when pushing, as well as the ease of pumping?

I have attempted normal skate boarding multiple times and tbh I am shit at it I find it hard to direct the board, generate enough speed to not have to push every few metres. I have more trouble balancing on the board.

I jumped on a surf skate and I felt it is soooo much easier to direct the board obviously but also just overall, balance, steering ect.

Has anyone found this? I haven’t attempted hills yet but I could never do this on a normal skateboard either.

I’m thinking of getting a new deck to replace my current PacificOcean cruiser deck.

I’m currently cruising/pumping/carving casually so not looking into anything wild or expensive. I don’t really have any experience with surfskating, but might be interested in getting into it at some point.
I’m quite tight on budget so I’m not really looking for new trucks as I’ve got the waterborne kit and can run it with ~14” WB although it feels a bit short. I have multiple trucks (all TKPs tho) and wheels so I can also mix and match them if that is a thing.
I’d also like the deck to have at least some kick tail ☝️

I’ve shoe size 44EU/10,5US, am 180cm and 65kg. It’s also worth to mention that I reside in EU which limits my options a bit. Decks mentioned are more or less accessible to me, but other recommendations are welcome nonetheless 🙏

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Just started surf skating I’ve notice crazy cramps in my front foot. Am I riding wrong?

I’m looking to get my first surfskate board, I don’t really know what I should look for and what fits me. I have started surfing last summer and I wanted a way to practice my surfing skills. I have some experience surfskating but not enough to determine what I like and don’t like in certain boards and what I should get. Any info and recommendations are greatly appreciated!

Edit: I looked into some boards myself and I really like the idea of the Swelltech ones but I read they’re difficult to learn, I don’t really mind if it has a learning curve, but is it to difficult to start out on?

So I’ve been surfing for a good amount of time now and wanted to get into surf skate recently. Had a bit of experience with skating but not much. Looking around on fb marketplace I can ether get the Carver Dragon 34 " Kai Lenny complete cx for 180usd or the swell tech premiere black out for 140 usd. Both in great condition. Which one do you guys think is the better pick? Thanks guys🙏

Since Life got in the way—It took me 5 years now to finally get back to YouTube and making Surfskate Tutorials. But I'm finally back and having tons of fun making these videos 🤙🏼

Please roast me and let me know what I might've missed or what could be improved.

In this video I'm going to share three very common mistakes when it comes to stance on the surfskate. They might feel completely natural on the board — but won't translate into good skill progression and unfortunately are a killer in the ocean on your surfboard as well (if you care about this at all).

I'll show you what they are, how to spot them in yourself, and how to fix them.

I'd love to see some YouTube videos or other online content where people treat it as surfskating, rather than assuming it's people's way of using concrete to train to surf.

That's it.