Turn your shoulders before you scoop. When you do, your hips catch up with your shoulders and you’ll not over-rotate.
Managed another couple of hours tonight. Just breaking in a new deck. Powered through like Johnson. Actually feel better for it too.
Not out until Friday now, so a welcome break for my body and I’m also pushing it a bit with my wife!!
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Got an hour in at the local this morning, up to nearly two hours skating this year! Just played about on the little quarter and did some mannys. Felt real good, need to get myself out a bit more while I have the time. Aching like mad now.
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Come oxford ya git
Baby steps Neddy. An hour at the local was a big deal!!!
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Bumped into a skate dad at my sons sports day this morning and managed to arrange an old man curb session at 8.30 tonight.
First time actual skating since breaking my hand. See if I have the fear I guess.
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Only done a Kämpfen slide once before, thought I’d work on it and see if I could get a clean one for Bun Dis. Close but no cigar. 
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Well…first skate in 9 months. Landed a very, very, very slow and stinking treflip. I’ll count that as a win.
Mainly chatting. Was good. Back in the game.
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Landing any 360 flip takes determination and doing one, no matter how stinking, after a 9-month hiatus is pretty banging man. You are definitely back in the game and I salute you.
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Yep, not like decent 360 flips are easy…
Big Hyde Park session tonight for the first time in a long while. Sun was out, crew was heavy, 0% Heinekens were flowing and sketchy nollie heels over the hip were landed. Top evening. Love Leeds 
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Cheers Frankie!
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I can’t remember where, when and how he exactly said it but Kalis once said that the secret to a good 360 flip is that you have to put a lot of effort into every single one you try. Totally makes sense to me but then again I’m old and was never gonna part of that generation that worked hard on their supposed-to-look-easy yo flips.
360 flips are so fucking cool. Doing one that flows well and landing it bolts is one of the best feelings in the world to me.
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I can do them most of the time stationary on my front room carpet but when you add forward motion the board always goes away from me.
I focused entirely on not putting my back leg straight on the floor atter the scoop and just landed it out of nowhere.
It’s not a trick I normally have on flat by any means.
Flatground frontside flips next.
Used to have them on lock…
…twenty years ago.
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Have you seen James (aka schoolboy to you Leeds heads) out recently? Not sure he skates much if at all these days and haven’t spoken to him for probably a year now.
Not recently no. He moved away a while back (I forget to where) but now and again he pops back to Leeds and I bump into him. I know Tom Brown still sees him quite regularly though!
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I’ve done the precursor to these probably 30 years ago a few times and they felt amazing [/cmoac]. Never well, like Shier etc, but the basis of the Shier version - the boardslide to switch 5.0 180 - was a EMB inspired staple in the glory days of Nottingham’s original Market Square ledges. Brad Garner and John Weatherall in particular were kings of this one.
Film loads Mike - all the variations.
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I do like the feel of the transition stage when pulling my front wheels onto the edge of the ledge.
I will try and I appreciate the encouragement! This does rely on me actually being able to get the first one…but there is hope…but that is limited by ability and age haha
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Low motivation and a drop in confidence has had me avoiding skateboarding for a few weeks but I dipped into Norfolk earlier to Loddon Skatepark.
Such a cool park. Plenty of flat, minimal obstacles. Slate.
Filmed a couple of things with the forum edit in mind - but haven’t looked yet.
In summary, I love skateboarding again.
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I like your stick!
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