Don't want to keep writing in the current "progress" topic...I want more of a personal "blog" asking you guys for tips and directions where I can came back and read about it in a couple of months/years.
How do you learn the "theory" of pool riding besides watching others? I am learning by myself, I don't have a friend to skate with and I'm not good enough (yet) to hang out with old timers and such, I was wondering if there's a good read on positions, progression, what do do or not to do...how to progress in a smart way.
Right now I'm getting comfortable riding up a bowl and coming down switch, learning transition and pumping, I can kick turn somewhat consistently on banks not too steep ( =45deg) and working more then else on getting confident on the board so that the basic positions/manouvres are second nature.
I haven't dropped in yet, a bit out of fear to fall despite the full pads, but mostly because I feel I don't need that yet, I need to learn more and what to do with the speed deriving from a drop in.
I'm mostly interested in riding pools and ditches in the future, feel free to add suggestions or book titles or whatever else might be constructive to learn skateboarding...besides Youtube videos and reading CW
Focus on tranny and kick turns, once you have that down learn to drop in. Until you have those down dont worry about the more fancy stuff.
Get good knee pads and learn to fall onto those and not your hip.
I have never found any video or book helpful as no one skates the same, find your own style and flow and !@#$ the haters.
Thanks EMT
I got full Pro Tec pads and padded shorts, but yes I need to practice bail on my knees.
I'm mostly working on transition and making riding switch second nature, trying to get as high as I can on the bowls walls, focusing on balance.
videos are the best learning tool since its inception, skateboarding would not be where it is today without videos.
there are some good basic fundamental videos out there,
I feed off youtube..
Well if there's anyone in the San Fran Bay area who wants to give me skate lessons I can pay back wirh rock climbing lesson (20 years experience) or bouldering, indoor or outdoor...I have all the gear.
Swapped PPeralta 64mm/97a with Spitfires 57mm/100, and Swiss red bearings..What a huge improvement.
Everything feels easier.
I got my transitions down ( going back fackie) getting higher and higher in the pool, working on kickturns, a lot more balanced and at ease on the board, those wheels made a LOT of difference.
Time for a new deck...
a few things that helped me a bunch was learning kick turns but then learning to carve.. basicaly, never go strait up a ramp always come at an angle and ride across it, its good to know how to kick turn to get out of sticky situations, but this will help you keep speed and develope a line through the bowl, and will give a place for the speed to go once you learn to drop in.
a few things that helped me a bunch was learning kick turns but then learning to carve.. basicaly, never go strait up a ramp always come at an angle and ride across it, its good to know how to kick turn to get out of sticky situations, but this will help you keep speed and develope a line through the bowl, and will give a place for the speed to go once you learn to drop in.
Thanks Mc...
Saturday I met sk8norcal and Rich (45at45.com) really nice guys, plenty of good tips...a lot more fun riding around with friends!
For carving a bowl, you only need to find the right lines. Don't aim for going high, aim for going far in width. T ogo further, you need to go faster, not more straight up. Start low, work your way up, and eventually you will get to the coping... that's where the real fun begins.
For carving a bowl, you only need to find the right lines. Don't aim for going high, aim for going far in width. T ogo further, you need to go faster, not more straight up. Start low, work your way up, and eventually you will get to the coping... that's where the real fun begins.
Getting there...loving every step of the way.
I gave up to the temptation and got a new deck:
Theory and progress
