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Thanks, man!! Welcome to my madness 😂. This park has the closest manny pad to me, about a 45-50 min drive. I made one I use in the driveway to practice from time to time. It's literally made of 2x4s and a 4x8 sheet of plywood. Nice and low to practice all the manuals and work up to doing tricks onto bigger manual pads. Not sure how much space you have, but you could go that route or cut it to 3' wide and have it 8' long. I wouldn’t sacrifice the length-I find that 8' length for mannys, rails, and ledges gives me time. I had a 6' manny pad before, but it was just way too short.

@@OldBrokenSkater unfortunately i live up on a mountain and there is no flat ground anywhere up here haha and any manny pad i built would be too long. i could level my yard but the quotes i got for that were like $10k + for even a small area, rip there are a few decent street spots about a 15 minute drive away that are curb high though! i posted one on my shorts recently lol

Bummer, man-10k buys a lot of other things. But damn, Hawaii looks nice for skating! Went there many years ago, hung out in Waikiki, and then took a cruise ship over to Kauai. Only surfed-wasn't skating at the time. The manny pad looks pretty fun, and a lot of the other spots do too. You've got a bunch of sick tricks down, and the hip progress is 🔥. Great skating!!!

Yea man, welcome back 🙌 It's insane and only gets so much better the more time you spend on the board. Been back about 7 months after 20+ years and knee issues. Same thing-I feel like I've been able to do more than when I was a kid, and it's so rewarding when you get something new. Glad you enjoy the channel!!!

Thanks!! Really appreciate it! This park is about 45-50 minutes away. I really need to make more time to get here. It has a great variety of things, except a mini ramp-which is fine since I have one closer to home for those days.

Add them into your runs here and there, or in between tricks. Kinda like hippie jumps, they’re such a solid foundational trick that gives us so many benefits.

Good observation! The board’s flex might seem like it contributes to the ollie, but it’s the combination of popping the tail, jumping, and catching with the front foot. If you go to 4:13 in the video and change the "playback speed" (in the gear icon) to 0.25x, you can see the back foot pushes the tail down, causing the board to start to lift the nose, then the front foot catches or levels out the ollie. Same thing at 4:36-this is a good one to see, also at 0.25x playback speed. Hope seeing these two parts gives you a better visual of the pop.

Happy New Year!!! Welcome to 2025!!! Rails are surprisingly still my favorite thing. All my friends were super good at flip tricks, and I had to make up for my shortcoming with rails and transition skating 😂. The deck I've been riding is 8.8 inches wide, 32.4 inches long, with a wheelbase of 14.5 inches. It has a unique shape to it and is a little broader than a popsicle but doesn’t have a narrow nose or tail like an egg. They are slightly squared-off yet rounded. It's a great board for transition skating, but it lacks a bit for street-type skating. The concave is medium, then steep towards the nose. With all that said, it’s a great board, but I’m going to start skating a popsicle board again soon. Having tried all kinds of shapes, I’m going to stick to a width of 8.5 (minimum) and no bigger than 8.8. I think that’s a good width area for transition skating and tricks while maintaining maneuverability. You can check the deck out on the Welcome Skateboards website. Any deck with the shape "Sphynx." They usually don’t put too many out, and the graphics are an acquired taste 😂. welcomeskateboards.com/search?q=Sphynx&options%5Bprefix%5D=last

@ Thanks for the info buddy, il take a look at that link. I’m toying with sticking with either 8.25 or 8.5 popsicle but think il have to take both old set ups out to remind myself which I prefer although my opinion changes weekly 🤣

This is a difficult choice for me too. I know I want to ride the popsicle, but I also know I'll have to bring along the old setup 😂. I guess that's not a bad problem to have nowadays.

When I first got back into this, I was chasing tricks left and right, and it just wasn't fun. I skipped a lot of things that I now see have an impact on many tricks and parts of skating. Going back through it all again at a slower pace and thinking it through a bit has made it so much more fun. The list is great! I made one with the goal of trying to get 20-25% of what's on it. It really helps to break away from being hyper-focused on one thing every session. Thanks for watching, and glad you're enjoying the vids 😎.

Love the ledge box/manny pad at this park! It goes from 4 inches to about 3 feet, allowing for that step-up. I'm right there with you-stationary tricks are difficult, and the same goes for trying things slower. I've always been used to the "just do it with speed" method, but I'm starting to realize it doesn't always work for me. The stationary and slow rolls have been helping me improve at catching my falls-my wrists and hips are pretty happy with that 😂.

All the little bits count 🙌. It may seem like I get a lot of park time, but I actually get twice as many short morning or afternoon practice sessions after all the dad and adulting stuff. It all counts, and any time on a board is time spent improving board feel. Even when its freezinggggggg

Try doing a switch manual, but don't think of it as a nose manual in your head, even though, in theory, it's very similar. Do them stationary here and there, then test out your regular nose manual. The fakie thing is too funny-I can ollie higher and do a few tricks fakie that I can't normally do. It's bizarre. Thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it!!!!!

Hell yeah man 🙌 It's not necessarily about doing new switch tricks, although that's an added bonus. It's more about giving us that board feel, confidence, and expanding our balance. It'll come in super handy on transition too! Thanks, bro!!!

🙌 All great things!!! Manuals are such a great foundational trick-so many benefits from this movement, stationary or rolling. I'm not quite at fully landing the hippie jumps in different positions; need to fall a couple more times 😂. Tik Taks are another great one too; I’ll have a vid later down the road on those. You're doing lots of good for your skating-keep it up!!!

This is Hive or Hive Skate Shop in New London CT

Slappies look sooooo simple when others do them 😂. Wish we had more slappy blocks out here. The park was pretty fun-still surprised it's the only indoor one in the state of CT!

Anytime, Scott!!! I was so guilty of skimping on the basic stuff-always in a rush to just figure out all the other tricks for some odd reason. I'm sure getting back into some of them will have a positive impact. Switch has been fun, just another challenge that builds more board feel and confidence. It'll be a long, long, long time before I do anything outside of manuals or ollies switch.

That’s what I’m talking about! Board feel and balance drills will build confidence and lead to more fun sessions in the long run. Can’t wait to see what you put together!

I couldn't come up with any other names, and there were like 1,000 Miguel's already on TH-cam 😂 But for real, that sounds brutal, man. I looked this up (metatarsals), and it's pretty amazing you're still skating. I can't skate like I used to either-not in the sense of tricks, but my struggle is with range of motion and flexibility. The military destroyed my legs. I've had my ACL replaced in the right leg twice, along with medial tears and a few others. Then on my left leg, the ACL was replaced twice, along with lateral and medial tears, PCL and MCL tears, and a tibial fracture. The left leg (my push foot) just struggles with flexibility. I also think there’s an element of fear of injuring the leg again that holds me back. But I’m just happy to skate again and to get to the point where I’m at now. Hopefully, it inspires others to just skate and not worry so much about landing wild tricks or getting "good."

@OldBrokenSkater I can still skate but only for like a few minutes to max of an hour at a time due to my foot not healing right (because I didn't listen to my doctor about leaving the boot on) lol. Love seeing your progress though. And when it comes to your name, I just had to give you laugh with what I said haha

Thanks so much! Hoping for more progress this year. It’s awesome you’re still getting out there, even with the lingering pain-that’s solid dedication. Appreciate the support and the laugh about the name! Miguel's Skate Channel just sounds too meh 😂 Hope you have a great New Year!!

Thanks!!! 🙌 Gotta figure out how to come out regular and not fakie all the time. That’ll be the next step for that trick.

Appreciate it, Simon! Switch skating is fun and frustrating, but it’s a good way to take a break between working on other moves. I think it’ll also help with more board confidence and open up more setups in transition skating.

🙌 Thanks!! I think we can all benefit from a little fundamentals-winter’s a great time to catch up on stuff like this.

Thanks bro!! Now when you see me putting around like more of a looney bin you know what I'm doing 😂

Thanks Wes! Go nice and easy to start the hippie jumps those things can get wild real quick. First few days I was definitely kissing some pavement doing stationary. Work in progress for me.

@ Thanks will do for sure!

Got some great stretches from “Chase Mountains” on here for that. Feels so good! Hurt my lower back and hip falling on the lip of a stair and couldn’t move for months, have had sciatica for over a decade. The stretches help remove my nerve pain and tightness in my hamstring.

@ thanks I'll look him up. Seeing a chiro and doing Mckenzie exercises currently.

I would start super easy like stationary with the hippie jumps unless you already got them.(Once your back at it) First one I did I went for a ride to the pavement 😂. Super easy looking trick I think, but not to be under estimated. Will be a few weeks before I get wild and jump my rail. Love body varials another super good one coming down the pipeline with shoulder and hip rotations...but the shuv it vid is coming out first lol, I know I'm a slacker. Also I second @TheTWhite suggestions for "Chase Mountains" for stretching as well as "Knees Over Toes Guy" for anything knee related lower body related. Been trying to fit pockets of both in when time allows.

@@OldBrokenSkater I second moving hippie jumps are harder than it looks. I can do them stationary, but tried it moving one day and almost ate it big time, haha. Def need to do more

That one trick that looks easy and fun, then bam throws you to the ground. I do have a blooper from this video, will probably purpose it somewhere 😂

Thanks man, appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it! Hoping to get more like this out soon!

Love these shoes! Swap between these and affordable Nikes.....if theres even such a thing 😂

@ I’m also tryna kickflip out a bank for my last kickflip of the year 😹

Hell yea man!! 🙌 Plenty of time to get it!!! I found that it's a bit easier to do tricks out of the bank. The ones I've done on flat are terrible because I can't bring the knees/legs up high enough yet. So the banks helps for now until I can start seeing benefits from box jumps and step up exercises.

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Thanks!! I was terrible at street skating growing up, I could only do rails 🤣 while my friends did alllllll the flip tricks.

Thanks! Slappys are so hard-can't grasp the concept without lifting up the nose. Not enough curbs around to spend time on them either. I was super lucky my wheels held for the most part. Literally watched someone drop in, and with one slight weight shift-bam-straight to the ground. That’s when I was like, “Okay, I’m just doing a straight line back and forth.” 😂

Thanks, Simon! I was surprised to get the back 50-50-one of those moments where I let my mind wander off, and the next thing you know, I'm trying them out and landing one. Hope you have some downtime coming up and enjoy the holidays! 🌲

@ thanks mate, you too. Have a lovely Christmas holiday ✌🏻

Thank you!!! So much fun, great to kick back and enjoy a park with new friends!

Thanks! The indoor park was fun-perfect for staying out of the weather. We definitely all had a fun session!

Very spread out so hard to find the right flow here, but it does offer some unique obstacles.

Thank you Adele!!! Single digits this weekend with a bit of a heat wave later next week 40f (4c) 😂 Hope you have some great holidays and good skate sessions!

Yes sir!!! Thats my biggest flaw I need to fix. Getting the hips over the ledge and sitting on the nose. Think it's a confidence thing I gotta work through. I can do these with no ollie / almost slappy with the hip and weight centered. Just the gotta commit, thanks for tips bro!

Absolutely!!!🙌

Such a fun little feature! I think this is the second one I’ve done. It looks really intimidating at first, but after a few attempts to figure out the lock-in, it’s not so bad. Each time, I’ve worried that the back wheel would catch towards the end, but in reality, that’s not really possible. I’m always overthinking these things! 😂 The slickness of the park took a bit of getting used to, but luckily, I had somewhat softer wheels, so it wasn’t as bad for me as it was for one of my friends on 99s. He really had to work for that extra grip!

Thanks! Appreciate it! I can’t relate to many of the new skate videos or sessions unless it’s a beginner or someone getting into skating and just working for their lines. Seeing that kind of skating makes it more real and inspiring, like you said. Love the Nano Rats-they’re 56mm 93s, and they’ve performed really well on everything from crusty streets to a super dusty indoor skatepark recently. They have a super smooth roll, especially at the concrete parks I frequent. The only other wheel that comes close is the Nano Cubics (the red circle ones)-can’t remember the duros off the top of my head. Love those wheels too! I’d try the Nano Rats out, though, if you’re on parks mostly. Keep an eye out-I sometimes do tips videos for things I see others wanting help with, and rock to fakie is on the list. But yeah, try Nano Rats toooo!!!

Sure was!!! Hoping for some warm weather next week to get some outdoor park sessions in!

Thanks! Super fun, just a bit dusty-could use a regular mopping. Luckily, I had Nano Rats 56mm 93a (I think 39 wide). They held up very, very well, even when caked in dust. One of the friends had to switch out the harder wheels he was skating because it was pretty slick.

@ That’s what I found too. My softer 93a Dragons worked better for me indoors on wood ramps whereas my 99a Spitfires were scary slippery. 👊

@@Steves_SkateXplosion yep sounds about right! 99s are like ice skates in a park😂

Absolutely especially when everything else is covered in snow. Still couldn't believe it was uncrowded for a weekend.