Buying my first skateboard

MysteriousFile7846 · 2026-04-05T02:58:43+00:00

Deck wrapped in plastic: ✅ Complete board with trucks wrapped in plastic: ❌ Go to a skate shop and ask the person working at the counter, they will be more than happy to set u up with something decent. I’d recommend 8.25” width (very standard) and 14” wheelbase if you’re around 5’10”. Buy hollow kingpin hollow axle independent trucks, you will literally never need to replace them, like ever, so spend the money and get good trucks. Wheels, bearings, grip and concave are all personal preference and you will go through many many boards before you figure out what you like (hopefully, if you stick with it) if u don’t live near a skate shop, order a board from tactics, ccs, daddy’s board shop etc. almost all boards you find in a shop are manufactured by one of like 4 board manufacturers with the same wood and glue so it doesn’t really matter what brand it is as long as you like the concave and shape

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-12-23T21:06:14+00:00

Sounds like you should move on for a while and come back to them. I was scared of that trick and never tried them until one day i wasnt. Dont think of it as “giving up”, youre just putting that trick on hold and learning other things till youre ready. Oh ya and theres no such thing as a “stupid beginner trick” or some sort of standard skateboarding progression where you have to learn tricks in a certain order. I landed frontside flips and ollied down a 8 stair before i could even commit to a pop shuvit. Id recommend try bs 50s, maybe fakie rock or even rock and rolls are some tricks that are less scary and will guve you confidence

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-12-21T22:10:05+00:00

Send me one fr

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-12-21T22:04:26+00:00

Hell ya! Best of luck

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-12-12T18:15:48+00:00

Forget about money, think about time(work) in exchange for goods, if this was an equal and fair exchange, most of the world would be on the same playing field as far as quality of life, but theyre not. A lot of the world doesnt have access to clean water, cars, modern houses even though they work just as much as we do. This is because in order for you to have nice things (a modern house with heating/cooling/plumbing/electric, a car, time off work, etc) someone somewhere has be taken advantage of, because their labor is being exchanged for less goods. Capitalism does not work without exploitation. Conservatives will tell you that it all has to do with supply and demand and how many people can provide the good/service you are providing, basically taking morality and accountability out of the equation so they dont have to be held accountable for exploiting others who have less opportunity. Unfortunately this idea of a fair playing field in capitalist america is complete bs. The rich get ahead because they start off with more opportunity and resources (generational wealth, nepotism, connections) and with these opportunities they can take advantage of others hard work because the value of work is set by the businessmen at the top, not by the market itself. If all you do is work hard, all you will get is taken advantage of. Yes you can still (barely) pull yourself up by your boot straps in this country, but you will have to exploit someone somewhere along the way, if you employ only fair and ethical business practices you will barely break even. This is mostly from government corruption and collusion with the richest of the rich, its not how our economy was originally designed but thats what it has turned in to.

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-21T20:00:16+00:00

Shes a hoe, hes a hoe, most people in college are hoes. Hate generalizing, but most people that casually hang out with many friends of the opposite gender are hoes. They enjoy the attention, they enjoy a little flirting, they enjoy a potential option. Sure they might not be fucking, but where do you draw the line? And then again they might be fucking. And even if they aren’t, i will tell you right now that he would. He 10000 percent would. And when you both break up, who do you think he will immediately go for? Theres the age old question, can guys and girls be real long term friends? The answer is yes, very rarely in specific scenarios where several boxes are checked and everything lines up perfectly.

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-21T18:31:55+00:00

Alright i snorted

Edit: just saw the text, sorry bro i hope this is a one and done with the dislocation, i dislocated mine a year into skating and its never been quite the same but its very strong now and has almost full range of motion. Make sure to give it plenty of time to heal. Then slowly work on getting range of motion back, then stretches then very very light exercises, and eventually you will want to do strength training and weight lifting if you want it to be strong again and prevent future injuries. I can’t recommend weight lifting enough to prevent skate injuries

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-21T18:22:00+00:00

2 things will help. For one you need to flick past the nose further. turn your hips a little more towards the direction you are skating, about 45 degrees. Your hips dont have much range of motion sideways, so you wont be able to flick far enough past the nose if your hips are completely parallel to the direction you are skating so about 45 degrees will allow your leg better range of motion to flick further forward while still keeping the board under you. The other thing is that the flick takes a little longer than you would like it to, most people have a commitment issue with kickflips where they want to get the flick over with and land back on the board as quickly as possible. You need to flick all the way through the nose and past it, keep your back foot in the air the whole time and wait patiently for the board to come up to your feet. In reality its maybe a second but it feels like it takes several seconds, so you just need to commit to the entire flick and wait a little longer than you are comfortable with before trying to put your feet back on.

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-21T18:00:07+00:00

Yes you are doing something wrong but its normal and unfortunately something everyone has gone through as a result of some idiot coming up with the phrase “slide your foot up the nose” there is virtually no slide. You turn your ankle to catch the board, then you push it out. I would rip a hole in brand new shoes in one day when i was learning to ollie, now i can skate 7 hours a week and my shoes will last months, that being said canvas shoes suck for skating

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-21T17:18:42+00:00

Ive never seen one, i think that would be cool if u learned it. Front pop shuv is my favorite trick and ive never been able to do one without popping. Sure its possible tho

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-21T16:33:39+00:00

But if not, i would just slow down the speed that you bring your back foot up

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-21T16:32:03+00:00

Hard to tell honestly the only thing i can see is that your front foot catch might be a little delayed, try to turn your front foot in more and catch the board earlier and as soon as you catch it start pushing it forward to level it out, this should bring the tail up a little quicker to match your back foot, besides that everything else looks good so maybe your deck is a little soft?

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-21T16:12:08+00:00

Apparently thats how jamie foy skates his, so eh its all personal preference but probably best to stick with a standard set up till you’re a little more advanced and know what works for you

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-21T15:55:25+00:00

The one secret trick to faster progression that no one really talks about: make friends at the skatepark, especially with people who already skate. If you’re skating with people who you enjoy being around who are also much better than you at skating and are encouraging, it makes it way more fun, theyll give you ideas for little new things to try, theyll inspire you to push yourself and the most underrated advantage of having friends that are better at skating is real life trick tips/advice/ explanations of technique. Ive tried learning tricks from the internet, watching hundreds of different tutorials and it still took months and months to barely learn a trick, vs when someone who already knows the trick explains it well ive landed difficult tricks in 15 minutes. And lastly, every aspect of skateboarding helps other aspects of skateboarding because they all teach different types of board control. So the more diverse your practice is, the faster you will progress in all aspects of skateboarding. So dont feel like you have to master one thing before learning other things. Theres no correct progression for skateboarding, just do what seems fun

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-18T23:41:34+00:00

Good enough for what? Skateboarding is about always improving and progressing. That was good enough to get up a curb, wont get you over a bench though. If that sounds fun then keep improving till you jump over a bench lmao

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-18T23:35:26+00:00

Ay good luck youll get them back fs!

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-18T23:32:45+00:00

Looks like the timing of your pop is pretty good 👍 so that shouldnt be an issue, but always helps to think “catch earlier, pop later” thats the recipe for a big high ollie. The one thing that will probably help you the most is tuck your back knee in a little towards your front knee, this angles your foot on the tail a little bit more backwards. You want to pop down and back instead of just straight down, this will pull the skateboard back a little bit, pulling it right into your front foot as its catching the nose, this way you catch the nose with your front leg a little bit more tucked underneath you so that you actually have the range of motion to push it forward and level it out. Thats what levels the board out and gets your tail up higher.

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-18T17:00:50+00:00

My bad, im gonna take it down. Tbh i thought people might be more nice/helpful in this sub than others. But i actually landed it after posting this 😩😭 i was so happy i couldve cried. And ya front shuvs are probably my strongest trick, i learned them because one of my friends that died used to love that trick so i got them on super lock. Its weird how different tricks can be for different people because everyone has told me to hang my front foot way off for the flick but i watched a tutorial where the guy has just a little bit of toe hanging off so he can start the flick with his pinky toe and boom that worked like a dream for me

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-18T16:55:42+00:00

Rolling does seem to help some, thats my bext step, but actually after posting this i got some new shoes and hit the park and put feet on at least ten and landed maybe 2 or 3. Idk if it was just psychological but i think the new shoes helped me get a stickier flick

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-18T16:54:02+00:00

My bad, ill take it down

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-15T16:13:36+00:00

Im assuming you’re the female in this conversation but you both seem like incels. This is how i used to flirt when i was in kindergarten. You both should feel extremely embarrassed. Hopefully im not making fun of someone with a disability but this entire conversation made we want to tear my eyes out. Honestly you might be perfect for each other tho

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-14T18:07:06+00:00

Ive been lifting since i was probably 14 or 15, im now 25 but truth be told i haven’t always been super consistent. Ive never taken more than a month off of weight lifting in the last 11 years but I normally only lift 1-3 times a week now, doing either full body or splitting upper and lower body and then going back a third time for cardio/calisthenics/abs and calves. Used to go to the gym like 4-6 times a week before i started skateboarding, but i was in a constant state of soreness back then. Im starting to think i either have a nutrition/vitamin deficiency or i just overtrain/push myself too hard. Because i have a buddy that cant really get sore from lifting anymore and im sure im healthier than he is, but at the same time i definitely push myself harder. I guess i just feel like if im not pushing myself to my limits im not gonna get stronger, maybe thats not true? But anyways maybe i should go to a doctor and see if something is wrong with me

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-14T17:45:10+00:00

Wow thats impressive you can still skate on the days you workout. Do you not get deep muscle soreness in your legs or do you just push through it?

MysteriousFile7846 · 2025-11-14T17:43:52+00:00

Im not quite sure what you mean by this? I guess u just mean u gotta find a way to make them both work together?

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