Broke my humerus bone at 51, (was doing a roll in on 7’ shallow end of the big bowl at my local) now at 52 I’m riding transition consistently again and prognosis is great for full recovery. The shoulder mobility was positively impacted by riding bowls and pump tracks especially in switch stance.
Same here. 51 here, LDP longboarding. Been trying several times pumptracks... Resulted in ankle sprain, rib and shoulder concussion. Sticking to flat and carving too
If you are wanting to learn how to roll in, then hanging up your back truck will likely result in a fall like you have. Rolling in is closer to a mini manual until your back truck is off then you lean forward. I felt that bail in my soul and I have done several of those learning to roll in myself.
It looks like you were trying to rock in rather than roll in. Not sure which is more difficult. Your slams are no joke. If you wanted to work into roll ins you can do a grind first from the deck and then roll in. Starting on smaller transition is a good idea as well.
I use my Burton snowboard hip pads. I started 6 years ago from a suggestion to improve my backward snowboarding. I'm not much but see my grin. I'm 82 now.
Buddy I just watched your videos... coolest old timer on TH-cam. 👍😎👍. Good stuff, I hope I can be like you, the smile alone is worth a broken bone or two... stay safe pad up and have fun
@@soberskater It is so fun. My high point, so far, perverse as it is, was going to the VA ER. When they asked and I explained the board flipped on some leaves at the bottom of a jump and broke the top of my foot, they called others in and asked me to explain it again. I was 80.
Hey man rolling in over coping is really hard. I’ve been skating for almost 39 years and I really don’t fool with it any more. It’s a good way to get a separated shoulder. If you want a safer way to get over coping after getting up on the deck try learning roll on 50 50’s. BTW the gym mat is really a great way to go to the hospital. Eventually it will pull the board out from under you and cause a gnarly slam. Of course you are allowed to do what ever you want. I suggest watching Skateboard Lessons with JB’s roll in video before you try these again. If you don’t bonk the wheels it isn’t a roll in it’s a Hang Up and at our age it’s a broken bone waiting to happen.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion This ain’t pickle ball! Never forget how dangerous this stuff is. I have mad respect for you getting out here and doing what you do. It takes balls to skateboard after 40 for sure. Just carving around a bowl is so rad!!! If you’re going to spend a bunch of money on this you should try the 187 pro pads or TSG Force 3 pads and practice bailing to knees in your sessions. I have the TSG and use old bones knee gaskets underneath.
The Andy Anderson shoes are so good . The flaps keep yer laces from getting burned up and they have ton armor to absorb impact. I only wish they made them in a full high top. That bowl is probably safer than those quarters since it’s so big you have more time to react.
I am at minute 3:35 with it paused laughing! I was thinking this man is going to make the roll in and then hit that mat and go flying, like hitting a pebble in the street.
Nice process! I laughed when the mat absolutely caused the fall. Good demonstration. And by the end of the video, you had it! If you have a pump track nearby, I highly recommend it, too! I'm 40 and have enjoyed the controlled progression on it. Your videos remind me of mine 😂 Hope I'm brave enough to try a ramp one day
@StevesSkateXplosion I snowboard but got into longboards 3 summers ago. I cruise flat ground, try to do dance, and ride pump tracks on shorter longboards. But now I'm so tempted to start learning street skate tricks, even if just a couple basic
Glad you survived that slam dude and great to see you pick yourself up and keep going. I broke my collar bone on a mini ramp last year so know how easily it can happen. P.s those stills at the end were genius.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion it was about 6 weeks in the sling and another couple to properly heal. Worst thing was not being able to drive the kids around and getting the bus to work! I think I just hit a stone and went straight down on my shoulder from the transition. I usually take a broom to the skatepark now but I also have a daughter with a gym pad! 🤔
It all depends how fit you are. I still got got reflexes so when I fall I can minimize the impact. Just yesterday I had a similar slam in a mini ramp. I know wood does not hurt as much concret does. But the best thing to avoid mental blockades, is to try it again and make it. Otherwise the mental blocked grows and it is getting harder to over come the fear.
Dude, I feel your pain, what a great idea with the pad! I don't think my hip is ever going to be the same again I have hit it so many times now. Looking so good on those axle stalls, keep it up!
Do Switch Rock fakie first for warm up. Then try to roll in like you did. I'm 51 as well and I had never the need to fully gear up for a mini session. And I also advise you to try it first on smaller ramps Keep on shreeding
You’re exactly right. I was thinking the same thing. Fakie rocks and smaller ramps first. I had no business doing that but I was curious and curious got me.
Bro I couldn't roll in until I got switch rocks, then it all clicked. Drop in, rock to fakie, then just get your back wheels over the coping and stay on your board. The wheels do most of the work. Stay wide stay low and stay on....
I was thinking that same thing. Go on a mini and do rock to fakie then fakie rock. It feels wierd at first but you are right, the wheels will do the work.
@@ericharmon7163 😎👍 I showed my 9 yr old that the board naturally wants to come back down.... go figure it had just enough to get over then just stopped... ghost stall 👻
@StevesSkateXplosion indoor is a good idea. Falling on wood instead of concrete does make a difference. First time I tried a roll in I went full speed commit at it. I flew like freaking superman down to the flat, 😆. Just keep your weight in the ramp on fakie rocks and you will roll right back in.
Wow, I really hope your ok! Felt that second slam, had many of those and all the weight on side like that sometimes knocks the wind out of me. Huge props though, you got back up and kept skating. Roll ins are tricky, I learned the way you where trying them, slowly stalling on the coping but using the nose to lift the back truck over. Then eventually adding a little speed to pop the back truck over with no stall or nose lift, if that makes sense. One things for sure though the roll in comes with the small price tag of a full body slam from time to time.
Hope that hand is alright man!! Seems a good idea but you either trip over the mat or miss it. It’s good for running bails tho, like you started with, to get over the fall fear and get a feel for it.
I went through the rediscovery phase in my 30's and slammed hard, had massive hemostasis on both hips for a year and eventually hung it up for a few year after fracturing my ankle. I got a motocross "girdle" and won't skate without it. You might wanna get one.
Steve. Thank you. This is so much work and your efforts show and encourage all of me. I look like the Michelin man at the park as you can see in my inset. And, notice the grin.
I automatically enjoy watching someone skate after watching them take a heavy slam and getting back up. Longtime watcher of the channel. You finally got my sub today 😂 keep it up boss
The first one where your back foot came off the board scared me, torque that knee a little bit the wrong way and it's game over for a bit....and those hand smacks are horrible...🤘💪
@@Steves_SkateXplosion you had it 2nd try if the mat wasn't in the way 100%... I'm scared of rolling in like that but I want to do it so bad so I'll be trying it real soon as well...💪
It’s really not that hard, but it requires perfect timing with the nose push to keep the trucks from hanging. I’ve done it a bunch on an indoor 2 foot ramp, but it’d been awhile and skating is so perishable. Not sure I trust myself to do a rock to fakie right now because it’s been a couple weeks.
i showed this dude who rolled up how to pop bearings out of wheels using the trucks cause he got new wheels, like 10 minutes later he got smoked and slammed on his wrist on a drop in
This goes right back to the dropping of a ledge into the bank, And you did that! Don’t go slow and put the middle of the board down. Roll up just like dropping of the ledge, front wheels go past the coping and you’re all lightweight and then when back wheels pass the coping you stop being lightweight,lean in and brace yourself for the curve.
Yaknow what's really nice? An Ollie to axle. You can do them just an inch high, kind of like slapping into the coping... or any height. Just smacking down on some metal coping... and it just sings. Ok. Really enjoying your videos.
Try doing a line now. You have enough. Try axel stall, kick turn or slash grind then rock to fakie. New challenge with skills you have. Feel that joy of skating. It's skills you have. But you have to put them together. Might help. The 1st roll in worked until the pad. Overthinking the pad perhaps. More thinking about the 1st go and why it works.
Be careful man and yes when you slam at our age it takes longer to heal so let's keep those back trucks off the copping, not sure how but I can see you certainly don't want them getting hung up, that's no bueno!
@@Steves_SkateXplosion Yeah hope you are okay that was a hard slam, you definitely need to make sure you are focused when riding! Just glad you’re good man!
Pads are a necessity at our age or anybody just learning. Pads saved from me from breaking elbow and wrist (still broke my shoulder) but would of ended my skating permanently. In theory the gym mats might help but it appears to be more of a hinderance. Anyway can't wait to see your next deck set up
@@Steves_SkateXplosion oh man. do you need to get your hand checked out ? I have noticed your subscribers and views have been picking up. That's great and you have the best skate channel that the regular average skater can relate to while trying to learn .
Im 53 i need a hip replacement and have several herniated disks just a few weeks ago i got myself a santa cruz and thought hell i wanna skate again after a hiatus of 30yrs itll be just like it used to be lol 😂 after a slam on the qaurter pipe my hip is still painful ive just got pads !!! And its damn hard now i cant do anything any more
DBC..Daily BLESSINGs Continue! Your Awesome Dude! I Really need to get Back to SKATEBOARDING but 110 degrees is too Hot Outside! Fall time and Winter! I know! Excuses!…. I’m a Lame. Your frickin AMAZING! ….HOPE YOU HEAL FAST! That fall was Bad. The Matt made it worse, I think!
When you next go for it, you should practice rolling up and out of the ramp again but try and do a nose manual even if just for a second and lift the tail up in one smooth motion. so your wheels dont hit the coping. Because thats basically what you have to do rolling down except you definitely wanna put the back wheels back down as soon as you get over the coping with them. Also I noticed on your first attempt that your front foot is too far back to be able to do this nose manual so you have to have it more forward. The one you got close on where you ran into the mat was close but your wheels still hit the coping and you want to avoid that since it'll startle you.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion yea man just been learning to carve/ link turns and do some rock fakies. Def want to shred them harder though once Im comfortable. I got a helmet, just looking for good knee pads that arnt to expensive.
Dude! Those falls! I did the same thing and STILL feel it in my palm/wrist. You got it though! Your axle stalls are so good too. And the "potential thumbnails" are awesome. Stock thumbnails... Just sayin.
Bro I’m fricking dead after that. Definitely my worst slam ever. My whole body is aching. But I still went and skated today because I can’t be resting more than a couple days tops. You know! Skating calls us!
omg lmao the one where you hit the mat and slammed after vaulting over the mat was funny as hell. you couldnt have been funnier if you tried. going up on top of the deck and stalling in the 50. im having the hardest time with that. thats why i thought you would be ready to get a 50 50 grind. is that coping rusty or sticky for some other reason?
@@Steves_SkateXplosion i would. im one of people that over does sht but maybe hit it with some sand paper and make it shiny. shiny= smooth. but if you wax it and do some grinds that will sand it too just not as well
very nice axle drop ins! And couple of hard slams... remains me of me too :) I think rolling in looked very good, even with the slams... there was one video that told that, treat rolling ins as they would be just rolling of the ledges, same way. Just hop into to emptiness, I guess normal standing position, a little Ollie maybe and after that just tilt your shoulder a bit into the transition...easy :) (ok, haven't tried that yet)....maybe a same kind of tip, than this "when you drop in into a 4' vert, one your trip down, vertical drop, remember to push your feet againts the vertical wall....yeah really this is a easy to execute anyways very good and early- bird video again from you!
Appreciate you connecting with me and your suggestions. I feel like I can get this but I’m going to have to work on a 2 foot first and maybe something a little less steep.
Your entire approach is wrong. You're supposed to lift the front truck and speed bump the back truck off the coping and land close to the flat in order to maximize speed into the next obstacle. If that makes sense? And like everything else, if you do it correctly once your brains just shit out all the previous fear and you unlock a new accomplishment 😉 you got the skills and perseverance, now just do it already!!! And wheels under 56 hang up on coping more.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion 58 is perfect, I was thinking that maybe if you were rolling in with bearing cover sizes it would explain why you couldn't monster truck over the coping? And I know it's not comfortable but you also stand up instead of squat with your butt out for a lower sense of balance. It's all scary, that's why you have done what not everyone can accomplish anything you have been achieving. 👍👍
Broke my humerus bone at 51, (was doing a roll in on 7’ shallow end of the big bowl at my local) now at 52 I’m riding transition consistently again and prognosis is great for full recovery. The shoulder mobility was positively impacted by riding bowls and pump tracks especially in switch stance.
Wow aren’t shoulders just so damn delicate? I gotta be more careful and smart before I do certain things or I’m going to pay the price.
I admire your bravery on the ramps overall. I am 50 and I stick primarily with flatland, just carving around.
I’m like a moth to a flame on these bowls and transition. Just keeps calling me back. 😃
Same here. 51 here, LDP longboarding. Been trying several times pumptracks... Resulted in ankle sprain, rib and shoulder concussion. Sticking to flat and carving too
Wow that sounds brutal you poor guy. Were you padded up and wearing a helmet?
@@Steves_SkateXplosion yep. Helmet and wristguards.
If you are wanting to learn how to roll in, then hanging up your back truck will likely result in a fall like you have. Rolling in is closer to a mini manual until your back truck is off then you lean forward. I felt that bail in my soul and I have done several of those learning to roll in myself.
Right exactly. 👍 appreciate the tips dude!
@@Steves_SkateXplosion Love the videos man :)
Thanks so much. It’s super fun making them, but I prefer without the slams.
It looks like you were trying to rock in rather than roll in. Not sure which is more difficult. Your slams are no joke.
If you wanted to work into roll ins you can do a grind first from the deck and then roll in. Starting on smaller transition is a good idea as well.
i'm currently in the midst of coping fear and can't even get the axle stalls going so keep leading the way, but watch them slams! ✊
Thanks mate. I’m taking a break from slams for a few days. But we can’t let coping defeat us! 😆
After 40 we don’t bounce anymore! Zero F#$&’s given about how “not cool” it is.
Yeah I’m still feeling the slam 3 days later. Brutal. But I was able to skate again today so that’s pretty nice. 👍
Agreed, I love wearing my Tortoise Pads hip pads especially. I'm an old man, of course I'm wearing my diaper!!! 😂
I use my Burton snowboard hip pads. I started 6 years ago from a suggestion to improve my backward snowboarding. I'm not much but see my grin. I'm 82 now.
Buddy I just watched your videos... coolest old timer on TH-cam. 👍😎👍. Good stuff, I hope I can be like you, the smile alone is worth a broken bone or two... stay safe pad up and have fun
@@soberskater It is so fun. My high point, so far, perverse as it is, was going to the VA ER. When they asked and I explained the board flipped on some leaves at the bottom of a jump and broke the top of my foot, they called others in and asked me to explain it again. I was 80.
@@vicelse8980 I totally understand... you had a story to tell. And the broken bones to prove you're out there living... love it!
@@soberskater I am blessed to be such a slow learner, I have to to to 113 well. ha. Have the best day ! and, don't be safe.
I absolutely have been thinking about that!🤣🤣 Great session btw. you'll get em next time.
Honestly I’m lucky and surprised I didn’t break anything. 😅
Hey man rolling in over coping is really hard. I’ve been skating for almost 39 years and I really don’t fool with it any more. It’s a good way to get a separated shoulder. If you want a safer way to get over coping after getting up on the deck try learning roll on 50 50’s. BTW the gym mat is really a great way to go to the hospital. Eventually it will pull the board out from under you and cause a gnarly slam. Of course you are allowed to do what ever you want. I suggest watching Skateboard Lessons with JB’s roll in video before you try these again. If you don’t bonk the wheels it isn’t a roll in it’s a Hang Up and at our age it’s a broken bone waiting to happen.
Yeah you’re right. Seemed like a clever idea but I won’t be doing that again. I’m just lucky I didn’t cause permanent damage. At least physically. 😆
@@Steves_SkateXplosion This ain’t pickle ball! Never forget how dangerous this stuff is. I have mad respect for you getting out here and doing what you do. It takes balls to skateboard after 40 for sure. Just carving around a bowl is so rad!!! If you’re going to spend a bunch of money on this you should try the 187 pro pads or TSG Force 3 pads and practice bailing to knees in your sessions. I have the TSG and use old bones knee gaskets underneath.
I’m definitely getting some of those pro pads next. Plus I gotta get my knee slides going until it’s automatic.
The Andy Anderson shoes are so good . The flaps keep yer laces from getting burned up and they have ton armor to absorb impact. I only wish they made them in a full high top. That bowl is probably safer than those quarters since it’s so big you have more time to react.
I agree 100% Roll-Ins can put an abrupt end to your session if not performed correctly. Watch a few vids on em before reattempting
You had it the second time but the mat screwed you. You did great sir.
Yeah that’s what I thought too. I think I was surprised that I actually didn’t hang up on that one.
I really felt that slam, hope your hand is ok. recently got suggested your channel and love it!
I appreciate that so much and thanks for connecting with me. 😀
I am at minute 3:35 with it paused laughing! I was thinking this man is going to make the roll in and then hit that mat and go flying, like hitting a pebble in the street.
Dude this is what happens when I don’t have a clue what I’m doing in a particular moment and just throw myself into the world hoping for the best. 😆
@@Steves_SkateXplosion I fully understand and I and the same way.
Nice process! I laughed when the mat absolutely caused the fall. Good demonstration. And by the end of the video, you had it! If you have a pump track nearby, I highly recommend it, too! I'm 40 and have enjoyed the controlled progression on it. Your videos remind me of mine 😂 Hope I'm brave enough to try a ramp one day
Are you skating bowls too? Or do you street skate?
@StevesSkateXplosion I snowboard but got into longboards 3 summers ago. I cruise flat ground, try to do dance, and ride pump tracks on shorter longboards. But now I'm so tempted to start learning street skate tricks, even if just a couple basic
Nice. I have to motivate myself to get up that early. Good progress on the axle stalls
Thanks bro!
I get up and out at the exact same time, but I'm in the Pacific time zone!!! 😂
Props man I know that hurt. Definitely wanna find a little more of a mellow ramp to practice that on though I’d say 😂
Totally agreed. 😄
Glad you survived that slam dude and great to see you pick yourself up and keep going. I broke my collar bone on a mini ramp last year so know how easily it can happen. P.s those stills at the end were genius.
Oh man. Brutal. How long do collar bones take to heal?
@@Steves_SkateXplosion it was about 6 weeks in the sling and another couple to properly heal. Worst thing was not being able to drive the kids around and getting the bus to work! I think I just hit a stone and went straight down on my shoulder from the transition. I usually take a broom to the skatepark now but I also have a daughter with a gym pad! 🤔
It all depends how fit you are. I still got got reflexes so when I fall I can minimize the impact.
Just yesterday I had a similar slam in a mini ramp. I know wood does not hurt as much concret does.
But the best thing to avoid mental blockades, is to try it again and make it.
Otherwise the mental blocked grows and it is getting harder to over come the fear.
Dude, I feel your pain, what a great idea with the pad! I don't think my hip is ever going to be the same again I have hit it so many times now. Looking so good on those axle stalls, keep it up!
I’ve been slamming quite a bit the last couple weeks. Makes me wonder if the humidity is messing with my mind and focus.
yeah it does mine. we skated in Knoxville TN yesterday must have been 100 degrees and i was worthless.
OMG that’s brutal heat. Honestly I don’t like super cold weather but I’ll skate in 50 degrees any day.
Do Switch Rock fakie first for warm up. Then try to roll in like you did.
I'm 51 as well and I had never the need to fully gear up for a mini session.
And I also advise you to try it first on smaller ramps
Keep on shreeding
You’re exactly right. I was thinking the same thing. Fakie rocks and smaller ramps first. I had no business doing that but I was curious and curious got me.
Bro I couldn't roll in until I got switch rocks, then it all clicked. Drop in, rock to fakie, then just get your back wheels over the coping and stay on your board. The wheels do most of the work. Stay wide stay low and stay on....
I was thinking that same thing. Go on a mini and do rock to fakie then fakie rock. It feels wierd at first but you are right, the wheels will do the work.
@@ericharmon7163 😎👍 I showed my 9 yr old that the board naturally wants to come back down.... go figure it had just enough to get over then just stopped... ghost stall 👻
@@soberskater ouch, lol
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Fakie rocks gotta come first. I’ll find a nice place to work on those, maybe the indoor park.
@StevesSkateXplosion indoor is a good idea. Falling on wood instead of concrete does make a difference. First time I tried a roll in I went full speed commit at it. I flew like freaking superman down to the flat, 😆. Just keep your weight in the ramp on fakie rocks and you will roll right back in.
Wow, I really hope your ok! Felt that second slam, had many of those and all the weight on side like that sometimes knocks the wind out of me. Huge props though, you got back up and kept skating. Roll ins are tricky, I learned the way you where trying them, slowly stalling on the coping but using the nose to lift the back truck over. Then eventually adding a little speed to pop the back truck over with no stall or nose lift, if that makes sense. One things for sure though the roll in comes with the small price tag of a full body slam from time to time.
Hope that hand is alright man!! Seems a good idea but you either trip over the mat or miss it. It’s good for running bails tho, like you started with, to get over the fall fear and get a feel for it.
Yeah I think that mat idea was a one time thing. Seemed like a good idea. But no.
I went through the rediscovery phase in my 30's and slammed hard, had massive hemostasis on both hips for a year and eventually hung it up for a few year after fracturing my ankle.
I got a motocross "girdle" and won't skate without it. You might wanna get one.
Steve. Thank you. This is so much work and your efforts show and encourage all of me.
I look like the Michelin man at the park as you can see in my inset. And, notice the grin.
Hey I appreciate you checking in with me. I love that you’re out there making gains too. That’ll be me someday.
This is like watching the office.but skateboarding lol 😂
I hope that’s a good thing. I’ve never actually seen the office. Maybe I should. 😆
I automatically enjoy watching someone skate after watching them take a heavy slam and getting back up. Longtime watcher of the channel. You finally got my sub today 😂 keep it up boss
Dude thanks for watching and subscribing. I had to get back up again. Life’s too short to stop from just a fall, am I right?
The first one where your back foot came off the board scared me, torque that knee a little bit the wrong way and it's game over for a bit....and those hand smacks are horrible...🤘💪
Yeah I don’t know what the heck I was thinking. Not my best judgment. Sometimes I get a wild hair and an idea for a video and ignore the consequences.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion you had it 2nd try if the mat wasn't in the way 100%... I'm scared of rolling in like that but I want to do it so bad so I'll be trying it real soon as well...💪
It’s really not that hard, but it requires perfect timing with the nose push to keep the trucks from hanging. I’ve done it a bunch on an indoor 2 foot ramp, but it’d been awhile and skating is so perishable. Not sure I trust myself to do a rock to fakie right now because it’s been a couple weeks.
i showed this dude who rolled up how to pop bearings out of wheels using the trucks cause he got new wheels, like 10 minutes later he got smoked and slammed on his wrist on a drop in
Oh man wrists and shoulders are so dang delicate.
DONT ROLL IN OVER COPING
lift your wheels over. you now know why
Yeah I wasn’t thinking. I was more concerned with making a clever video than being careful. Definitely won’t do that again.
its like getting over a crack in the pavement. lift over front wheels then feel the back wheels bump over before you put your weight in the ramp.
Right totally. I kinda wasn’t thinking when I did that. I was more concerned with making myself do it than doing it right. So not smart on my part.
This goes right back to the dropping of a ledge into the bank, And you did that! Don’t go slow and put the middle of the board down. Roll up just like dropping of the ledge, front wheels go past the coping and you’re all lightweight and then when back wheels pass the coping you stop being lightweight,lean in and brace yourself for the curve.
Thank you for this. Probably the most clearly put and easy to understand explanation I’ve heard.
Yaknow what's really nice?
An Ollie to axle.
You can do them just an inch high, kind of like slapping into the coping... or any height. Just smacking down on some metal coping... and it just sings.
Ok.
Really enjoying your videos.
Dude thanks I’ll try that as I continue to progress. I like the sounds of what you’re proposing. 👊
That’s smart Steve to use the mat…I dislocated my shoulder attempting the drop in…
I should get a suit of armor next time I try that.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion maybe a mouthguard too
Dam I laughed my ass off when you flew over mat
Yeah I don’t think that mat was a good idea after all in hindsight. But it made for an interesting video.
Try doing a line now. You have enough. Try axel stall, kick turn or slash grind then rock to fakie. New challenge with skills you have. Feel that joy of skating.
It's skills you have. But you have to put them together. Might help.
The 1st roll in worked until the pad. Overthinking the pad perhaps. More thinking about the 1st go and why it works.
Be careful man and yes when you slam at our age it takes longer to heal so let's keep those back trucks off the copping, not sure how but I can see you certainly don't want them getting hung up, that's no bueno!
Yeah I wasn’t even thinking during those tries, which isn’t good. Maybe I thought my body would know what to do? 😅
@@Steves_SkateXplosion Yeah hope you are okay that was a hard slam, you definitely need to make sure you are focused when riding! Just glad you’re good man!
Thanks for the support bro, I am feeling better and even skated today. Carefully of course.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion For sure man glad you are back out there!
Pads are a necessity at our age or anybody just learning. Pads saved from me from breaking elbow and wrist (still broke my shoulder) but would of ended my skating permanently. In theory the gym mats might help but it appears to be more of a hinderance. Anyway can't wait to see your next deck set up
Dude after that slam I’m probably only good for a setup video this week. Although I just got back from skating and it was pretty good.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion oh man. do you need to get your hand checked out ? I have noticed your subscribers and views have been picking up. That's great and you have the best skate channel that the regular average skater can relate to while trying to learn .
Yeah I was thinking it might be from the humid weather? More people inside watching videos maybe? 🤔
You are hesitating...a little more speed...you actually got it
Yeah speed is king. I’ll start working on that more a little smaller quarter next time.
Im 53 i need a hip replacement and have several herniated disks just a few weeks ago i got myself a santa cruz and thought hell i wanna skate again after a hiatus of 30yrs itll be just like it used to be lol 😂 after a slam on the qaurter pipe my hip is still painful ive just got pads !!! And its damn hard now i cant do anything any more
Dude at least you’re getting back out there and it will get better and better over time. My first six months were total crap.
Should be better after the hips sorted lol I can only just about Cruise around now and kick turn lol 😆
That’s pretty awesome though. Any day on board is better than not.
@@Steves_SkateXplosiondefinitely is lol it's hard going when Ur old lol I used to be able to skate pretty good when I was young
You got plenty of years left as long as you don’t get crazy and break stuff.
You can't cover the world in leather to protect against thorns
Dude you 2nd T'd it until you hit the mat. Nice!
I was surprised that I didn’t hang up, so when I kept going it was a shock I wasn’t ready for! 😆
@@Steves_SkateXplosion That first one got pretty hectic. Kinda how I hurt my foot, stepping off. Keep going brother!
I am pretty sure that mat jumped at you for a bite.
Yeah the mat messed me up. Seemed like a good idea and fun for a video but not good in reality.
DBC..Daily BLESSINGs Continue!
Your Awesome Dude! I Really need to get Back to SKATEBOARDING but 110 degrees is too Hot Outside!
Fall time and Winter! I know! Excuses!…. I’m a Lame. Your frickin AMAZING! ….HOPE YOU HEAL FAST! That fall was Bad. The Matt made it worse, I think!
Yeah the mat was more trouble than help. Oh well. Now I know. 😄
it's never the last one
OMG that’s SO true!
When you next go for it, you should practice rolling up and out of the ramp again but try and do a nose manual even if just for a second and lift the tail up in one smooth motion. so your wheels dont hit the coping. Because thats basically what you have to do rolling down except you definitely wanna put the back wheels back down as soon as you get over the coping with them. Also I noticed on your first attempt that your front foot is too far back to be able to do this nose manual so you have to have it more forward. The one you got close on where you ran into the mat was close but your wheels still hit the coping and you want to avoid that since it'll startle you.
That’s the best advice I’ve heard on that. Can’t thank you enough. I’ll start working on that next session. 😄
your a beast dude.. great attitude.. yep pad up dude, Im putting together a set of pads at 29 because I want to get better at bowl skating.
Oh yes! You’re going to make some serious gains dude. Have you already been out skating the bowls?
@@Steves_SkateXplosion yea man just been learning to carve/ link turns and do some rock fakies. Def want to shred them harder though once Im comfortable. I got a helmet, just looking for good knee pads that arnt to expensive.
I’d be in the hospital right now if it weren’t for my pads.
Dude! Those falls! I did the same thing and STILL feel it in my palm/wrist. You got it though! Your axle stalls are so good too. And the "potential thumbnails" are awesome. Stock thumbnails... Just sayin.
Bro I’m fricking dead after that. Definitely my worst slam ever. My whole body is aching. But I still went and skated today because I can’t be resting more than a couple days tops. You know! Skating calls us!
oof the wrist bruises always linger
Killer THUMBNAIL!!!!
roll in, more speed
Agreed 👍
omg lmao the one where you hit the mat and slammed after vaulting over the mat was funny as hell. you couldnt have been funnier if you tried. going up on top of the deck and stalling in the 50. im having the hardest time with that. thats why i thought you would be ready to get a 50 50 grind. is that coping rusty or sticky for some other reason?
It’s sticky actually. Should I go ahead and wax it a little bit? Maybe then 5050 grinds would work better.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion i would. im one of people that over does sht but maybe hit it with some sand paper and make it shiny. shiny= smooth. but if you wax it and do some grinds that will sand it too just not as well
you are a treasure
Those hang-ups to flat are no fun. Hurt my triceps on one of those.
Dude yes, both of my triceps are super sore. Like I went to the gym and did 500 reps each. Weird.
very nice axle drop ins! And couple of hard slams... remains me of me too :) I think rolling in looked very good, even with the slams... there was one video that told that, treat rolling ins as they would be just rolling of the ledges, same way. Just hop into to emptiness, I guess normal standing position, a little Ollie maybe and after that just tilt your shoulder a bit into the transition...easy :) (ok, haven't tried that yet)....maybe a same kind of tip, than this "when you drop in into a 4' vert, one your trip down, vertical drop, remember to push your feet againts the vertical wall....yeah really this is a easy to execute anyways very good and early- bird video again from you!
Appreciate you connecting with me and your suggestions. I feel like I can get this but I’m going to have to work on a 2 foot first and maybe something a little less steep.
Your entire approach is wrong. You're supposed to lift the front truck and speed bump the back truck off the coping and land close to the flat in order to maximize speed into the next obstacle. If that makes sense? And like everything else, if you do it correctly once your brains just shit out all the previous fear and you unlock a new accomplishment 😉 you got the skills and perseverance, now just do it already!!! And wheels under 56 hang up on coping more.
What?! I need bigger wheels and that will help me not hang up? Holy cow! How does that work man? I’ve got some 58mm wheels. Would that be better?
@@Steves_SkateXplosion 58 is perfect, I was thinking that maybe if you were rolling in with bearing cover sizes it would explain why you couldn't monster truck over the coping? And I know it's not comfortable but you also stand up instead of squat with your butt out for a lower sense of balance. It's all scary, that's why you have done what not everyone can accomplish anything you have been achieving. 👍👍
@@Steves_SkateXplosion those slam's are haunting!!! 🥺
Dude I feel haunted inside. Like part of me is a ghost from dying during one of my slams. 😆
Whoa dude, you hit that concrete hard. Damn. But you don't give up, which is admirable. 🛹👍💯
Bro 😎 I can’t keep doing that. But it made for good entertainment. 😆
@StevesSkateXplosion We aren't twenty years old anymore that's for damn sure.
Oh man. I actually skated this morning and it was totally okay. But I played it safe.