People when he says beginner/poser, he doesn't mean beginners are posers. Posers are “beginners” that never get better meaning they'll always look like beginners. beginners however will get better and change their style so they'll obviously look and be more advanced
The skateboarding community is 99% of the time so positive, one thing I learned while just starting out, is most people will see you as a beginner and will try and help you rather than criticize or be burdened by you.
@@stevenqirkle I skated in the mid 90s, and was thinking the same thing. Can't believe skaters still say "poser" to talk to shit. The only people i heard throwing that word around at all were insecure douche bags. Sad to see homeboy here thinks all beginners are p O s E r S......
From now on I'll put my feet very close together and always look forward and do big pushes. So when I'm driving into the sunset people will think "this guy has some serious tricks ready" 😅
From an almost 50 year old skater: the term poser is reserved for those that imitate the fashion of skateboarding while not skateboarding. If you skate, you're not a poser. If you suck or are a beginner, you're just that, no big deal. It's all about the fun. If you see someone judging someone else's abilities, they are insecure, a bully, or both, period.
When I was coming up I remember it being if you could do one trick at all even an ollie. But if they were truly faking it you could definitely tell by how well they could even ride a board. But yeah bullying someone off of skating in general is fucking lame.
Fuckin sick, I love seeing older skaters. There’s this one guy at my older park that’s in his 60’s and totally shreds the absolute shit out of every piece of the park. Dude is better than anyone I’ve ever seen. He’s clearly been skating since it was a thing and never stopped since. Dude it in great shape though too. Crazy to think anyone the same age as my grandma could go out there and fuck the shit outta some concrete.
@@mrmultifoshoablehell I still can’t do an Ollie, and I’ve been skating for 4 years. Got a sweet cruiser to cope like a year or two back, feels great. Cruisers are so nice.
@@lofiwackpainting4620 My friend is in his 50s and it's the same thing. Saw him at the local skatepark and he is legit going off the wall on the bowls harder than anyone I've ever seen at the spot. He is just hard wired to skate. His body is beat to shit but he looks like an athlete 20 years younger. He still skates to work. I still skate, but it's mostly cruising bc the consequences of falling. I have an artificial hip, lol. All it takes is one nice turn and I'm stoked. Much love from Spokane
@@Jordan64852 you have the comprehension of a mule. All posers are beginners because they do nothing to improve. Not the same as saying all beginners are posers.Yall just looking for reasons to get offended
Mall-grabbing is super comfortable man. I would always do it when I skated. It's like a built in handle and I didn't want my grip to rub on my fingers. Sure they clowned me a bit but I'd always laugh at them when they dropped their boards on accident.
I'm 30 just starting skating again and all the teenagers came up to me and shook my hand and gave me some tips. It brought me back to my days teen years. They didn't call me a poser
I'm 30 also and need to get back out. Only thing that sucks is there were 2 skate parks in my town 15 years ago, now there are none. Only the concrete slab where a lot of memories were made.
I got back on it, I was actually scared of concrete splits and pebbles, it's crazy to think how as a youngin i didn't think twice about them but I felt like a newborn on shaky legs at 30 on a board.
Almost anyone with a reasonable amount of body control / physical ability can get "better" at skateboarding, but it takes more than just a passing interest in the science of skateboarding... if you truly want to get "better", you need to simply put in the hours. Watch vidoes. Get ampped. Try what you see in the videos. Try meeting regularly with other skaters or frequent the same skateparks as much as possible. Learn flat land tricks. Spend any free time you have rolling around, riding backwards and flipping the board around... try riding switch (even a little)... it's a lifestyle... oh, and DEFINITELY watch Braille skateboarding on TH-cam! Lots of trick tips there !! Happy skating !
@@arcadesunday4592 please don't suggest braille. It's basically a recruitment project for scientology. Notice how many "staff/prisoners" have burnt out from exhaustion because they have to sleep in that warehouse and have to sweep up and clean the whole place before it opens.
I couldn't ever get into skateboarding (or roller skating). Whatever balance or coordination is required, I didn't have it. I did however have fun racing BMX from my teens onto 20s and then drifting in my 30s as time and funds allowed. It's entirely possible you just don't have the aptitude for skating despite having a desire to skate. Unfortunately, practice doesn't work if you're practicing the wrong thing, developing bad habits, getting injured (and griefed by people who care about you or are paying your medical bills) with no improvement to show for it. If there are skaters you are trying to hang out with, go ask them if you can watch them when they skate or ask if any can show you. Realize that most people who are good at a thing aren't good at teaching or coaching it. I've known guys very adept at different sports, from physical to esports to motorsports who could just DO it but couldn't tell someone else HOW to do it. If you can watch, try to imitate someone who can do things successfully. Granted, that's the real life version learning by watching a video and it's much more helpful if they actually can tell you what to do with your body. Again, there are levels of aptitude. But trying to break things down into the simplest possible steps and build up. I saw a video of a guy teaching his cat to get up on the board and push. He lured the cat to the board and gave a click and treat. A click and treat at every individual step in chain of steps getting the cat on the board and pushing it. Do that with yourself to whatever extent the tricks allow. Do the first step until you get it. Add the 2nd step. 3rd, etc until you get the whole thing together. Sure, you might look or feel like an idiot because you're basically purposefully not doing all of the trick, but baby steps until you get there. In my case it was balance on wheels. Skateboard or skates I didn't have it. Bike, I was fine. You may just have such a low aptitude that trying to get better isn't going to be any fun and you'd be better finding something else you have more aptitude for that you can enjoy progressing at. If you still like skating, go to the park or hangout and watch and be magnanimous with compliments when people do cool things instead of feel angry or sad that you can't do them. I remember in my 20s, I'd get beat by some faster kids that hadn't ever really been injured or didn't have other non BMX goals in life yet and didn't have that holding them back any. I'd congratulate them and if they got to taking too much crap and couldn't take a compliment, I'd lay them out in a turn at the next track practice because I was obviously stronger. Usually, they preferred just accepting compliments after that. Obviously, you don't want to pick fights with people you want to learn from, but if you compliment someone and they do talk trash because they're better than you, you might not actually want to hang out with that crowd. On the other hand, you can admit that yeah he's better than you and ask him why he can't accept you complimenting his skill and trick. Maybe he'll realize that he's better and you already know that so he doesn't need to talk trash to make himself feel better. Anyways, some musings from an older guy who's tried various things over the years and had fun with some more than others and met very diverse groups of people.
99.99% of skaters including so called pros couldn't skate to save their lives they don't do trucks correctly or even know what they are correctly called. True skating is very spiritual, logical and perfect it ties the universe together
The key to pushing is to become a balanced pendulum. All of the arm movement should be balanced in a way that the leg is the only place for the rebound force to go. Swinging your arms to make sure all of the energy that is moving your leg doesn’t throw you off balance. This is crucial to being able to push as hard as you possibly can.
I long boarded for a few years, and EVERYWHERE. Until I broke my tailbone. So, same here! I can't ollie in general. But, I CAN PUSH BABY(well, I don't wanna get ahead of myself I "could" push).
@@ItsOnlyGenjutsu i long boarded every day for almost 10 years and it’s amazing how even without knowing any tricks you get an ungodly ability to balance
Just kinda weird being on a college campus and seeing people just carry their boards around from class to class not use em, or if they did use them, we’re not good enough and when campus is crowded you would always see these people taking huge slams 😅. Idk get to level three before skating in public I guess
@@JustGotSomeIdeas Or do what the hell you want to do wether they suck or not and not let people like you dictate what they should do with their life. Worry about yourself
@@JustGotSomeIdeasor skate wherever you want regardless of your skill level… if you’re worried about what people are gonna think skating isn’t for you lmfao in my 15 years of skating I’ve fallen in front of more people than I can count I really couldn’t give a fuck if a bunch of boners at a college campus clown me for it lmao I’m not gonna cry and shit my pants
skating is strictly for well off incels and alcoholics. also have to be a eurocentric supremacist but you dont have to publicly announce that part, just let it speak through your actions.
did you not see the end, he said as long as you're skating its all love. This is just something he's saying about how skaters think, he's not making a statement against beginners saying there's rules or anything.
@@DarkEcho32 sorry i was kind of speaking to all the people in the comments that were misunderstanding and getting mad at this guy for saying beginners were posers
and bro probably started skating like a couple years ago, definitely looks like a modern day skater. and he mall grabs so gatekeeping is already out the question for this channel
This video reminds me why I stopped going to the local skatepark the moment I met the people there. Your community seems to love gatekeeping more than it loves the hobby itself
i rollerblade but dead ass when i see another rollerblader, i always watch to see how they move and assume how good they are. if they’re getting started i get excited and if they’re a pro i get scared like damn i ain’t that good
"Older Skaters - you will hear the sound of knees popping like firecrackers during a 4th of July finale as they push off. They may seem unstable, but they're just fine." Legit theres a 50 yr old dude that skates really good, but his knees locked up out of nowhere. He just popped them back into place I guess and kept going like it was nothing 😂.
This is some real shit. I can instantly tell how good or bad someone is just by board control. P.S. you are rocking some baggy ass pants, I love it. I feel like I'm back in 2006-2008 lol.
Funny how the new generation of skaters care more about brands and being hip than the preps? 💀 I remember when skaters used to clown people who dressed pretentiously. this guy is wearing a stussy shirt with 90s jeans. I miss when everyone had their own style, now they all dress the exact same. Hype beasts have taken over the scene and its a damn shame. Has style always been a huge part of skating? Of course! But these arw the same people who used to clown on kids in middle school for skating and wearing vans and tnow that it's popular they have all jumped on the bandwagon. Skating is in its 90s punk stage where everybody has sold out and it's more about trends and looking cool than anything else.
@johnnyringer you keep trying to defend yourself but what you said implies you're hate keeping. The "poser/begginer" comment is what people are talking about.
Hey bro. Just dropping I. To make sure you know that for this example it’s / to separate as 2 different things. Not 2 different words for the same thing.
I always skated mongo. I could push regular just fine, but mongo was always comfy for me. It never caused me problem with doing any tricks that anyone else was doing. I HATE when some videos say its wrong. Nothing is "wrong" if it works for you.
@@johnnielurker take a moment to think how contradictory the statements “poser or beginner” and “as long as your skateboarding, it’s all love.” are. And then use that thought process to realize that the / was not an or, it was an and.
If you actually noticed the way he held his board in the beginning you might wanna spend some more time skating and less time caring how someone carries a board, i didnt give it a second look til i saw your comment
This applies to pretty much everything. As a chess player, we can tell wether someone's a beginner just by how they touch/move the pieces on the board.
I started skating a year ago and I slowly get comfy driving off curbs and on it I have tried doing Ollies a bit but I havent grasped the concept yet, but I wish I will get it in the future!
I love those front foot on the truck bolts, with long, hard, fast pushes and arms scooping in front and behind me putting full shoulder and thighs into it. Just straight dogging it down a smooth road. That’s the best feeling.
@@johnnyringer but why? everyone that spent some time on their board can already tell the difference, but if ur doing it for fun then i understand i guess but still u could do some trick tips instead of these useless shorts/tiktoks that call beginers posers, i could see myself as some beginer and get demotivated from u calling the first push poser, u know just saying…
All my buddys are out skating in bag jean shorts and im just baffled. Like we were just born when that was a big thing. I guess I shouldnt judge the guy outskating me though
@@RickDrift I prefer bigger jeans because of flexibility. Tight/skinny/regular jeans feels too constricted for me when skating. Plus, air flows up in them a lot easier. Great for hot days.
@@domingoishotyba9968 From a dark place called the 90s, Some remeber it with delight, but plenty remember it with sheer dread, specifically skaters who were trying to functionally skate.
When you're at that point in skating, you likely already took some tough falls, and would be fine with taking a fall once in a while. Coming from a seasoned longboarder🙏🏻
@@jakemccoy i usually stand on my other foot to keep minimal contact with my board directly in the middle of it because I'm a super-mega-pro-advanced skater
@@littlezfor99-07 but you are still clumping them together and discouraging beginners from getting into it which anyone who actually wants to be helpful wouldnt do
if you really care about what they think, then don’t skate at all, beginners are posers if you make yourself one, if you try and genuinely put time and effort into skating then you aren’t a loser, you’re a beginner, who cares if they call you a poser, prove to other people that you aren’t by actually showing up to the skatepark to skate or put in effort outside the park as well, eventually you’ll have style and confidence and you won’t be a poser anymore, too bad people skate to look cool nowadays
@@wamsly2334 my main comment was just for fake internet points bro. But he still puts beginners and posers in the same group, which kind of implies that they’re comparable which is stupid.
One thing that I think turns away new skaters is the fear of being called a poser as it’s mostly known as a bad thing but most people in skating use it to refer to a beginner so I hope if anybody reads this and wants to start skating you go do it!!!
Thx for the ending bc im just started out i was getting decent got my board stolen and just got a new one so i dont really remember much and i feel self conscious i hope i can relearn and get good
Oh man when i would skate around i would always have music goin and i would be dancing while riding and keeping my balanced. I even kinda learned to ride with only being on one foot. People think skating is scary but once you get used to it its so relaxing
Your feet don’t just keep getting closer and closer, there’s no wrong way to have your feet on the board except for how close he had them on the last one
When I just started I hated being called a poser for pushing bad or not knowing tricks, skating is one of those hobbies that is the most gate kept lmao
You gotta not give a shit what others think yo. Skating is prob not gonna be everyones cuppa tea tho i think anyone can do it if they really want to, how far you want to go just depends on your own tenacity, you dont have to be jumpin stairs and flippin the shit all willy nilly, you can just cruise around and you'll get comfortable with practice. Tho getting into tricks is way easier if you have a cpl homies learning with you at a similar skill level to motivate each other and such.
@@johnnyringerman, advanced level is when you’re not pushing from the ground at all, but just zigzagging. I can do it from zero speed and even uphill. When ppl see me doing it on the street they can’t even understand what is going on😊
@@johnnyringerhave you tried to SKOG (skate jog)? It’s when you switch between both feet for pushing casually (yes, sometimes mongo) and also switch between riding goofy and regular constantly. I learned it when riding downhill everyday with the local pros from landyachtz, rayne, and o-tang. Best cruising tips I’ve gotten. Your legs never cramp.
Personally I'm less of a skater and more of a longboard guy because of my size 230lbs Plus my feet are big and I overall feel like there's never enough room on a regular skateboard. I prefer the longboard because it rolls further, the ride is smoother, overall it feels fun and like I have more control over my balance. Great overall for transportation or cruising around. I was never good at tricks but you can learn how to Ollie on a longboard as well it just needs more oomph. I bought a longboard designed for hill bombing and it minimizes the speed wobbles and it's easy to drift around corners with special wheels. But skateboarding and longboarding are just different styles of the same sport. Just like how there's NASCAR and Derby's.
its like when someone picks up their instrument, you can tell if they're good or not by the way they hold it. doesn't matter if you're new. go ahead and keep at it as long as you don't pick up a scooter :D
same. I skated for years mostly just to get around. Used street decks where I lived because I prefered the feel, mobility, and the double kicktail over a traditional cruiser style. Never got into tricks because I watched a friend brutally injure his nutsack while grinding a rail, and the mental image stayed with me for years.
Yep, I push like a pro but I lost my balls after a bad spill. I can still ollie fine and I'll kickflip about 1 out of 10. Not really a big bag of tricks though.
People when he says beginner/poser, he doesn't mean beginners are posers. Posers are “beginners” that never get better meaning they'll always look like beginners. beginners however will get better and change their style so they'll obviously look and be more advanced
Exactly 🙌🏼
you are still calling beginners posers read what you just typed back to yourself hahah
he literally said beginner/poser lol as if they are the same thing he didn’t say beginner or poser hahaha
@@pigeonwoahvods3734Poser/beginner means a poser and a beginner will skate the same way, but the beginner will eventually get better, the poser wont.
@@pigeonwoahvods3734 In the words of 50 cent. "Are you illiterate nigga you can't read between the lines?"
Posers will always be beginners but beginners are never posers.
Excuse me? Beginners can absolutely be posers
A poser just means someone is pretending they are better than they are. You could be intermediate posing as advanced.
@@longebane thats what he said
@@microwavinreading comprehension isn't your strong suit is it?
@@longebaneyou're looking kinda dumb with your finger and your thumb in the shape of an L on your forehead huh?
The skateboarding community is 99% of the time so positive, one thing I learned while just starting out, is most people will see you as a beginner and will try and help you rather than criticize or be burdened by you.
That’s a fact. We help our fellow skaters period.
One half are thugs and sagger lovers, the other half are giving dudes 1st place in the girls /woman category
Let's talk about why skate competitions are giving dudes 1st place in the girls and woman category.
@@unbroken1010your brain is so invested with worms dude, get out and interact with your community instead of being a freak.
My friends used to tell me I should hang a whistle around my neck and claim "skate coach". Seriously
I always called beginner pushing as "waddling" and experienced as "galloping". This video brought me back memories from a decade ago.
hello bladed
Hey
Didn't know you skated, that's pretty neat!
what is bladed doing here lol
“As long you’re skateboarding, it’s all love” titles “how’s posers push!”
This guy is a bozo.. gate keeping skateboarding
I remember posers being a thing in the 90s when skateboarding was cool. But does anyone want to look like a skateboarder anymore?
Posers don’t skate though
@@thepillowcomfortable1880exactly lol
@@stevenqirkle
I skated in the mid 90s, and was thinking the same thing. Can't believe skaters still say "poser" to talk to shit. The only people i heard throwing that word around at all were insecure douche bags. Sad to see homeboy here thinks all beginners are p O s E r S......
I got that last push but i’m still learning to ollie😭 took the braille “get comfortable on your board” too seriously
Fr, exactly same thing here
same
Keep practicing, you guys have youtube now to show you everything
@@ProfessorWillowthat’s facts, i’m the furthest thing from nice on a board but yt has me ollying now which is hype
@@kjamisial7199 I used to have to make friends show me, which they would after calling me a poser 🤣
From now on I'll put my feet very close together and always look forward and do big pushes. So when I'm driving into the sunset people will think "this guy has some serious tricks ready" 😅
Homie busted out his Jenko jeans from 2001 😂👌🏼
JNCO, not Jenko, lolz
@@YOLOnyclol not lolz
he was a newborn in 2001
@@YOLOnycyall know these oants name?
From an almost 50 year old skater: the term poser is reserved for those that imitate the fashion of skateboarding while not skateboarding. If you skate, you're not a poser. If you suck or are a beginner, you're just that, no big deal. It's all about the fun. If you see someone judging someone else's abilities, they are insecure, a bully, or both, period.
Agreed. I hate the term Mongo pusher is a poser. Weird how people judge. I simply just skate.
When I was coming up I remember it being if you could do one trick at all even an ollie. But if they were truly faking it you could definitely tell by how well they could even ride a board. But yeah bullying someone off of skating in general is fucking lame.
Fuckin sick, I love seeing older skaters. There’s this one guy at my older park that’s in his 60’s and totally shreds the absolute shit out of every piece of the park. Dude is better than anyone I’ve ever seen. He’s clearly been skating since it was a thing and never stopped since. Dude it in great shape though too. Crazy to think anyone the same age as my grandma could go out there and fuck the shit outta some concrete.
@@mrmultifoshoablehell I still can’t do an Ollie, and I’ve been skating for 4 years. Got a sweet cruiser to cope like a year or two back, feels great. Cruisers are so nice.
@@lofiwackpainting4620 My friend is in his 50s and it's the same thing. Saw him at the local skatepark and he is legit going off the wall on the bowls harder than anyone I've ever seen at the spot. He is just hard wired to skate. His body is beat to shit but he looks like an athlete 20 years younger. He still skates to work. I still skate, but it's mostly cruising bc the consequences of falling. I have an artificial hip, lol. All it takes is one nice turn and I'm stoked.
Much love from Spokane
Bro labeled skaters into 3 categories and then proceeds to say it’s all love ☠️
Understanding beginner,intermediate,and advance are all separate levels of skill isn't the same as judging people my dude
@@DarkEcho32wtf that’s exactly what judging means. Go see a sk8ing tournament
@@DarkEcho32bro he literally said beginners/posers like they can be different but don’t put them together
@@Jordan64852 you have the comprehension of a mule. All posers are beginners because they do nothing to improve. Not the same as saying all beginners are posers.Yall just looking for reasons to get offended
You can love people who have different levels of skill. What's your problem with what he said?
"When we see I Skater in the wild" had me Laughing👏🏻👏🏾👏🏿👏🏼
Can we talk about him holding the board by the trucks?
i thought they were axles
Sure lets talk, what about it?
Yea its definitely better that way and should be normalizedm
Its called the "maul grab" because it actually attracts wildlife and you might get mauled. That's why skaters warn others not to do it.
Mall-grabbing is super comfortable man. I would always do it when I skated. It's like a built in handle and I didn't want my grip to rub on my fingers. Sure they clowned me a bit but I'd always laugh at them when they dropped their boards on accident.
I'm 30 just starting skating again and all the teenagers came up to me and shook my hand and gave me some tips. It brought me back to my days teen years. They didn't call me a poser
I'm 30 also and need to get back out. Only thing that sucks is there were 2 skate parks in my town 15 years ago, now there are none. Only the concrete slab where a lot of memories were made.
Why would you want to eat shit at 30? Lmao I wouldn’t take a twisted ankle at 24. That shit affects your life as an adult
I got back on it, I was actually scared of concrete splits and pebbles, it's crazy to think how as a youngin i didn't think twice about them but I felt like a newborn on shaky legs at 30 on a board.
At 31 I'm keen to get back into it and rekindle the passion for it 😆
@@imanoldurango8213being scared to hurt yourself at 24 is crazy
In the 80s and early 90s we never called another skater a poser we all just skated and had fun.
That’s not true at all I didn’t even live then and I know the 80s and even the 70s had their own share of shit attitude
In the 80s, if you had an Action Sports board, you were called a poser. Kids are dicks, even in the 80s. Just my own recollection.
Are you assuming I was having fun? .. oh have times changed 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️😂
that’s cause you didn’t just do it for the style or to be cool. you did it for fun. that’s the difference
That's bs because we invented the word poser in the 80's and 90's lol
If I can be honest, I have a skateboard but couldn’t ever get very good at it, I wish I had some who could teach exactly what to do 😅
Almost anyone with a reasonable amount of body control / physical ability can get "better" at skateboarding, but it takes more than just a passing interest in the science of skateboarding... if you truly want to get "better", you need to simply put in the hours. Watch vidoes. Get ampped. Try what you see in the videos. Try meeting regularly with other skaters or frequent the same skateparks as much as possible. Learn flat land tricks. Spend any free time you have rolling around, riding backwards and flipping the board around... try riding switch (even a little)... it's a lifestyle... oh, and DEFINITELY watch Braille skateboarding on TH-cam! Lots of trick tips there !! Happy skating !
Practice Practice Practice
@@arcadesunday4592 please don't suggest braille. It's basically a recruitment project for scientology. Notice how many "staff/prisoners" have burnt out from exhaustion because they have to sleep in that warehouse and have to sweep up and clean the whole place before it opens.
I couldn't ever get into skateboarding (or roller skating). Whatever balance or coordination is required, I didn't have it. I did however have fun racing BMX from my teens onto 20s and then drifting in my 30s as time and funds allowed.
It's entirely possible you just don't have the aptitude for skating despite having a desire to skate.
Unfortunately, practice doesn't work if you're practicing the wrong thing, developing bad habits, getting injured (and griefed by people who care about you or are paying your medical bills) with no improvement to show for it.
If there are skaters you are trying to hang out with, go ask them if you can watch them when they skate or ask if any can show you.
Realize that most people who are good at a thing aren't good at teaching or coaching it. I've known guys very adept at different sports, from physical to esports to motorsports who could just DO it but couldn't tell someone else HOW to do it.
If you can watch, try to imitate someone who can do things successfully. Granted, that's the real life version learning by watching a video and it's much more helpful if they actually can tell you what to do with your body.
Again, there are levels of aptitude. But trying to break things down into the simplest possible steps and build up. I saw a video of a guy teaching his cat to get up on the board and push. He lured the cat to the board and gave a click and treat. A click and treat at every individual step in chain of steps getting the cat on the board and pushing it.
Do that with yourself to whatever extent the tricks allow. Do the first step until you get it. Add the 2nd step. 3rd, etc until you get the whole thing together. Sure, you might look or feel like an idiot because you're basically purposefully not doing all of the trick, but baby steps until you get there.
In my case it was balance on wheels. Skateboard or skates I didn't have it. Bike, I was fine.
You may just have such a low aptitude that trying to get better isn't going to be any fun and you'd be better finding something else you have more aptitude for that you can enjoy progressing at. If you still like skating, go to the park or hangout and watch and be magnanimous with compliments when people do cool things instead of feel angry or sad that you can't do them.
I remember in my 20s, I'd get beat by some faster kids that hadn't ever really been injured or didn't have other non BMX goals in life yet and didn't have that holding them back any. I'd congratulate them and if they got to taking too much crap and couldn't take a compliment, I'd lay them out in a turn at the next track practice because I was obviously stronger. Usually, they preferred just accepting compliments after that.
Obviously, you don't want to pick fights with people you want to learn from, but if you compliment someone and they do talk trash because they're better than you, you might not actually want to hang out with that crowd.
On the other hand, you can admit that yeah he's better than you and ask him why he can't accept you complimenting his skill and trick. Maybe he'll realize that he's better and you already know that so he doesn't need to talk trash to make himself feel better.
Anyways, some musings from an older guy who's tried various things over the years and had fun with some more than others and met very diverse groups of people.
people: what type of skater are you?
johnny: yes
Man as long as you are on a skateboard and you have love for skating thats all that matters.
Beginners struggling makes me really uneasy though. Just waiting for the fall haha.
@@husky3gtry helping them out
@@kaijionlineYou right, when I see someone having issues I try my best to help them. Skating is hard but you can make it easy for others. ❤
Safety.
Ty 4️⃣ teaching me how to judge lovingly
Just got my first skateboard can't wait to learn
Yea man have fun with it, don’t be afraid to fall off occasionally tho
be sure to wear ur knee-pads, helps a ton
idiots call you poser. like the guy of video
When a Poser calls you a Poser...
That's when Ya Know You've Made It!!!
true 😂
yeahhhhh
Thats it
Thats what i was thinking lol this dude dont know what hes talking about
You do that first push huh? 😂😂
99.99% of skaters including so called pros couldn't skate to save their lives they don't do trucks correctly or even know what they are correctly called. True skating is very spiritual, logical and perfect it ties the universe together
The key to pushing is to become a balanced pendulum. All of the arm movement should be balanced in a way that the leg is the only place for the rebound force to go.
Swinging your arms to make sure all of the energy that is moving your leg doesn’t throw you off balance. This is crucial to being able to push as hard as you possibly can.
What if I push the last way but can barely Ollie 😂😂😂
Same 😂
I long boarded for a few years, and EVERYWHERE. Until I broke my tailbone. So, same here! I can't ollie in general. But, I CAN PUSH BABY(well, I don't wanna get ahead of myself I "could" push).
Same, skating for 25 years. Can push like a pro and do an Ollie
@@ItsOnlyGenjutsu i long boarded every day for almost 10 years and it’s amazing how even without knowing any tricks you get an ungodly ability to balance
Same. I use mine to go across campus because Florida & flat land. So even with a fully loaded backpack I push like a pro but can’t do a single trick 😢
Theres absolutely nothing wrong with being a beginner we all start somewhere!
every expert was once a beginner youd think they remember
Nah you gotta come out the womb with a steezy ass push and kick flip or else you’re a POSER😤
Just kinda weird being on a college campus and seeing people just carry their boards around from class to class not use em, or if they did use them, we’re not good enough and when campus is crowded you would always see these people taking huge slams 😅. Idk get to level three before skating in public I guess
@@JustGotSomeIdeas
Or do what the hell you want to do wether they suck or not and not let people like you dictate what they should do with their life. Worry about yourself
@@JustGotSomeIdeasor skate wherever you want regardless of your skill level… if you’re worried about what people are gonna think skating isn’t for you lmfao in my 15 years of skating I’ve fallen in front of more people than I can count I really couldn’t give a fuck if a bunch of boners at a college campus clown me for it lmao I’m not gonna cry and shit my pants
I skipped right past both tbh. I think my time on a snowboard helped but I always felt really comfortable taking long hard pushes facing forward
"when we see skater another skater in the WILD" thats wild bro
Calling beginners Posers is a great way to keep me from ever learning to skate.
factual
Yeah but hey “it’s all love” apparently
is that all it takes to demotivatr you
@@was5642
Id be scared the Wu-Tang clan wanted their jeans back
skating is strictly for well off incels and alcoholics. also have to be a eurocentric supremacist but you dont have to publicly announce that part, just let it speak through your actions.
The way you held that board was all I needed to see 😂
That’s what I was gon say
Shiittt man, 9 likes on this comment =9 real skaters
mall grab
This whole video says hes trying way too hard
question not hating. but who gives a shit how you hold the board? my dudes always tell me that but never give me a reason other than “you just don’t”
Skaters becoming gatekeepers and Karen’s is the funniest shit ever😂
I love the skating community so much so many people of all ages have tried helping me do tricks and they are all so nice 😭
"It's all love". "Look at all those posers. They ain't shit for sho."
So what you're saying is that you can tell how good someone is by looking at how good they are?!! GENIUS!
Thanks for the lesson, loved it 👍
That last part made me feel a lot better as a beginner scared to go literally anywhere :)
As a 49 year old skater...we skate to be free. There are no rules for being a skater. That's why we skate.
Shame how many people don't realize that.If you're enjoying yourself and not causing problems for others,everything should be good
did you not see the end, he said as long as you're skating its all love. This is just something he's saying about how skaters think, he's not making a statement against beginners saying there's rules or anything.
@@Kfrumsti you're putting words in his mouth my dude
@@DarkEcho32 sorry i was kind of speaking to all the people in the comments that were misunderstanding and getting mad at this guy for saying beginners were posers
Bro built an entire channel around gatekeeping skating lmao
Frr
what an insecure poser
What a poser
Welcome to the 90s.
and bro probably started skating like a couple years ago, definitely looks like a modern day skater. and he mall grabs so gatekeeping is already out the question for this channel
This video reminds me why I stopped going to the local skatepark the moment I met the people there. Your community seems to love gatekeeping more than it loves the hobby itself
yes, I have felt that, and I moved places, and studied alone and looked for free time
Ahh damn sorry you guys have had a bad time. That fucking sucks. Skating's for anyone who wants to learn
i rollerblade but dead ass when i see another rollerblader, i always watch to see how they move and assume how good they are. if they’re getting started i get excited and if they’re a pro i get scared like damn i ain’t that good
"Older Skaters - you will hear the sound of knees popping like firecrackers during a 4th of July finale as they push off. They may seem unstable, but they're just fine."
Legit theres a 50 yr old dude that skates really good, but his knees locked up out of nowhere. He just popped them back into place I guess and kept going like it was nothing 😂.
“As long as you’re skateboarding, it’s all love, UNLESS YOU PUSH LIKE A POSER"
unless you push mongo
When you make skateboarding your whole identity
you’re just bitter you dont have one…
@@mmafyasco Well what is your oh so special Identity?
This is some real shit. I can instantly tell how good or bad someone is just by board control. P.S. you are rocking some baggy ass pants, I love it. I feel like I'm back in 2006-2008 lol.
Been skating since 2006. Everyone starts somewhere. Don't worry how you push! Just have fun.
New video title; “Poser calls other skaters posers”
For real. Skateboarding has been ruined. 😂 like how tf does this bs have so many likes?
@@AEpicHuman you comment on your own videos posing as a viewer, truest loser
Dude they’re just calling out this video for being lame. Why do you like content like this and call yourself an epic human 😂
And then make 3 crybaby defend posts 😂😂😂
@@donovins360 is liking a persons content considered "unepic now" 😂
For the last 2 plus decades of my skate life, I learned that posers are the ones calling others posers.
fax bro said feet close together😭
Funny how the new generation of skaters care more about brands and being hip than the preps? 💀 I remember when skaters used to clown people who dressed pretentiously. this guy is wearing a stussy shirt with 90s jeans. I miss when everyone had their own style, now they all dress the exact same. Hype beasts have taken over the scene and its a damn shame. Has style always been a huge part of skating? Of course! But these arw the same people who used to clown on kids in middle school for skating and wearing vans and tnow that it's popular they have all jumped on the bandwagon. Skating is in its 90s punk stage where everybody has sold out and it's more about trends and looking cool than anything else.
True
That's always the case.
@@ajreid2529super close together lol like wtf I’ve been skating most of my life and never once thought about how close together my feet were.
It's really impressive that after years of effort this guy is now able to perform at such a high level in his hobby of gatekeeping.
How is this gatekeeping? Just pointing out how different levels of skaters push! Everyone can push good with practice
@@johnnyringer poser/beginner might be the big ole gate keepy red flag m8
Lmaooo so true. 😂 Gatekeeping is so cringey.
@johnnyringer you keep trying to defend yourself but what you said implies you're hate keeping. The "poser/begginer" comment is what people are talking about.
Hey bro. Just dropping I. To make sure you know that for this example it’s / to separate as 2 different things. Not 2 different words for the same thing.
It’s ending the video holding the board by the trucks for me 😭
I love how the 90s style pants are really like REALLY back, it's a gigantic throwback.
The real poser is the guy recording himself in a tiktok eboy outfit
hes wearing a regular outfit what
this isnt an eboy outfit though...
its definitely an eboy outfit, overused oversize cargo with an ugly stussy shirt
This is a convo for a 14 y/o
ok unc
True
I always skated mongo. I could push regular just fine, but mongo was always comfy for me. It never caused me problem with doing any tricks that anyone else was doing. I HATE when some videos say its wrong. Nothing is "wrong" if it works for you.
im skating literally 3 days and im skating like this the best one i never saw someone who skate like you did when it was a "poser" person
“As long as you’re skateboarding, it’s all love”
then proceeds to call beginners posers 😂
True 👍🏼
Unless you push mongo like a serial killer
@@johnnielurker take a moment to think how contradictory the statements “poser or beginner” and “as long as your skateboarding, it’s all love.” are. And then use that thought process to realize that the / was not an or, it was an and.
@@johnnielurker he's a f'n cornball.
The mall grip💀
If you actually noticed the way he held his board in the beginning you might wanna spend some more time skating and less time caring how someone carries a board, i didnt give it a second look til i saw your comment
Grab
Get it right, “Mall Grab”
been skating 17 years and still mall grab
Been skating since i was 6, and no one has been able to explain why this matters, im 32 now.
You can tell someone’s skill level just by looking at their shoes. Switch rips, where their flick is, etc…
Posers brought back them jncos from the 90s that I wanted to fade away so bad in high school!
*Starts the video with a mall grab*
"We can tell how good or bad they are at skating"
lmao im' glad i wasn't the only one that noticed that
I had a friend that used to grab and hold his by a wheel.
... Strangest shit I've seen but hell whatevers comfortable i guess
it’s just a mall grab i always do it it’s literally the perfect handle lmao
Mall grab for life! I don't always carry by the trucks, but when I do I prefer Dos Equis!
@@yooboydikkie5063harms your bushings over time
I love watching beginners waddle on their board it’s like watching myself from someone else’s point of view how bad we all were at one point.
That's how I feel too Lol
This applies to pretty much everything. As a chess player, we can tell wether someone's a beginner just by how they touch/move the pieces on the board.
I started skating a year ago and I slowly get comfy driving off curbs and on it I have tried doing Ollies a bit but I havent grasped the concept yet, but I wish I will get it in the future!
“If you push like this you’re a goddamn idiot”
“No matter how ya push, as long as your in that board brahjski” 🤟🏽🤙🏽
Riiiiiiight, gotcha
it's clearly clickbait
Can’t forget the hand on the thigh push. That’s how you know the dude has been at it for a long time
it’s always when i been skating to somewhere for over an hour n my legs boutta give out lmao
FR!
For sure, the long slog
I do this
Skating has three rules - dont push mongo, dont carry mall grab, and make up you own rules for yourself if you want, but not for anyone else.
I love those front foot on the truck bolts, with long, hard, fast pushes and arms scooping in front and behind me putting full shoulder and thighs into it. Just straight dogging it down a smooth road. That’s the best feeling.
Bro is gatekeeping skateboarding 💀
we need to keep gatekeeping a bit more so mfs like this wont do these dumb ahh ticktocks
fr
How? Just pointing out how different levels of skaters push! 👍🏼 with practice everyone can push good
@@johnnyringer but why? everyone that spent some time on their board can already tell the difference, but if ur doing it for fun then i understand i guess but still u could do some trick tips instead of these useless shorts/tiktoks that call beginers posers, i could see myself as some beginer and get demotivated from u calling the first push poser, u know just saying…
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The 90s called they want their jeans back
All my buddys are out skating in bag jean shorts and im just baffled. Like we were just born when that was a big thing. I guess I shouldnt judge the guy outskating me though
@@RickDrift I prefer bigger jeans because of flexibility. Tight/skinny/regular jeans feels too constricted for me when skating. Plus, air flows up in them a lot easier. Great for hot days.
What are those jeans from?
@@domingoishotyba9968 From a dark place called the 90s, Some remeber it with delight, but plenty remember it with sheer dread, specifically skaters who were trying to functionally skate.
@@domingoishotyba9968 JNCO were the most popular brand of that era. They were big enough to lift a case of beer without anyone noticing.
Bro is roasting most skaters and called it all love
Video: “No matter what though, if you’re on a board then it’s all love.”
Also Video: “This is how posers or newbies push.”
The last push is how you end up flying when you hit a pebble lol
When you're at that point in skating, you likely already took some tough falls, and would be fine with taking a fall once in a while. Coming from a seasoned longboarder🙏🏻
What is your stance to avoid being sent by a pebble?
@@jakemccoy I usually squad down a bit deeper to allow a bit more room for my board, a bit like the springs under a car
@@ramon_Huft That may work if you see the pebble. If you run up on a rock that is going nowhere, the board is stopping.
@@jakemccoy i usually stand on my other foot to keep minimal contact with my board directly in the middle of it because I'm a super-mega-pro-advanced skater
It's not fair to call a newbie a poser. It's just a matter of learning how to do it clean.
Im gonna start skating like on a skateboard so thank you for helping me. Right now im a beginner
“As long as you’re skateboarding it’s all love”
*calls beginners posers*
He didn't, he just said they ride the same
@@littlezfor99-07 but you are still clumping them together and discouraging beginners from getting into it which anyone who actually wants to be helpful wouldnt do
if you really care about what they think, then don’t skate at all, beginners are posers if you make yourself one, if you try and genuinely put time and effort into skating then you aren’t a loser, you’re a beginner, who cares if they call you a poser, prove to other people that you aren’t by actually showing up to the skatepark to skate or put in effort outside the park as well, eventually you’ll have style and confidence and you won’t be a poser anymore, too bad people skate to look cool nowadays
He said / which means "or", he didn't call beginners posers dummy butt
@@wamsly2334 my main comment was just for fake internet points bro. But he still puts beginners and posers in the same group, which kind of implies that they’re comparable which is stupid.
One thing that I think turns away new skaters is the fear of being called a poser as it’s mostly known as a bad thing but most people in skating use it to refer to a beginner so I hope if anybody reads this and wants to start skating you go do it!!!
Getting jumped by ODB's ghost for stealing his jeans is what would scare me.
if i try to learn to skate n someone in the skate park calls me a poser im giving them a fuckn hiding lol
Been riding since I was 8. 23 now. Don’t plan on stopping.
Thx for the ending bc im just started out i was getting decent got my board stolen and just got a new one so i dont really remember much and i feel self conscious i hope i can relearn and get good
Skaters really are each others worst enemies
''in the wild'' had me cackling!
I love when shorts perfectly loop 🤌🏾
Oh man when i would skate around i would always have music goin and i would be dancing while riding and keeping my balanced. I even kinda learned to ride with only being on one foot. People think skating is scary but once you get used to it its so relaxing
brother calling beginner skateboarders "posers" when he's mall grabbing 💀💀💀
he literally said in a short that he does mall grabbing just because its more comfortable
@@special3704that's why people mall grab lol it's much more comfortable than any other way but you're still going to be called a poser
Thats the joke tho
Ngl mall grabbing is the most comfy way to hold a board
I’m new to skating what’s mall grabbing?
Your feet don’t just keep getting closer and closer, there’s no wrong way to have your feet on the board except for how close he had them on the last one
You have to find your footing fr. I'm surprised some people push mongo
@@alejandroramirez4470 push mongo idk why
Great way to make me never try skateboarding haha
When I just started I hated being called a poser for pushing bad or not knowing tricks, skating is one of those hobbies that is the most gate kept lmao
It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or been skating for years, everyone will be friendly if you just talk to them
"It's all love"
"If you're a beginner, you're a poser"
This is why I didn't get into skateboarding.
Poor baby
You gotta not give a shit what others think yo. Skating is prob not gonna be everyones cuppa tea tho i think anyone can do it if they really want to, how far you want to go just depends on your own tenacity, you dont have to be jumpin stairs and flippin the shit all willy nilly, you can just cruise around and you'll get comfortable with practice. Tho getting into tricks is way easier if you have a cpl homies learning with you at a similar skill level to motivate each other and such.
My problem is that I suck at just about every trick, but I love just cruising so I’ve got a solid push
Great video and love that you show love to beginners because we all start somewhere
This is so true. Thanks for putting this into a short 👍
Gotchu!
@@johnnyringerman, advanced level is when you’re not pushing from the ground at all, but just zigzagging. I can do it from zero speed and even uphill. When ppl see me doing it on the street they can’t even understand what is going on😊
@@user-tk2jm3qi3ythat's called tik tacking you use the turning momentum to get speed haha
@@johnnyringerhave you tried to SKOG (skate jog)? It’s when you switch between both feet for pushing casually (yes, sometimes mongo) and also switch between riding goofy and regular constantly. I learned it when riding downhill everyday with the local pros from landyachtz, rayne, and o-tang. Best cruising tips I’ve gotten. Your legs never cramp.
@@mikeillaoi9198tiktacking was beginner in my day.. Advanced? Its the second thing i learnt.. and its not even functional..
Legends use their head to stand on the board and their tongue to push
Bro I have been watching your videos from starting and now you r getting some good views bro 😊
Bringing that push knee all the way up is a good sign
Legends are pushing mongo.
No one taught me to skate so lonely kid me learned to push mongo first lol
I only been skating for a month now but I can definitely tell I’m an intermediate pusher
🙌🏼🙌🏼
wait till you break your whole face with those pushes.
Don't act dum.
Personally I'm less of a skater and more of a longboard guy because of my size 230lbs
Plus my feet are big and I overall feel like there's never enough room on a regular skateboard.
I prefer the longboard because it rolls further, the ride is smoother, overall it feels fun and like I have more control over my balance. Great overall for transportation or cruising around.
I was never good at tricks but you can learn how to Ollie on a longboard as well it just needs more oomph.
I bought a longboard designed for hill bombing and it minimizes the speed wobbles and it's easy to drift around corners with special wheels.
But skateboarding and longboarding are just different styles of the same sport. Just like how there's NASCAR and Derby's.
I wanna learn how to skate so bad
As long as you're skating, it's all love. i gave up on skating a while ago but i love your message bro.
its like when someone picks up their instrument, you can tell if they're good or not by the way they hold it. doesn't matter if you're new. go ahead and keep at it as long as you don't pick up a scooter :D
Gunna start riding my scooter again just cuz you told me not to
@@corruptedfate13w mans
@@NpR222 lmfao finna go pro😤
I love how he says all love for all skaters after saying beginner skaters are posers.
as a beginner i skate as a advanced but i can never stay on the board instead i just jump off 😭
If you saw me cruising you’d think “yeah this guy knows what he’s doing” but I legit can’t even Ollie… you could say I took posing to a pro level
same. I skated for years mostly just to get around. Used street decks where I lived because I prefered the feel, mobility, and the double kicktail over a traditional cruiser style. Never got into tricks because I watched a friend brutally injure his nutsack while grinding a rail, and the mental image stayed with me for years.
Yep, I push like a pro but I lost my balls after a bad spill. I can still ollie fine and I'll kickflip about 1 out of 10. Not really a big bag of tricks though.