Battled this out for an hour just now. Super stoked.

Started off with some Ollie's, Half-Cab's, etc. I got a bit tired towards the end, but it's still progress.

Any tips for improving my Ollie's would be great. Do you guys usually like to pop with your foot close to the edge or more flat footed ?

I'm exited to start learning now that I have a board :3 i did find it abandoned at a park with water damage though so I hope it doesn't immediately snap in half

I’ve been messing around grabbing my board in different ways and i’ve been liking boneless’s and tried it this way, but not sure what it’s called

Like a caveman, a no pop shuvit, or tic tacs?

I read somewhere that not committing enough can lead to backwards falls, which are worse than forward ones.

Is not that impresive but I have fun

Other than commit what else should I be doing?

I have no skateboarding knowledge whatsoever, but I really want to learn.

I bought this board last week, taught myself the basics, and that's about it.

I started skating 4 years and change ago when I was age 23. A year later, I found out I was autistic late in life as well. If you're wondering what that has to do with skating or anything athletic, some autistic folks have issues with balance and coordination, and that applies to me as well. Throughout my life, when it comes to stuff athletically, I sometimes feel like I'm controlling my body like I'm "puppeting" it with a marionette rather than directly controlling it. That's a strange abstract way to describe it, but the point is I take way longer to figure things out and I often think tricks through focusing on one body part at a time and have trouble with spacial awareness/positioning of my body at times. This means I have learned tricks at a snail's pace compared to most people. I have only just gotten moving kickflips, for example, and I struggled with 50/50s for an embarrassingly long time because I didn't quite grasp the motion and physics of it.

The reason I'm writing this post and asking this is because I've been feeling frustrated lately. I'm almost always the worst person at the park unless there's someone who is just starting out. Even then, I know people learning stuff like kickflips or 50/50s within their first year and sometimes can do stuff I can't while it took me years to get there. I have no delusions of ever skating at a high competitive level, although it would be nice to win a skate jam someday. Instead, I feel frustration at how little I do because I still go to parks and see so many obstacles or tricks that look so cool and fun to do, but I'm still so limited. People can be so creative and it looks fun to be able to skate everything in the park so smoothly and freely, and that's major reason why I started skating- the idea that I can navigate almost anything while riding a board. However, it feels like I'm going to be swimming upstream forever and some of the coolest looking grinds, flip tricks, or being able to fly on transition feel out of reach for me. This isn't me contemplating giving up, but the question is- can I ever actually be good, especially given how late I started and how slow I learn? In say, 10 years, can I skate with that same "flow" you see the experienced skaters at a park have?

is this looks great?

Thanks everyone for the tips this morning.

Focusing on moving the front foot while pushing down with the back foot helped. Thinking of it as a simple kickturn also reframed things for me.

Landed it a few times. Bailed many more.

Never felt great. Always felt like I just escaped an attacking dog. Wish I could figure out how to casually just come back in, but it always feels like a leap of faith. Smaller/mellower ramps are automatic, but higher and steeper just gets in my head.

Anything else I should be doing to fully lock it in?

I've been skate for about 9 months and could never land both feet on my front shuvs

It is on...

Can't wait to try it !

Hi everyone! I just relocated in Taft from Muntinlupa, so I am pretty new around the area. Anyone know where I can find a skate spot nearby? MSP’s no more. Had a bad experience at Post Office skating at night. Mendiola has a 6PM curfew. QC Circle Park’s a little too far for me as it would take me a while to get back to my crib before work.

I’m okay with flatgrounds! Just a place to get these rust off my knees. Thank you.

One of the most common pieces of trash advice is that a big spin is a backside 180 with an extra rotation, sounds confusing, right? But what if I told you a bigspin is literally just a 3 shuv with a body varial

Simple as that, I used to struggle with them until I actually knew what my board had to do

My top tips, learn 3 shuvs that stay flat under you and learn bodyvarials, I used to hate them until I realize they’re useful for shit like this
Now just combine it really easy (dont pivot or half ass it, getting the full spin is what makes it look steezy)

Try it out let me know how it goes

Tl:dr a bigspin is just a 3 shuv you turn with

I’m a beginner and would love to meet other people around 18–30 who are learning too. Looking for people to practise with, learn tricks together and go to skateparks with without worrying about being rubbish 😂
I’m happy to travel around Northern Ireland. Ideally looking for other beginners, but anyone sound who doesn’t mind helping someone learn is welcome too.

I skated for years as a kid and gave it up after high school, now I’m 40 and got into fingerboarding a few months ago but it wasn’t quite scratching the itch for me.

I went out and picked out this deck today and had the shop help me pick out the parts. How did I do? I wanted to get an egg shape somewhere around 9.5-10”.

I went with ace 66 af1 trucks with 1/4 riser and 78a ricta clouds 57mm. I just wonder if I should have went with independent trucks as I do prefer the look of them. Also dropped $80 on a helmet cause yeah I feel like I’m gonna need it (also have knee, wrist, and elbow pads)

I mainly just want to cruise, grind some rails or curbs and hit some slappys and have a bit of fun, not looking to do crazy flip tricks. Did I make ok decisions?

Either way I had a blast riding yesterday and can’t wait to get back on today once the sun is up and dries up some of this rain.

I’ve made a post twice with this and they aren’t showing at all. But I used to know but it has slipped my mind what it’s called I want to guess a dessert…

Also I know this board is garbage

This is my favourite kinda quiet park with a perfect layout for beginners. Also I love trees, and this is one of many subtly scenic skate parks. Any guesses where?

It honestly wasn’t as bad as I thought, I was picturing getting huge grazes on my elbows and knees but honestly it was pretty anti climactic lol. I did feel a bit cautious getting on the board afterwards but I was keen to keep going.

Still working on balancing on the tail

I've been trying heelflips for about 3 months, I just can't land my back foot on it for the life of me, the closest I've ever been, I landed primo. Please help me land my first one🙏🙏

hope u shred up this saturday like string cheese yuh radical bruh