I think something everyone should have is a skatebag with old hardware, bearings, bushings etc. It'll come in handy especially when someone at the park, a friend, or you break something and the session can continue. It can also be a good way to make friends at the park.
The part where he says not to compare yourself to pro's i agree. I have been skateboarding seriously for about 2 years now and only recently i have gotten the kick flips conistant.
@@GatoTime hey man, thank you, i actually did my first varial last friday, can't wait to go out more! Also, you're videos are really underrated. The editing isn't too flashy so it doesn't take away from what you're talking about. You deserve more subscribers.
I learned to Ollie on day one of skating. It was probably the worst thing that happened to me. I was like ‘this is what it looks like’ and bam it just worked. So I figured I’m gonna be really good at this right?Wrong! It was just luck. And when I couldn’t kickflip 6 weeks later I quit figuring this just wasn’t for me. Yeah, I had the wisdom of a 15 year old, but if Ollie-ing had taken me say, a month, I think I would have had way more appreciation for how hard skating was and would be. I picked it back up in my 30s and ‘landed’ my first ‘kickflip’. This time it was quick because of all the TH-cam explainers out there. But this time I had the perspective to know it was gonna take a lot of work to actually be able to kickflip and do it consistently, let alone skate ‘well’. I started to skate for the love of it instead of only because I thought I might be good at it and it improved my whole experience with skating. It was worth it but I wish I hadn’t missed out on 20 years of fun.
Been skating for a few years. Always trips me out when dudes who've ripped for 20 years tell me I'm pretty good for the amount of time. Makes me wonder if that 1% thing is true. I think I suck lol.
Honestly that 1% thing forsure might be a wack stat in retrospect, kids rip these days, but it still stands that a lot of people are better that they give themselves credit for
@@GatoTime yeah i kinda refuse to believe that, unless we are going to include every type of cruise board available and people who have had a skateboard in their closet for the past 6 years without hopping on it.
No way that 1 percent of skaters thing is true that is crazy! I thought I sucked because I can only ollie and front shove. I not necessarily saying that I am way better than everyone now but that completely changes my perspective.
I disagree with mongo pushing setting you back. It gives you a perfect switch push & its more motivating to learn to push regular after realizing that mongo is whack. Learning to push switch sucks & is hard to stay motivated with.
It does suck to switch push, and mongo does help with that, I can’t argue that. But in terms of what you will use sooner, I think regular pushing helps more. If you can’t even push while balancing then you don’t need to switch push yet
Also I feel like zumies is tje only option for me it's the only skateshop that isn't an hour out n I don't have a car LMAO we used to have such a cute nice local one but it closed
bro that ollie statistic is crazy
crazy because it's not true lol
I think something everyone should have is a skatebag with old hardware, bearings, bushings etc. It'll come in handy especially when someone at the park, a friend, or you break something and the session can continue. It can also be a good way to make friends at the park.
The part where he says not to compare yourself to pro's i agree. I have been skateboarding seriously for about 2 years now and only recently i have gotten the kick flips conistant.
Man for only 2 years that’s pretty good!
@@GatoTime hey man, thank you, i actually did my first varial last friday, can't wait to go out more!
Also, you're videos are really underrated. The editing isn't too flashy so it doesn't take away from what you're talking about.
You deserve more subscribers.
haha I've been skating for 6 years and can't kickflip haha but I can do lots of goofy fun tricks :p
@@SolracFS you're going to learn them at some point, don't give up!
@@paul.punct_ig thanks, haha but im also in no rush :) exactly, they'll come eventually
#2 is extra true online lol. People think that everyone should be Tampa AM level when even the guys in Tampa AM are like better than 99% of skaters.
Haha facts
"If you skate Mongo you WILL die" - Jasper Dolphin
That was good, cheers! I liked the music :)
Thank you!!
bro the quality is insane. w vid
Appreciate it
I learned to Ollie on day one of skating. It was probably the worst thing that happened to me. I was like ‘this is what it looks like’ and bam it just worked. So I figured I’m gonna be really good at this right?Wrong! It was just luck. And when I couldn’t kickflip 6 weeks later I quit figuring this just wasn’t for me. Yeah, I had the wisdom of a 15 year old, but if Ollie-ing had taken me say, a month, I think I would have had way more appreciation for how hard skating was and would be. I picked it back up in my 30s and ‘landed’ my first ‘kickflip’. This time it was quick because of all the TH-cam explainers out there. But this time I had the perspective to know it was gonna take a lot of work to actually be able to kickflip and do it consistently, let alone skate ‘well’. I started to skate for the love of it instead of only because I thought I might be good at it and it improved my whole experience with skating. It was worth it but I wish I hadn’t missed out on 20 years of fun.
Been skating for a few years. Always trips me out when dudes who've ripped for 20 years tell me I'm pretty good for the amount of time. Makes me wonder if that 1% thing is true. I think I suck lol.
Honestly that 1% thing forsure might be a wack stat in retrospect, kids rip these days, but it still stands that a lot of people are better that they give themselves credit for
@@GatoTime yeah i kinda refuse to believe that, unless we are going to include every type of cruise board available and people who have had a skateboard in their closet for the past 6 years without hopping on it.
zumiez is the only “skateshop” near me tho😢
Go get some stuff from there bro! I love shopping at zumiez lol I love the locals too but Zumiez is the closest
today i got my first ollie :D started trying it 2 days ago :))
No way that 1 percent of skaters thing is true that is crazy! I thought I sucked because I can only ollie and front shove. I not necessarily saying that I am way better than everyone now but that completely changes my perspective.
Facts, when researching the vid it surprised me
@@GatoTime what's your source for this statistic btw :)?
@@SolracFS Its referenced in the vid in the bottom corner
I push mongo when i got fakie🤷🏻♂️
This makes sense
I disagree with mongo pushing setting you back. It gives you a perfect switch push & its more motivating to learn to push regular after realizing that mongo is whack. Learning to push switch sucks & is hard to stay motivated with.
It does suck to switch push, and mongo does help with that, I can’t argue that. But in terms of what you will use sooner, I think regular pushing helps more. If you can’t even push while balancing then you don’t need to switch push yet
Learn to boneless instead of Ollie. It is significantly easier so you can focus more on riding.
I literally have been practicing nothing but an ollie for months LMAOO I can cruise but I can't ollie.
Also I feel like zumies is tje only option for me it's the only skateshop that isn't an hour out n I don't have a car LMAO we used to have such a cute nice local one but it closed
Same, I shop there all the time lol
Yo non mongo skater here. To all you guys who just like mongo pushing for your personal satisfaction, do your thang