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Absolutely - I love the speed, too. Amazing session today and ended with 38 mph - and much as speed was nice-first time I felt confident in tuck lean.

@WedrawonSTUFF3845 no, it’s downhill skateboard (Owen Fox by Prism skateboards). Set up with 10 in Caliber 3 trucks, Venom bushings & Venom Mach 1 Cannibals.

Oh I skate board and I was like uhhh how is he going so fast it doesn’t look like it’s down hill

@WedrawonSTUFF3845 Cool you’re skating and having fun. the angle of view may be tricky, but I had actually just finished doing a 34 mph speed run on this hill before fails on Coleman sides.

@@nickamarit Thats cool & makes sense. have a deeper appreciation for it now as it’s my main warm up and confidence builder. Hopefully as I improve, the carving will lead to stand up skills & confidence. Agree, good for basic speed control, but not as fun as siding. 😆🤘

Thanks. I’ll check them out. It’s a wonderful thing having a local longboard shop like Insanity board shop. All good fun. 🤘

Thanks and really wrote the wheels off. Odd that I flat spotted front right wheel and I think actually from deep pressure during toe slide? Guess too much? Oh well. All refinements of balance and pressure? All fun learning.

@@cantskate5535 Flatspots really only happen when the wheel slides without spinning at the same time as it's sliding. If you're rotating the board to exactly 90 degrees to the direction of travel to initiate the slide, then it will usually cause a flatspot (and will usually slide further). I try to avoid this by keeping my sliding angles less than 90 degrees, but it causes the board to also turn as it slides as well as brake much more in a slide. So you gotta compensate for the turning (by planning a slide trajectory) and the extra braking force (with more lean). But it's worth it because I never got any flatspots before.

Thanks, Nick. Very helpful. I’ll have pay closer to attention to that because I’ve done it to 3 sets of wheels in last year.

​@@cantskate5535 If you do pendy slides (such as the Coleman, push up, or toeside glovedown pendy - the 3 pendy slides that you do), then you can rotate past 90 and slide at a slightly >90° angle for a while before pulling it back around. edit: If you manage to catch the exact slide that made your wheels flatspot on camera, then you can try and see what you may want to do differently form-wise.

Thank you. Truthfully, I don’t have clear understanding of weight distribution of my weight on the board when sliding. Still fairly new, but in more practice sessions-I’ll become more aware.

Thanks, Nick. Looking forward to practicing more tuck leaning. Amazingly fun with Magnums as well as Cannibals. Felt more comfy getting into lower position.

@@cantskate5535 You should definitely look into getting narrow trucks to fit your Mags better. Your current trucks are turtling the Mags so much I'm getting wheelbite-anxiety just from seeing it. lol I used the rail match calculator to calculate the truck width you need for a 9.25"-wide deck on (the previous version of) Mags. And the truck hanger width that is most perfect is 130mm. If you want to continue to use your Cals, you can send your hangers to be chopped down to 130mm by machinists. Otherwise, just try new trucks in that width range.

@ haha wheelbite anxiety - lol. Thanks for the info and I have 2 sets of 130 mm trucks (Seismic and I think Bear?). I brought them from CA this weekend so will be tinkering on a couple other boards for 130 mm and Mags. Will try them out and see how they feel. Historically I have done horribly on 130 mm, but guessing contact size will make a difference.

@@cantskate5535 I redid the rail match calculator on a 9.25 deck, but this time I selected flipped Mags, and it said the best hanger size is 150mm. So if you flip them, your 158mm Calibers will have a slightly better fitment. Much less turtling. edit: Or are your Calibers 184mm?

This is a really interesting conversation. Appreciate the free food for thought on the rail calculator.

Oh yeah - congrats. Have fun.

It was normal at about 30 degrees & facing forward, but when I did my last kick-foot slid on the inside of the shoe and then ate it. If I had not gone for my 5th kick, it would have been fine. I changed to my other shoes I wear regularly and are much tighter.

Thank you. Just staying active and having fun in learning by failing, but will never stop trying. 🤘👊

@cantskate5535 ..falling is how we truely learn....everything 🙂🙏💪

That’s awesome and congrats on getting back to it. Really cool to skate with your boys-and an inspiration in so many ways. Yeah, I was off balance - oddly in my shoe 😆- my last kick, foot slid in the shoe and ate it. You’ll get the stand up slide much faster than you think. 🤘 Best to you as well in 2025! Scrape the gloves, but don’t scrape skin.

Thank you and can look into those. I wear double layer Kevlar sleeves and wear buttocks pad (under jeans) that covers front & back to mid thigh. As well now-due to recent wipeout last week & road rash-wear back/chest motor bike protector (that I had not worn in awhile since doing toe sides); a reminder for me to keep wearing gear.

Cool; noted hip pads, and the back protector - good idea, I had one of those when I used to ride. They are good cos, like the hip pads, you can wear them under normal clothes. Keep the vids coming!

Thank you. Always trying to improve & learn. Going to be uploading later tonight recent sesh today in tuck with Venom cannibals and magnums. So fun.

Thanks for commenting and watching. I do choose low traffic times to minimize traveling public risk and this was late morning while everyone was mostly at work-eventhough it may appear otherwise. As for myself, I’m in a protected 12 foot (no traffic allowed) zone, all gear, and did attempt to do a few Coleman slides, but not at that speed. Getting use to the newer sticky pavement and fairly newer cannibals was too hard for me so went to another residential street, switched wheels and continued practicing. Techniques aside, I have done push up slides at that speed and have built up enough reaction time to do something, but maybe not what some may do. Confidence can only occur in environments that are as real as the situation allows-I’m not out there to create hazards to people/drivers, besmirch the downhill community or get hurt so I can’t provide for my family. I’m enjoying the learning experiences my off days from indoor/outdoor climbing, and so far - it’s been wonderful.

Thanks. Looks really rad, but thankfully my buddy is helping me out to install it because I don’t have a clue. Will be installing probably later in the month.

@@Lightsinthenightsky333 thanks and modified it before first use.

@@nickamarit Thank you and I definitely agree. Just barely getting started in understanding wheel capabilities in addition to all the nuances of skill learning to come & refine them all.

@@M0s1nNagant thank you and makes sense. Haven’t figured out a natural way to set up carve, but will try it & share how it goes. 🤘

Thank you. Simplicity of just practice & repetition. Starting to make sense now.

Thanks. Will work on that next session. Unseen in the video, but as I was coming down the hill, I faced my back foot more forward and knee slightly inward-felt awkward at first, but getting use to it. Thanks for suggestion.

Thank you. Appreciate the refinement technique on front heel and will practice that next session. Anything to improve weight balance is so helpful. Happy New Year!

Cool. I will try them flipped, too-never tried.

​@cantskate5535 i dont have any trucks narrower than 160mm, and i ride a landyachtz evo36 and a pantheon sacrifice. So i flip them for a narrower footprint. Works really well for 9.5-9in boards. Always feels better that way for me. Good job with your progression man 💪

@ thanks and good to know. As I’ve gotten more experience on the Prism Owen Fox, I do have a few other boards that I want to try that are narrower. I have trucks that go as narrow 130 mm - both Seismic and Bear, but don’t have balance skill enough to really control them; it’s like a tight rope and I’m barely getting starting on a “plank”. 😆

​@cantskate5535 idk if you've tried this yet, but when I've rode smaller trucks in the past, i noticed it helps to run bushings a little softer than i used in wider trucks. At least in the front. It helped me keep all 4 wheels on the ground during slides and tight turns, while the board was tippy before i tried that. Also helps to sort of point your feet forward more. But idk if small setups are for everyone anyway lol

They're 74a cannibals, so pretty close

Cannibals. But do feel like if I warm up enough-maybe. Will get some Mags now to confirm. Thanks.

@@RideFlyLongboards thank you. Yes, learning huge amounts of improper weight & balance.

@@nickamarit thanks and yes, will be experimenting to see what feels best. Before I did this, I adjusted Owen Fox more forward and didn’t feel too bad.

I Definitely agree with the first dudes comment!! And also they don't look very pleasing to the eye.

I did actually change it before I rode it. And it’s been working great. Thanks.

@ thanks. I did adjust it before I used it. Not familiar with looks of torque blocks, so maybe my new Scythe will be better-just got that in.

@@cantskate5535 Scythe one looks great.

@@florianleonhardt620 oh yeah! 🤘👊

All good, thanks. Felt good to break a quick sweat and keep moving.

Thanks, Nick. Experimenting with various wheels and have those type of wheels. Will be trying those soon. I was stoked to slide reasonably well on the Mach 1s, which was a change from only using them for straight speed.

@@cantskate5535 You can try the Fatty Hawgs (or any other offset wheel) flipped. It's gonna be a lot more crisp for sliding.

@ thank you and I’ll try that. 🤘

@@bobbyventure720 what do you recommend-what would you like to see?

@@Lightsinthenightsky333 thank you. Makes sense. Still getting use to body awareness in this position, but enjoying it a lot more for a good change up.

@@florianleonhardt620 Thank you and it’s been interesting that I had not worn my back protector since I started doing toe sides? 🤔Oddly my first mistake of pressing away and leaning back on this final attempt to finish session. So, yes, I will start wearing it now-thanks. Wow-that’s 🥶. Happy new year as well. 🤘

Thank you. Fun learning a little each session.

@@JohnnyD5dub0 thank you and just putting in the work. Plenty more time to put in, but liking the grind. Always open to pointers-thank you.

Yes. I was indecisive of whether to continue toe slides or try first Coleman. That split decision caused me to deweight my front foot, balance was off, board went straight and back foot slipped off. At this point, I think I was a little tired, too as I had done well over 200+ “sprints” on all 5 boards.

@cantskate5535 Woah, that's a lot of reps. No wonder you're tired!

Thanks. “A party of one” so got to self motivate and have fun. 😆🤙

@@nickamarit thank you. Fun just trying things. Now to try it on dry pavement hopefully in next week.

Thank you. Practicing fails (saves), too. 😆🤘

Oh yeah-all about the thane stoke and glad you were surely just as excited. Yes, Sector 9 butterballs. Those were my first legit ones last October on Coleman shutdown with rail. Love these wheels. Sentimental. 🤘

@ Sweet!! Remember getting my first pair of butterballs too haha, best memories ever.. Can’t wait to see ur progress 🙌🎅

Thanks and skill confidence little by little. Woohoo.

Thank you. Enjoying the near effortless energy in the wet concrete.

Looking in direction your going is the game changer huh.

Thank you. Now trying to keep it consistent. 🤘

Thank you. Enjoying the slippery conditions that require minimum effort. A great learning tool.

Yes-1st was a mess in more ways one-haha. Thank you for the great pointers on foot position, knees and line-barely 3rd session on toe sides. Makes sense on all of it. Still trying to figure it all out out, but your pointers are great-🤙

Yes, 1st bail was painful, more mentally, but all good. 2nd bail was combo of mental freezing and I backed off-shifted too much weight in the back-hence board kicked out. Thank you. Learning new skills is fun. 😆🤘

@@AdventuresInSkateboarding thank you. When it’s fun-it’s not work. 🤘

@cantskate5535 still putting in sets reps and time. 🙏

@@Jummijammi1995 thank you. Yes, trying to work up to steer around my corner that i ate it hard earlier this year. 😆

Thank you. Butterballs are a special memory since I first did Coleman shutdown with rail for first time last year. I have Liam Morgan’s too (drift series?) and they thane so well too. I just got the “smokes”. You’ll surely get thane on them and good fun in your session. 🤙

@@howardb.6205 Hi, sorry missed this comment, but what do you mean? Still struggle with when YT comments show up.

@howardb.6205 Y tho

Thank you. First time I really understand “plant your foot” - something @adrienpaynel suggested (very causally and friendly) to me my first ever “expert session” with San Diego crew back in May this year.

Thank you. Now more stoked than ever to continue training.

Thank you. Posting helmet cam now.