Hi, just joined! I used to skate when I was 14-16. Only cruising around, got frustrated with ollie’s etc.
Decided to come back to it at 36. I dont have anywhere right on my door step that’s smooth enough to roll around so for now ive just been trying to Ollie in the garden. I can land some fairly low ones about 60% of the time on grass. The only ones I’ve had the nerve to do on concrete for now are when I land with my front foot on the board and my back foot on the ground.
Does anyone have any advice on getting more comfortable landing on the board? I haven’t even thought about trying rolling Ollie’s yet!
When I was younger I was comfortable riding wherever, down curbs, steep hills etc. that should come back quickly when I find a spot
Yeah, my goal was to be able to land them without moving most of the time to get the mechanics right and then look at rolling. I have a smooth pavement out the front of my house but there’s a few cars that park on the street, I don’t want to risk the board shooting out from under me just yet!
I probably need to just do hippy jumps for a little bit to get used to landing on a board.
I think the biggest hurdle at doing it when you’re a bit older is just being older. Falling off, skating around and learning when you’re 15 looks fine. When you’re older you unless your decent you feel like a bit of berk lol
Give this guy a follow on YouTube. Honestly, if I’d had his tutorials back when I’d started I’d be a 1000x better than I am (was).
Also, a friend of mine skated a similar timeframe to you, only for a couple years, 15-17. He never progressed past Ollie’s and pop shoves really, but he’s taken it up again at 37 and now he’s landed kickflips which he never did bitd. It just takes time and practise, you got this.
I just turned 50 and still skate. You do get the odd laugh from a car or something but you just need to accept that if you want to skate. Ridicule is nothing to be scared of etc.
Funnily enough that’s the channel I watched to help with Ollie’s. The way he explained it made way more sense. Using the front foot to guide the board rather than drag it up.
Yeah I’ll stick with it. Getting a bit older has made me want it more. Minimum I want to be able to land Ollie’s consistently before I die! lol
That’s how I started a few days ago. I found my board in the garage and held on to a bench to get a feel for the Ollie.
I also found that the deck I have is too small for me. I’m 6”2 with size 10 shoes, the deck is 7.75. Jsut ordered an 8.25
Funny thing is last time i went skating i got jeered at by 2 white van men but also quite heavily cracked onto by a younger female skater from Trinidad so it goes both ways…!
Nice lol!
I think my daughter wants to learn so that’s an excuse to ride around a little. Not sure how well that will go, she’s only 8. She’s really good at trying new things until something freaks her out. I’m pretty sure the first time she feels like she’s going to fall it will kill it for her. Be a lot of walking along next to it holding onto her!
My son is still too little but im thinking I’d want him to wear a lid when the time comes, even though I’m grateful my parents never tried to get me to.
Ride around a flat even empty space, get your balance first and foremost, feel comfortable on the board. Then start scraping the tail on the ground as you’re moving. That will help loads with learning the technique stationary too. Then start putting the two together.
Take it easy is my advice…learn to fall as it is a fundamental basic in my opinion. 36 is young. Get good at pushing, gliding and turning.
That Mitchie Brusco bloke (like him or not) that @BvS mentioned has a really good fundamentals video called 50 flatground tricks.
That is really good as you can get out more yourself and you get to see your child build resilience through an activity which, for all bar the most gifted, is hard.
Yeah I do need to get my balance back. It shouldn’t take too long to be comfortable again. I rolled around a little 10 years ago and it came back in a couple of days. Not 100% but I could run and jump onto a stationary board to get it moving.
When you mean scraping do you mean just touching the tail or dragging it to stop?
I never really thought about learning to fall until I watched some of those skateiq videos. Landing on the board with bent legs so your lower to the ground incase you do fall never occurred to me! I’ve had a few heavy falls in the past but it’s always been from hitting cracks or stones. I’ve always been able to roll out of them. So far I’ve never really had any really bad slams. Just grazed hands
Yeah hopefully she sticks to it. I try not to force her too much but she has a tendency to stop if something gets hard. She’s the same with the piano. She picks up really fast until there’s a slight challenge then it takes a lot of pushing to get her through. I can play guitar decently well so I know it feels. I probably would have quit that had I not had a teacher which meant I had to learn otherwise you look stupid at the next lesson lol
