You're so right. At the fairly basic level of blading that you do, and especially the total beginner level like I do, it's 95%+ purely a mental battle. But you're winning it. Good on you. Big respect👏👏👏
You know, that's the thing I find hardest about getting older. The mental battle is harder even than the physical one. I'm sure they are related to each other, my declining physical abilities affecting my confidence and thus the mindset. It's a tough battle to fight, but a lot of fun and very satisfying if and when it comes together, though it can be very painful in the process!
They hurt really bad, I was trashed when this session was over. I was so excited to get some on that quarter pipe though it was all worth it. Now if I can just take this back to my normal park. The walls there are a bit higher and much scarier!
This was (and still is) such a mental battle. Try and work your way into it. It helped to do it on those slant walls first, but that first time off the coping was terrifying.
The coping always scares me more because it's slippery, even though I can lock in. I notice myself being more nervous in antirocker especially. I use plastic antis and am thinking of switching to urethane ones for park to get around that nervousness. Have fun and keep safe man!
Its amazing how much more fear the coping adds. The thought of slipping, and when my feet land between the wheels instead of in the "H" block makes for a level of fear that is not present on the slant walls with just the concrete edge. Like andypitt9449 said, pausing for a second really helps and I was, and am still, working to get that pause mentally so that I am not in so much of a hurry. Skating is a lot like juggling in that mental aspect. When you are learning a new juggling trick, it seems like there is never enough time to do everything, then once you get it dialed, you feel like you have all the time in the world. The big difference is it doesn't hurt when you miss juggling tricks!
Well done for persevering! Even after some heavy slams! I find pausing in the stall really helps and then locking in my staggered stance on the transition down. After the frontside stall try the soul grind stall to 180 or fakie out (just an idea). Andy
Pausing, especially in my mind, really helps. I was wanting to jump too quickly and sometimes my feet weren't even on the coping correctly. Had the same issue last night trying it at a different park. I really have to try and calm my mind down, but its really hard when working on new stuff! Landing in the staggered stance is another of the calming the mind things. If I'm in too much mental hurry, that falls all to pieces too. Bottom line is I need to calm down mentally for everything. Its coming, but slowly. Hopefully I'll survive physically long enough to get to that point on these 180's! I have definitely thought about those soul grind stalls, another level of fear to overcome😁
Damn those falls man! Brutal. I can’t imagine not having a way to bail like on a skateboard. Although you’re looking damn good and stacked on those inlines. 👊🔥
Dude, this one trick is killing me! I'm not sure if I'm gonna survive learning this one. I went out last night and had almost the same experience at a different park. Its still scary and the falls were tough, but maybe it will come eventually and be second nature.
Glad to hear that you finally got it too! It was such a mental struggle and now trying to take it back to my local park has the fear factor back up. Doing them on the slant wall back at my normal park is really coming together, but the next step up is a 5 foot quarter and its so much scarier than the 3 foot one at this park!
Good control on some of those falls , keep your lead foot in the front and don't change feet or let your feet both line up together mid transition thats when you are unstable . also i noticed you are changing your lead foot a bit just skating around . whenever our feet are both under our shoulders is when we are most unstable especially on transitions 😉
I try to keep my left foot in front on the landings, but sometimes it just gets whacked out when I twist. The twisting motion is tough on my old body, I'm really working on that more lately since starting to learn this. I do switch lead feet for different things going forwards, but fakie its always the same lead foot. Trying to get comfortable with either foot in the lead both forward and fakie, but that's a slow process for me.
@theaverageoldguy once you get your stance locked in so you always land with the same foot in the lead you will be unstoppable with lip tricks on transitions . Building that muscle memory to always keep the same foot forward no matter what is key to success . I'm out of action with a torn facia in my foot but hopey when I heal up I might make some tutorials covering this for everyone because it seems to be something a lot of people struggle with . I totally sympathize with the old body comment . It takes so much longer to heal for us "older bladers" lmao 🤣🤣🤣
@@Dailyroach Oh man, hate to hear about your foot, hope that heals up quickly. I try to always land with that left foot forward and can do it on the normal 180's consistently, but on these its not consistent - its the "no matter what" that gets me! Looking forward to that tutorial!
doing good! I haven't been practicing much transition; I've just been grinding and stair jumping. I've got to get to the park again. glad you got a few. I think you were just leaning too far forward during those falls, and also jumping a little too high
I would be trying to grind a lot more if it didn't hurt my knee terribly. Stair jumping looks so cool but would probably send me to the ER, that's definitely for younger skaters. I think you are totally right about my leaning forward too much. I have such a fear of falling backwards that I always tend to lean too much forward on everything.
you are the Man! thank you for the motivation!
Thanks! Glad to know this helps inspire someone!
yeah man!! you get it
You're so right. At the fairly basic level of blading that you do, and especially the total beginner level like I do, it's 95%+ purely a mental battle. But you're winning it. Good on you. Big respect👏👏👏
You know, that's the thing I find hardest about getting older. The mental battle is harder even than the physical one. I'm sure they are related to each other, my declining physical abilities affecting my confidence and thus the mindset. It's a tough battle to fight, but a lot of fun and very satisfying if and when it comes together, though it can be very painful in the process!
Those falls looked scary 🙈 and I smiled when you finally managed to do that 180° 😀
They hurt really bad, I was trashed when this session was over. I was so excited to get some on that quarter pipe though it was all worth it. Now if I can just take this back to my normal park. The walls there are a bit higher and much scarier!
Great effort mate. I punched the air in celebration seeing you land that first one. Something I have to get the stones up to try also.
This was (and still is) such a mental battle. Try and work your way into it. It helped to do it on those slant walls first, but that first time off the coping was terrifying.
hyped! you put in work for it. concrete in the cold is rough. come spring ur gonna be shredding twice as hard with half the effort.
I sure hope you are right about that, I could use some relief!
The coping always scares me more because it's slippery, even though I can lock in. I notice myself being more nervous in antirocker especially. I use plastic antis and am thinking of switching to urethane ones for park to get around that nervousness. Have fun and keep safe man!
Its amazing how much more fear the coping adds. The thought of slipping, and when my feet land between the wheels instead of in the "H" block makes for a level of fear that is not present on the slant walls with just the concrete edge. Like andypitt9449 said, pausing for a second really helps and I was, and am still, working to get that pause mentally so that I am not in so much of a hurry. Skating is a lot like juggling in that mental aspect. When you are learning a new juggling trick, it seems like there is never enough time to do everything, then once you get it dialed, you feel like you have all the time in the world. The big difference is it doesn't hurt when you miss juggling tricks!
Well done for persevering! Even after some heavy slams! I find pausing in the stall really helps and then locking in my staggered stance on the transition down. After the frontside stall try the soul grind stall to 180 or fakie out (just an idea). Andy
Pausing, especially in my mind, really helps. I was wanting to jump too quickly and sometimes my feet weren't even on the coping correctly. Had the same issue last night trying it at a different park. I really have to try and calm my mind down, but its really hard when working on new stuff! Landing in the staggered stance is another of the calming the mind things. If I'm in too much mental hurry, that falls all to pieces too. Bottom line is I need to calm down mentally for everything. Its coming, but slowly. Hopefully I'll survive physically long enough to get to that point on these 180's! I have definitely thought about those soul grind stalls, another level of fear to overcome😁
Damn those falls man! Brutal. I can’t imagine not having a way to bail like on a skateboard. Although you’re looking damn good and stacked on those inlines. 👊🔥
Dude, this one trick is killing me! I'm not sure if I'm gonna survive learning this one. I went out last night and had almost the same experience at a different park. Its still scary and the falls were tough, but maybe it will come eventually and be second nature.
Oh my god i was struggling with the exact same thing and i finally landed it a week ago. Keep on the good work! 😊
Glad to hear that you finally got it too! It was such a mental struggle and now trying to take it back to my local park has the fear factor back up. Doing them on the slant wall back at my normal park is really coming together, but the next step up is a 5 foot quarter and its so much scarier than the 3 foot one at this park!
@theaverageoldguy wow the mental struggle was so hard to overcome, I totally get you. Im super excited to see you progress on this, you got this!
Just got a board for the 1st time in 20 years. The wheels don’t spin very good. But at 50 I’m not in a hurry to go fast. Sucks to get hurt
That's no lie, it totally sucks! Take it slow and work into everything and be happy for any progress but most of all enjoy the ride!
Good control on some of those falls , keep your lead foot in the front and don't change feet or let your feet both line up together mid transition thats when you are unstable . also i noticed you are changing your lead foot a bit just skating around . whenever our feet are both under our shoulders is when we are most unstable especially on transitions 😉
I try to keep my left foot in front on the landings, but sometimes it just gets whacked out when I twist. The twisting motion is tough on my old body, I'm really working on that more lately since starting to learn this. I do switch lead feet for different things going forwards, but fakie its always the same lead foot. Trying to get comfortable with either foot in the lead both forward and fakie, but that's a slow process for me.
@theaverageoldguy once you get your stance locked in so you always land with the same foot in the lead you will be unstoppable with lip tricks on transitions . Building that muscle memory to always keep the same foot forward no matter what is key to success . I'm out of action with a torn facia in my foot but hopey when I heal up I might make some tutorials covering this for everyone because it seems to be something a lot of people struggle with . I totally sympathize with the old body comment . It takes so much longer to heal for us "older bladers" lmao 🤣🤣🤣
@@Dailyroach Oh man, hate to hear about your foot, hope that heals up quickly. I try to always land with that left foot forward and can do it on the normal 180's consistently, but on these its not consistent - its the "no matter what" that gets me! Looking forward to that tutorial!
ooh those slams look painful 🤕 must feel worse in colder weather
Oh man, they hurt. Its not fun slamming in the cold, but at least bundling up helps absorb some of the impact!
doing good! I haven't been practicing much transition; I've just been grinding and stair jumping. I've got to get to the park again. glad you got a few. I think you were just leaning too far forward during those falls, and also jumping a little too high
I would be trying to grind a lot more if it didn't hurt my knee terribly. Stair jumping looks so cool but would probably send me to the ER, that's definitely for younger skaters. I think you are totally right about my leaning forward too much. I have such a fear of falling backwards that I always tend to lean too much forward on everything.