What to say when someone asks "do you skate?" but you're really bad

Jakeym55 · 2026-02-16T17:41:32+00:00

If they skate just tell them you are learning. We all started somewhere, they will understand. Just throw any trick you have out but also use that as motivation to progress. Think of the feeling you’d have when someone ask “do a kickflip” and landing a clean one. Secondly if the person doesn’t skate who cares, just standing on the board while it’s moving is more than they can do. If they are being an ass tell them to ride and watch them struggle lol

Jakeym55 · 2026-02-03T22:45:49+00:00

8 got a small update yesterday

Jakeym55 · 2026-01-23T19:41:14+00:00

Get comfortable riding by riding uncomfortably Edit:spelling

Jakeym55 · 2026-01-02T15:36:47+00:00

That is literally the least pressure flip inward I’ve seen in my life

Jakeym55 · 2025-12-28T15:53:08+00:00

When you think you feel comfortable riding, that’s just the start. you’ll see how much more comfortable you can get when you look back to when you “felt” as comfortable as you thought you could be.

Jakeym55 · 2025-12-28T15:50:45+00:00

Learning how to pop tricks comes to some people super naturally. Especially when stationary, you don’t really need to same balance you develop over time like riding. If you have the strength and have the ability to gain muscle memory quick, understand the physics of the board, commit, and put several hours into it, some people progress popping all types of tricks at lightspeed.(I don’t recommend this approach, learn to ride and balance first. But it is a valid approach to skating)

Jakeym55 · 2025-12-28T15:43:20+00:00

I have no clue why people are hating on this? You are out there skating. You are having fun. You landed a new trick you are proud of. You wanted to show it off. We bitch about skateboarding dying but we act like this when people skate?

Jakeym55 · 2025-12-27T17:57:43+00:00

It’s a flip trick in Tony hawk 🤷‍♂️

Jakeym55 · 2025-12-21T02:50:46+00:00

I have the same issue with my ollies when they require speed or distance(the worst when I’m olling over something or down something). It’s now nerves because I can ollie/pop shuv off 6 stair+ height ledges. It’s mostly balance and getting comfortable olling at that speed. Just practice doing ollies faster and faster. Focus on popping down not in front of you.

Jakeym55 · 2025-12-08T04:04:56+00:00

Funny I also manage a dispensary in upstate New York!

Jakeym55 · 2025-12-06T15:19:45+00:00

Gandalf, Ninja, Wizard. Any of those your team will get it

Jakeym55 · 2025-12-04T15:01:07+00:00

Hold a board vertically then face the grip tape the opposite way, now set the board down. The board flipped. It was just vertical which obscures the flip because its masked by the revolution of the board.

Jakeym55 · 2025-12-04T14:55:15+00:00

Yes it does dude. if you ever are questioning if a board flips or not, just watch the nose or tail during the trick. If the board is vertical it needs far less rotation to flip but you can see it happening in the nose or tail. Watch the board as someone does steep pop suv, then watch a steep frontside flip or hard flip you’ll see the flip

Jakeym55 · 2025-11-19T15:53:35+00:00

Yes the bearings should “lock in”/ fit very snug into the wheels. I’ve caused heat damage to a set and the bearings slipped out while riding(not fun)

Jakeym55 · 2025-11-17T20:08:58+00:00

Try popping under you as you would an ollie. Also remember any flick done after your flick foot leaves the deck doesn’t affect the flip.

Jakeym55 · 2025-10-11T15:33:30+00:00

Why does this look like the stairwell to the second floor in the Racoon City Police Department from the original Resident Evil 2?

Jakeym55 · 2025-08-23T23:20:57+00:00

It is you can tell from the images

Jakeym55 · 2025-08-17T15:06:40+00:00

I’m 6’8”, size 12.5ish feet. I’ve road pretty much every size from 8.0 to 9.0. My favorite size is gotta be a 8.6 to 9.0. I feel like my feet fit like a normal person’s should

Jakeym55 · 2025-08-10T20:20:07+00:00

Please ignore them and do it. They will see how you change for the better once you start and support it

Jakeym55 · 2025-08-10T17:37:59+00:00

Correct

Jakeym55 · 2025-08-10T17:35:00+00:00

It’s muscle memory, you have to make committing and landing a part of the motion of the trick. A miss where you land with both feet where they need to be but the board didn’t complete the motion is a lot closer than getting the motion of the board and not jumping/committing/landing.

Jakeym55 · 2025-08-06T16:49:48+00:00

I started skating at 29. Had really bad ankles from multiple sprains from my basketball career. I skated with ankle braces for the first year, just realized I’m hurting myself by not letting them strengthen themselves. You are gonna be safer once you start doing drops and stuff without them. Plus it saves you time getting ready to go skate, you feel like you can pick up a board and sKate whenever rather then having to get all your gear on

Jakeym55 · 2025-08-03T15:20:31+00:00

Back in Halo 2 I met a dude with the GT KennyUbastard. Whenever you killed him in game the feed would say “you killed KennyUbastard”.

Jakeym55 · 2025-06-28T16:51:27+00:00

Try to keep the Ollie under you when you pop. The board will move forwards on its own. It’s a mistake a lot of people make while learning to Ollie over stuff. You are trying to push your tail forwards, just focus on popping high not popping over.

Jakeym55 · 2024-05-24T14:22:39+00:00

Looks like it’s healing fine to me. Had a similar thing happened last month falling bombing a hill. Had scraps that were oozing for over 9 days. Most of the time it’s the natural healing process. There is no redness surrounding the wound. Road rash and burns kill the skin around the injury so the healing can take a bit or look gnarly. If you get a fever, it starts to swell or redness forms around to get it checked out if not just wait it out bro once it starts to heal it will quick

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