I used to hill bomb a lot it wasn't scary unless cars started popping up in the wrong spots at the wrong time. Is there advice you could even give or is it just like the dude says "if it gets too scarred then you weren't supposed to do it in the first place"
@@thesmilingvagrants advice for bombing hills safely or just skating in general? In either case i definitely dont agree with the "if its too scary you were never meant to skate in the first place" statement. That's like saying if you cant dunk then you should never play basketball. Or perhaps skiing/snowboarding would be a better example. Are the vast majority of people who do these snowsport less entitled to participate in them because they dont wanna hit jumps and rails? Hell no, that's some gatekeeping elitist bullshit. Tl;dr you dont need to be pushing a sport/activity to its limit to enjoy it
@@yellowsaurus4895 It's just Jake ranting, that statement might fit better with hill bombing than skateboarding in general because it's kinda dangerous compared to a public skate park. I'm fine doing some mellow hill here and there but this stuff that Pedro does is big no no for me, most modern skaters probably didn't dream of becoming a downhill rider so shut it old man and let the kids decide for themselves!
My worst injury from skating was from a hill bomb. Wasn't looking at the ground in front of me since I was a little drunk. Woke up in the hospital with a bad TBI brain bleeding and everything. Appreciate you spreading some knowledge dawg. Don't bomb gnarly hills if you're too drunk to appreciate the danger!
Phelps' line about if it gets too scary you were never meant to do it in the first place is exactly the kind of dumbassed shit I expect from our dearly departed Thrasher Edinchief.
Because 99.9% of us won’t be famous or anything it’s just glory for us and the boys. Don’t break yourself off to impress your buddy Greg just cause you’ve skated together for years.
It’s such a shame you never get Skater of the Year.. I’ve been rooting for you to get it since 2018. You’re like the only one on top that’s true to 80s Thrasher. Thanks for keeping Skate Rock alive!
I'vee been hill bombing solo all my life (48 yrs old), never fallen, never hit a car, but I've been lucky, and normally go late at night when there's no or few cars. The only time I've been feeling threatened, was when I took a hill bomb at about 5pm in the afternoon, traffic was heavy, but I got lucky. Always walk up and down the hill a lot before bombing it - know every little nook and cranny! And like Pedro said, if you don't feel like doing it, just go do something else. Never force the flow!
I'm the opposite. 3 months into skating I bailed my first bomb due to wobbles and tried to run out of it. Bad idea. Definitely used a lot more caution after that.
About two years back I was bombing this hill I would always go down at my home town, I had only been skating for like 8 months and I was stupid hyped because I'd just seen that switch flip to hill bomb in uncrossed the night before, and with the monologue, damn that was something. I was so manic about skating that day I was pushing like crazy down that hill, I ended up getting wobbles while my weight was up front and my board pitched me forward so I hit my knee, head, and wrists in one blow. Bombing is gnarly. That fall really made me look at skateboarding differently from then on, it's something that will just call you in a sense, you shouldn't force it, or something like that. I guess one learns something everyday, especially doing something like skateboarding. Anyway big love from Michoacán MX Pedro, you've been a big inspiration on me.
appreciate this info for people who are just starting skating and just some helpful reminders with people already pushing out the streets. mad respect for dudes out in SF too. S/O to GX1000 crew y'all give me anxiety watching those videos
This is some good advice, brings me back when I used to skate hills back when I was going to school in Santa Barbara. I was mostly just using street cruisers and short longboards back then, and with the streets and sidewalks usually being in bad shape I always wanted to have some pretty big and soft wheels. Having a decently tight truck setup is a big deal, you don't want to be getting speed wobble. Looking back, I gotta count my blessings because I don't think I would be willing to do the sort of stuff I was doing back then. Took a few spills, but nothing bad, knowing how to roll when you hit the ground is key.
Genuinely useful information from a modern legend. Uncrossed is my favorite skate video of all time, and you helped take that video to the next level Pedro 🙌🔥
Out of all the pro skaters, and all the video parts, Pedro Delfino gets me the most stoked to go skate. If I'm feeling lazy, all I have to do is watch his part in Uncrossed and I'm hyped and ready to go.
Was playing Uncrossed in the shop today (again) and was holding people hostage from leaving until your part finished. I always say, it’s not a Deathwish video until Pedro almost kills himself. Much for you man.
I live in the same hood Pedro, I have done my share of Hill lines through here and your words, observations and advice are on point. Big UPs and Respect... Ya' rip it up in a super good style Breddah! Jah Bless!
Always watching 🕶 that switch bomb in yellow and bail was so great. You’re bombing shit most can only dream of. It’s beautiful and a pleasure to watch. I like your approach as well, not as insane as the average onlooker might think as you go flying past them half way down a hill. Stay safe out there
Yesss Pedro! Great vid, please make sure to give us your insight in how to skate transition; I feel that your ability to control speed in that way has given you a lot of control in the ramps
thanks so much for this. went to college in sf and all my homies loved to do was bomb hills whether it's twin peaks or in the sunset. i'm a pretty experienced skater and can ride hills but one night i was drunk with my homie and he wanted to bomb 19th and santiago and i was already feeling uncomfortable with the idea. i fogort how loose my trucks were and ended up bailing and got a minor concussion, but lesson learned if you don't wanna do it you don't have to and don't fall for peer pressure.
This video is great advice! I bombed this hill last week that was massive. A UPS truck was going up the hill and I made eye contact with him and he thankfully stopped and pulled towards the side(I wouldn't have been able to stop if he hadn't moved, got lucky af) At the bottom of the hill, the road was like a T intersection and I went to the left, and didn't turn quick enough and went into someone's yard. I tried to run out of it and when I saw grass, fell forward and slammed my face and shoulder and left elbow so hard it ripped my hoodie. Also got my left hip pretty good and had dirt all up in my pants. Definitely wanting to re try it, but it was like .25 miles long from top of the hill to the bottom intersection and hella steep. I'm glad I didn't get seriously hurt though because I was flying.
Hill bombs were like the gateway for me, my first board was this pig wood cruiser that was my friends dad's, she gave it to me so i could keep up because i didmt have one. So there was this hill i used to always have to take on the way home from school that was like a side walk in a park that shoots u into the street with no curb cut and i always used to stop before the bottom but one random day the voice in my head told me not to stop at the bottom so i listened to it and just flew off the curb into the street full speed and kept going and was sparked for life. I never woulda found the stoke if i didnt just blindly listen to that voice.
I slammed my 55kg Unstretched and not warmed up body into concrete like a million times, jumped down stairs till I couldn’t walk, tried a trick 45 times down a 5 feet gap, rolled my ankles 634 times, popped the board into my knee at Mach 5 so I couldn’t bend my leg for 2 weeks because of the swelling, I landed primo from a six stair, snapped my tendons, wore of my joints to the point I literally couldn’t go flat ground skating anymore, but never ever In my life did I hurt myself properly when bill bombing. If you’re to fast to run out, make sure you stomp as hard as you can. Worked every time, even at almost 40kmh I got to the point of speed wobbles hundreds of times and just never laid myself. I had to make the stomp of life, and ended up not being able to walk for one or 2 days, but never did I lay myself I’m really proud of it
I got death wobbles on a hill , came off the board at the bottom and slid on my back for at least 6 metres. My arms had some scratches and a bloody elbow , but its a good thing i was wearing my school bag because it really saved the skin on my back from being cheese grated off.
My biggest tip would be just *ALWAYS* assume you're about to hit a pebble and go flying, and be ready for that at whatever speed you're going. Obviously hold the board down, but be ready to either 100% commit or step off. Don't do something in between, or you're gonna get way more hurt if something goes wonky. And never put your hands in your pockets unless you wanna get karma-checked lol
Such a good video! Thanks for having the balls to share this stuff! Can we get a hill bomb technique video basically your method to handle the big hills? How to avoid speed wobs and general body positioning ?
Had a road in laguna niguel i bombed the fr drunc and alone. Had it timed out pretty good. When someone rolled up to crown v i would wait till the yeller came on and that was my green. Not about my d.a. this vid is sick love the chatter Pedro
I used to do 3/4 of Alabama Street down from bernal hill and that was always the best cuppa in the morning. Also came inches from taking out a small Asian lady off the l on taraval.. ☹️
in my home town in lake elsinore we had a hill called "tuscanny hills" it was like 1 mile of 40 degree that went into a left years ago someone died bombing it during a downhill tournament with haybails and shit setup it lives on in legend.
pro skater on youtube.. and its fkin pedro delfino.. dude ur sick and watching u skate makes me wanna go out and skate. wise move to get on youtube for an additional source of income. gonna support ur channel all the way!
my town has one hill that all the skaters would talk about i used to never bomb it from the top but one day i went for it at one point i jumped off my board cuz it goes into traffic and the second i jumped off i was thrown out of both my shoes instantly.
I hill bombed a parking garage drunk and stupidly did a sharp turn on a puddle of water. Broke my wrist and skated home. I still hill bomb and skate to this day, but I definitely put way more thought into it
I went down once on hills , flew about 4 metres rofl . Blood everywhere lol , hit a fcking rock lol . Skinned the top of my right shoulder and ripped the shit out of my tshirt lol . I always bombed alone man lol . They don't call me a skateboarder for nothing lol
I have a perfect route that is mostly downhill here in London I only skate at night so luckily there is not much people around but I am extra vigilant with cars, I was clipped in the ribs and had them fractured by a car's side mirror last year and that was not fun at all
Never heard tightness of trucks referred to as medium rare...i dig it haha
we have to adapt this termanolagy now
medium-rarange
My community lost a skater who was skating on the streets. This is a much needed video from the man RIP Zoe
Sorry to hear about your friend.
I used to hill bomb a lot it wasn't scary unless cars started popping up in the wrong spots at the wrong time. Is there advice you could even give or is it just like the dude says "if it gets too scarred then you weren't supposed to do it in the first place"
@@thesmilingvagrants advice for bombing hills safely or just skating in general? In either case i definitely dont agree with the "if its too scary you were never meant to skate in the first place" statement. That's like saying if you cant dunk then you should never play basketball. Or perhaps skiing/snowboarding would be a better example. Are the vast majority of people who do these snowsport less entitled to participate in them because they dont wanna hit jumps and rails? Hell no, that's some gatekeeping elitist bullshit.
Tl;dr you dont need to be pushing a sport/activity to its limit to enjoy it
@@yellowsaurus4895 It's just Jake ranting, that statement might fit better with hill bombing than skateboarding in general because it's kinda dangerous compared to a public skate park. I'm fine doing some mellow hill here and there but this stuff that Pedro does is big no no for me, most modern skaters probably didn't dream of becoming a downhill rider so shut it old man and let the kids decide for themselves!
My worst injury from skating was from a hill bomb. Wasn't looking at the ground in front of me since I was a little drunk. Woke up in the hospital with a bad TBI brain bleeding and everything.
Appreciate you spreading some knowledge dawg.
Don't bomb gnarly hills if you're too drunk to appreciate the danger!
Phelps' line about if it gets too scary you were never meant to do it in the first place is exactly the kind of dumbassed shit I expect from our dearly departed Thrasher Edinchief.
At last a skater that's concerned about safety
Hopefully he's not a mad man who drop on a rail from a rooftop end up getting knocked out 👍🏻
Because 99.9% of us won’t be famous or anything it’s just glory for us and the boys. Don’t break yourself off to impress your buddy Greg just cause you’ve skated together for years.
@@briantriplett2455 my buddy greg is the best guy in the world, im gonna break everything for that guy
@@briantriplett2455 YOLO
sort of
It’s such a shame you never get Skater of the Year.. I’ve been rooting for you to get it since 2018. You’re like the only one on top that’s true to 80s Thrasher. Thanks for keeping Skate Rock alive!
I'vee been hill bombing solo all my life (48 yrs old), never fallen, never hit a car, but I've been lucky, and normally go late at night when there's no or few cars. The only time I've been feeling threatened, was when I took a hill bomb at about 5pm in the afternoon, traffic was heavy, but I got lucky. Always walk up and down the hill a lot before bombing it - know every little nook and cranny! And like Pedro said, if you don't feel like doing it, just go do something else. Never force the flow!
I'm the opposite. 3 months into skating I bailed my first bomb due to wobbles and tried to run out of it. Bad idea. Definitely used a lot more caution after that.
About two years back I was bombing this hill I would always go down at my home town, I had only been skating for like 8 months and I was stupid hyped because I'd just seen that switch flip to hill bomb in uncrossed the night before, and with the monologue, damn that was something. I was so manic about skating that day I was pushing like crazy down that hill, I ended up getting wobbles while my weight was up front and my board pitched me forward so I hit my knee, head, and wrists in one blow. Bombing is gnarly. That fall really made me look at skateboarding differently from then on, it's something that will just call you in a sense, you shouldn't force it, or something like that. I guess one learns something everyday, especially doing something like skateboarding. Anyway big love from Michoacán MX Pedro, you've been a big inspiration on me.
Loved this, Pedro. Thank you for sharing your wisdom! More please.
Thank you for watching.
His no helmet wisdom 😅
appreciate this info for people who are just starting skating and just some helpful reminders with people already pushing out the streets. mad respect for dudes out in SF too. S/O to GX1000 crew y'all give me anxiety watching those videos
In Pedro we trust 🙏🙏🙏
"You want to be going soo fast that if you go down, you're like a skipping rock on a placid lake..." Frinkin' poetry man!
The switch flip hill bomb is so gnar. Going that fast backwards!
Homies....Best Crew ever
Pabich bros,Kirby,Ronnie....Fabi and You of course are just so good and funny!!!
Keep it real.
'like a skipped rock across a plastic lake' is beautiful and thom Yorke is mad he didn't think of that as a lyric
I think he said placid
This is some good advice, brings me back when I used to skate hills back when I was going to school in Santa Barbara. I was mostly just using street cruisers and short longboards back then, and with the streets and sidewalks usually being in bad shape I always wanted to have some pretty big and soft wheels. Having a decently tight truck setup is a big deal, you don't want to be getting speed wobble. Looking back, I gotta count my blessings because I don't think I would be willing to do the sort of stuff I was doing back then. Took a few spills, but nothing bad, knowing how to roll when you hit the ground is key.
Genuinely useful information from a modern legend. Uncrossed is my favorite skate video of all time, and you helped take that video to the next level Pedro 🙌🔥
The timing of that question mark killed me 😂
🤣
@@_pedrodelfino66 ik what u meant
grew up skating hills, all of this is SUPER valid advice. legend
That switch hill bomb you did in SF is probably one of my favorites. So gnarly. Look forward to watching your next part 🔥 🤝
Out of all the pro skaters, and all the video parts, Pedro Delfino gets me the most stoked to go skate. If I'm feeling lazy, all I have to do is watch his part in Uncrossed and I'm hyped and ready to go.
definitely, homie rips anything
Thanks for taking the suggestion video was sick!
Was playing Uncrossed in the shop today (again) and was holding people hostage from leaving until your part finished. I always say, it’s not a Deathwish video until Pedro almost kills himself. Much for you man.
this is sick. i'm impressed with how well spoken you are on top of being a gnarly pro.
lmao what? why would he not be well spoken
@@Aurora11793 like we're animals or something lol
I live in the same hood Pedro, I have done my share of Hill lines through here and your words, observations and advice are on point. Big UPs and Respect... Ya' rip it up in a super good style Breddah! Jah Bless!
Dude’s a rare bird.
Always watching 🕶 that switch bomb in yellow and bail was so great. You’re bombing shit most can only dream of. It’s beautiful and a pleasure to watch. I like your approach as well, not as insane as the average onlooker might think as you go flying past them half way down a hill. Stay safe out there
Yesss Pedro!
Great vid, please make sure to give us your insight in how to skate transition; I feel that your ability to control speed in that way has given you a lot of control in the ramps
The last skater I imagined to take safely seriously. Love it
thanks so much for this. went to college in sf and all my homies loved to do was bomb hills whether it's twin peaks or in the sunset. i'm a pretty experienced skater and can ride hills but one night i was drunk with my homie and he wanted to bomb 19th and santiago and i was already feeling uncomfortable with the idea. i fogort how loose my trucks were and ended up bailing and got a minor concussion, but lesson learned if you don't wanna do it you don't have to and don't fall for peer pressure.
Drunk skateboard bails are the worst
Never skate when you're too drunk to even walk lmfao
This video is great advice! I bombed this hill last week that was massive. A UPS truck was going up the hill and I made eye contact with him and he thankfully stopped and pulled towards the side(I wouldn't have been able to stop if he hadn't moved, got lucky af) At the bottom of the hill, the road was like a T intersection and I went to the left, and didn't turn quick enough and went into someone's yard. I tried to run out of it and when I saw grass, fell forward and slammed my face and shoulder and left elbow so hard it ripped my hoodie. Also got my left hip pretty good and had dirt all up in my pants. Definitely wanting to re try it, but it was like .25 miles long from top of the hill to the bottom intersection and hella steep. I'm glad I didn't get seriously hurt though because I was flying.
Great video bro!!! Your switch flip to hill bomb is definitely in my favorite scenes !!
Hill bombs were like the gateway for me, my first board was this pig wood cruiser that was my friends dad's, she gave it to me so i could keep up because i didmt have one. So there was this hill i used to always have to take on the way home from school that was like a side walk in a park that shoots u into the street with no curb cut and i always used to stop before the bottom but one random day the voice in my head told me not to stop at the bottom so i listened to it and just flew off the curb into the street full speed and kept going and was sparked for life. I never woulda found the stoke if i didnt just blindly listen to that voice.
Bombing that hill Switch was Insane. You're a SAVAGE 💯
No truer words said! You're an absolute savage brother
Appreciate the noteworthy tips there Pedro! You're the man.
Yo Skipping rock over placid lake? The Vocab goes crazy!
Great video dude!!! Safety first...
dont bomb alone is a keyword
I slammed my 55kg Unstretched and not warmed up body into concrete like a million times, jumped down stairs till I couldn’t walk, tried a trick 45 times down a 5 feet gap, rolled my ankles 634 times, popped the board into my knee at Mach 5 so I couldn’t bend my leg for 2 weeks because of the swelling, I landed primo from a six stair, snapped my tendons, wore of my joints to the point I literally couldn’t go flat ground skating anymore, but never ever In my life did I hurt myself properly when bill bombing. If you’re to fast to run out, make sure you stomp as hard as you can. Worked every time, even at almost 40kmh
I got to the point of speed wobbles hundreds of times and just never laid myself. I had to make the stomp of life, and ended up not being able to walk for one or 2 days, but never did I lay myself
I’m really proud of it
Really love the content you been kicking out lately, Pedro!!! Keep up the good work homie!!!
I got death wobbles on a hill , came off the board at the bottom and slid on my back for at least 6 metres. My arms had some scratches and a bloody elbow , but its a good thing i was wearing my school bag because it really saved the skin on my back from being cheese grated off.
imagine explaining to your teacher why your workbook is torn to shreds
Don't hill bomb without ur bookbag kids 📚
Pretty sure a backpack saved my back numerous times as well.
I always skate with a sweater for this reason
Much respect 🛹🏄 Bombin hills like yours is no friggin joke.
My biggest tip would be just *ALWAYS* assume you're about to hit a pebble and go flying, and be ready for that at whatever speed you're going. Obviously hold the board down, but be ready to either 100% commit or step off. Don't do something in between, or you're gonna get way more hurt if something goes wonky. And never put your hands in your pockets unless you wanna get karma-checked lol
I love that, “karma checked” never heard that one!
I'd love to see more videos from you!
The answers we’ve all been waiting for
So many skaters use the word "Like" after every 2 words. Glad to see Pedro is well spoken local joe
Great video mate! Big ups Pedro! New subscriber, keep up the good work buddy.
Nice you replied to Local Joe
Pedro is so gnarly. Stoked to find his channel
Amazing video, pedro. Respect!
best to do it! glad you're making videos, bud!
"ideally you wanna be going so fast that when you fall down you're like a skipping stone over a placid lake" A+!
Stoked on your skating Pedro! From Tampa we skate the parking garages cause we don't have hills...very dangerous thank you for making this !
sick vid pedro❤️ keep em up
I've never though of scraping my tail to bring some attention when going fast, or just in general, and it just sounds good
Favorite skater period stay fast Pedro
Loved it ! Very informative.
that switch flip is seared into my mind
Such a good video! Thanks for having the balls to share this stuff! Can we get a hill bomb technique video basically your method to handle the big hills? How to avoid speed wobs and general body positioning ?
Thanks for the sick parts!!
i never thought i would need this vid
Pedro always living up to the deathwish name!
Had a road in laguna niguel i bombed the fr drunc and alone. Had it timed out pretty good. When someone rolled up to crown v i would wait till the yeller came on and that was my green. Not about my d.a. this vid is sick love the chatter Pedro
Great tips ! Having a spotter can save you from serious injury crash!
gifted hater/ben degros stye video from one of the most valid guys in the game rn... youre a legend!
a great discussion on the risks and rewards of skating hills. don't bomb alone
New favorite yt channel
super interesting to hear about the different setup compared to downhill and freeride longboarding
Big up on this video. Years ago a guy from a nearby town got put in a coma from skitching. Luckily he's alright now
nice disclaimer piece,im proud of my trophy hill bomb scars🤣cheerz from bastrop county tx
🧡🍻🔥💨
Awesome vids pedro keep it up
chillest skate advice ever
This is epic, thank you for sharing 🤙
Every pro skateboarder should have their own youtube channel
I used to do 3/4 of Alabama Street down from bernal hill and that was always the best cuppa in the morning.
Also came inches from taking out a small Asian lady off the l on taraval.. ☹️
always thought pedro really nailed the bail on the switch hill bomb. great advice on that!
I can't believe you bombed Micheltorena. Live right there. Respect
medium rare as a truck tightness makes perfect sense
This is the best skate content I have seen in the last 2 years. Fuck ya Pedro!
The GTA selfie
in my home town in lake elsinore we had a hill called "tuscanny hills" it was like 1 mile of 40 degree that went into a left years ago someone died bombing it during a downhill tournament with haybails and shit setup it lives on in legend.
dude i like how you did the effie street hill, I used to live on effie and would skate down the first hill
pro skater on youtube.. and its fkin pedro delfino.. dude ur sick and watching u skate makes me wanna go out and skate. wise move to get on youtube for an additional source of income. gonna support ur channel all the way!
Not as much traffic on the hammerland hills, sometimes.
Serious shit you guys. Watch it one more time
my town has one hill that all the skaters would talk about i used to never bomb it from the top but one day i went for it at one point i jumped off my board cuz it goes into traffic and the second i jumped off i was thrown out of both my shoes instantly.
You could've snapped you ankles man. Were you ok afterwards?
@@versnellingspookie yeah I was alright was mostly in shock after I ran for about 30 feet in my socks idk how I didn't get hurt
4:12 maybe im a masochist but i laugh a little when i slam because i fell so slow 😂
This is sick dude!
I hill bombed a parking garage drunk and stupidly did a sharp turn on a puddle of water.
Broke my wrist and skated home.
I still hill bomb and skate to this day, but I definitely put way more thought into it
Best skate TH-camr, please keep going.
bruh livin his truth 🔥
I went down once on hills , flew about 4 metres rofl . Blood everywhere lol , hit a fcking rock lol . Skinned the top of my right shoulder and ripped the shit out of my tshirt lol . I always bombed alone man lol . They don't call me a skateboarder for nothing lol
I have a perfect route that is mostly downhill here in London I only skate at night so luckily there is not much people around but I am extra vigilant with cars, I was clipped in the ribs and had them fractured by a car's side mirror last year and that was not fun at all
The Freakin wobbles!!! Johnny Wobbles has got me so spooked - I look away when I see that dude coming around even in videos....
gr8 vid 👍🏾👍🏾 gotta teach the youngins
Yo pedro i love your skateboarding after seeing welcome to deathwish been hooked 👌🏾
Great video brother..... i was trying not to be distracted by the people exercising with covid masks on the whole time lol
The "um" and awkward fade transition at 3 min 🤣
Medium rare trucks, delectable