Stand ups?

**AntonL** · 11-07-2009 08:00 PM

I got a set of Indy/Core 215s with some Yellow Durians on a trimmed S9 that im trying to learn stand ups on.
Are there any hints or things I need to look out for? Im having trouble getting the front wheels to slide out. and getting it back to straight. Also confidence is sort of low since im at a loss for how to do it right.

**Wolfin** · 11-08-2009 12:46 AM

Yellow Durians are super slide apparently. On 83A Stimulus, I've had my back end slip out while standing twice now. Both times it was 20+ km/hr, while carving hard. Both times I was twisting my hips and swinging my arms toward the heelside, at the apex of a heelside carve.. But both times it was just a little bit of a scrub, didn't really even hear it :/

Watch the Gravity standup slide help on YouTube.. Even though they're on hard wheels, it's the same motion for soft wheels, just more force.

**snozzboarder55** · 11-08-2009 12:50 AM

search in the trick tips area, theres a whole lot of tips for you in there.

its all about unweighting the deck and using your shoulders.

**Jorelle** · 11-08-2009 01:01 AM

If you want to make it stupid easy, softer bushing boardside, harder bushing roadside. Go against the norm and experiment! I had 78a flashbacks set up in indy 169s on a loaded pintail and going less than 10km/h I could slide the back out so easily. 20km and I could standup with ease. And oddly enough, I find soft wheel sliding easier than hard wheel...

**B-rad** · 11-08-2009 01:02 AM

its like impossible to NOT slide with those wheels. just throw your arms into it, start low, and as you carve, unbend your legs to unweight the board.

**Wolfin** · 11-08-2009 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by B-rad

its like impossible to NOT slide with those wheels. just throw your arms into it, start low, and as you carve, unbend your legs to unweight the board.

YES I forgot this. Bend legs into carve, stand up as hard as possible while leaning forward, right at the point where you feel the most Gs!

**swisschez** · 11-08-2009 01:16 AM

mess around with speed checks a lil. carve toeside and then when you carve back heelside, pop a squat, weight towards ur front foot, and with ur back heel a lil over the rail push it out sidways.

bam. speedcheck.

**killdozer** · 11-08-2009 01:20 AM

I am using 83a Stimulus and am just starting to learn standups. I can get them to scrub a bit but not get the back to fully swing out yet while keeping momentum. I carve toeside, and then as I am headed back heelside I lean towards the front of the board as I kneel down a bit. As I hit the apex of the heelside carve I spring up as I pivot at the hips and turn my shoulders back up hill and kind of do a mini kicking motion from my rear foot. I don't do it very hard now as I am getting my confidence up, but I can break the rear wheels loose enough to scrub some speed. I just try to mimic what I see in vids on Youtube and it seems to be working so far.

**Dan Mactaggart** · 11-08-2009 01:42 AM

i learnt on 80a lime big zigs.

**Cann0n** · 11-08-2009 09:08 AM

Don't lean back too hard. You will break your ass.

**isk** · 11-08-2009 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by Cann0n

Don't lean back too hard. You will break your ass.

lean back HARD. you will break your ass and not your face. seriously, when doing heelsides, especially at speed, its always better to fall on your ass.

**snozzboarder55** · 11-08-2009 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by isk

lean back HARD. you will break your ass and not your face. seriously, when doing heelsides, especially at speed, its always better to fall on your ass.

how bout dont lean HARD, lean the right amount to slide?

try not to focus on just leaning. use your shoulders!!!! if you lead with the shoulders and unweight the board right you will slide regardless of how hard you are leaning.

**schmete** · 11-08-2009 11:08 AM

YouTube - Gravity Skateboards - Slide School - #1...

**killdozer** · 11-08-2009 11:08 AM

**keef** · 11-08-2009 11:14 AM

I learnt on purple Blastwaves, They slide quite smooth, but are probably not as good as the current free ride wheels from Tangs.

The most important thing I found was to really squat into the slide for heelside, this helps keep your weight over your heels, and therefore stops your toeside wheels from gripping and stopping the slide early.
My kind of slide when I was learning went, squat, turn in hard, unweight the board just as the wheels start to let go, keep weight over heels and front foot, rotate upper body.
Took me ages to do my first 180, like a week of practicing for 2 hours a day.
Keep practicing, and keep your speed up. A slick road surface helps.

**Blix** · 11-08-2009 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by killdozer

How people do this at kicking speed boggles my mind.

It's all about the unweighting. I was thinking just the same thing before I learned it, had to go quite a bit faster than I have to now. Practice on wet ground, you need a lot less speed then, that's how I learned it

Here, vid of me doing a low speed 180:

YouTube - 180mpeg

**killdozer** · 11-08-2009 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by Blix

It's all about the unweighting. I was thinking just the same thing before I learned it, had to go quite a bit faster than I have to now. Practice on wet ground, you need a lot less speed then, that's how I learned it

Here, vid of me doing a low speed 180:

YouTube - 180mpeg

See that is the part that baffles me. It doesn't even look like you are leaning that much. I can go about that fast and carve as hard as I can without hitting the ground and only get my wheels to scrub. And they are 83a Stims. I must be retarded (no offense to retarted people). I try to bend at the knees and kind of make a twisting and jumping-like motion as I carve. I will get it, just have to work harder at it. Next time we have some wet pavement I'll try it.

**B_Dubya_B** · 11-08-2009 11:26 AM

weight on front foot,
bend your legs like you were going to 'take a seat',
drop your back knee into your front knee
carve into it
twist your shoulders to face downhill and at the same time push out with your feet, especially your back foot, at least until the board is sideways.

use your hands to counterbalance. its really about just committing, bending your legs and in twisting your whole body and board into a slide.

**killdozer** · 11-08-2009 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by B_Dubya_B

weight on front foot,
bend your legs like you were going to 'take a seat',
drop your back knee into your front knee
carve into it
twist your shoulders to face downhill and at the same time push out with your feet, especially your back foot, at least until the board is sideways.

use your hands to counterbalance. its really about just committing, bending your legs and in twisting your whole body and board into a slide.

I think I am just getting used to that motion. I will commit more and more as I practice till I get it. Thanks Dubs and Blix.

**AntonL** · 11-08-2009 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by Blix

It's all about the unweighting. I was thinking just the same thing before I learned it, had to go quite a bit faster than I have to now. Practice on wet ground, you need a lot less speed then, that's how I learned it

Here, vid of me doing a low speed 180:

YouTube - 180mpeg

thats sort of what iv been trying to do, i can get a little speed check from a small carve at pushing speeds but not enough confidence for a 180 i guess, im gonna hit a few hills and mess around. the wheels are crazy easy to slide out its just making them do what i want when they do