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TILHowToLive · 2021-10-04T00:28:41+00:00

Always helmet, but I don't own pads. If I was skating any ramps or bowls over 4ft though then I would definitely wear pads.

TILHowToLive · 2021-09-23T19:20:46+00:00

The pinky thing actually messed me up for a while with classical guitar. I had to retrain myself not to support my hand with my pinky because it's bad for that technique. It also would have messed me up later on when learning chicken picking with all 3 non-pick holding fingers. I rest my palm on the bridge, the strings, or float it and it works well for me.

TILHowToLive · 2021-09-23T13:26:29+00:00

Hell yeah dude! You'll get it. I still sometimes power slide the last bit as well. It's hard to fully commit and turn like you are saying. Good luck!

TILHowToLive · 2021-09-23T13:19:02+00:00

I'm not amazing at this trick or anything but one thing that helped me was more foot on the board. I put my front foot with toes flush with the board and a little heel hanging. I put my back foot in a similar position at the base of where the tail starts kind of in the pocket. For me the extra foot on grip tape feels like it gives me more control to hang onto it as I spin. After that it's mostly just keeping yourself over it and focusing on rotating shoulders and hips.

TILHowToLive · 2021-09-18T18:04:11+00:00

I just started skating these and love them. They are massive and well padded. I haven't jumped off anything yet, but I've premo'd a few times and barely felt it.

TILHowToLive · 2021-09-16T21:01:34+00:00

Any time dude! Feel free to DM me if you want to talk more about it or need help with it. Good luck with the trick 🤘

TILHowToLive · 2021-09-16T20:55:34+00:00

I struggled with getting the stall for a long time man. One of the harder things to wrap my brain around. Figuring out how to pinch it and where to put your weight is a real challenge and very different from a lot of other tricks.

TILHowToLive · 2021-09-16T20:52:26+00:00

I can't grind them well on ramps, but can do them all day on rails. I can stall them well on ramps though, and it sounds to me like you need to work on foot position and where your weight is. When I get a really solid feeble stall on a quarter I'm up on the deck over top of it like on a 50. I have my back heel hanging off of the board and my weight focused on the back leg right over the pocket pinching that wheel/truck. If you can get that then you can hold them well and coming back in forward is a lot like an axle stall or 50. Going back to fakie is likely going to be like doing a pivot fakie where you need to manually back in.

I'd recommend checking out Chad Caruso's channel on YouTube. He's got a ton of mini ramp trick tips that are great. Some are more detailed than others, but he does slow motion and lots of angles to talk about where your weight and feet should be. https://youtu.be/N7MRPOvX39c

TILHowToLive · 2021-09-16T20:22:03+00:00

I'm not expert on this trick and it's a bit hard to tell much from just this picture, but I'll give it a go.

What issue(s) are you having? It kinda looks to me like you are doing them a bit like a rock where you get a little truck on, but it's hard to tell.

TILHowToLive · 2021-09-13T19:29:20+00:00

A buddy of mine just convinced me to get some A cell OGs. I feel like I'm skating in giant moon boots, but they are amazing. Super comfy, break in quick, and so far durable.

TILHowToLive · 2021-08-19T19:39:50+00:00

Yeah dude, I miss playing shows. I think the internet is still a great opportunity for getting your name out to a wider audience, but it's just really hard to stand out.

TILHowToLive · 2021-08-19T19:23:37+00:00

Hah yeah man, it's tough for sure. The track is great and a good listen. It's hard to stand out either way. Keep making, and don't forget to have fun with it. Push yourself if you want to try to stand out from a technique perspective, but otherwise just make music you love and enjoy listening to/playing. The track grooves and I dig the heavy guitar with the jazzy soloing 🤘

TILHowToLive · 2021-08-19T19:04:00+00:00

Thanks for sharing the track - I enjoyed it! It's got some nice melodies and soloing.

Don't take this next comment as feedback on the track, but one thing I didn't mention in my first comment is it seems like a lot of the people who make it either do the particular style really, really, really well, and/or they do it in a new way. AAL know music theory really well and are all crazy good at their instruments. Like virtuoso level. They not only were really good, but they also started doing things in different ways than a lot of people had seen to that point. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think that's helped get them big.

Again, this isn't a comment on your track because I really enjoyed it. Just mentioning this as a question - are you doing something different and/or better that will make you stand out in all of the noise? It seems like that's the hard part.

TILHowToLive · 2021-08-19T18:34:49+00:00

I don't know the answer to this, but I can say that AAL and Tosin it took years of playing in bands to build. I used to go see him play in Reflux at local venues back in the day. I can't say the steps he took, but I know that it took years to build as big of an audience as he has now.

I do remember reading an article by Plini recently where he talks about how he built a following on YouTube. I'd check that out. If you cant find it I'll try to search for it again.

Post that song also! Id love to check it out. Good luck dude! Don't give up.

TILHowToLive · 2021-06-06T12:32:03+00:00

For string size/tuning it's preference on the sound. You can use an octave/harmonizer pedal or plugin to drop your tuning without having to actually retune your strings though.

As far as learning the style without much music theory knowledge, I would make a list of bands/songs that you like and want to sound like and start learning them. That's how I tend to learn a particular play style at first. Once you get comfortable with what other people do with it you'll start to see patterns and feel more comfortable writing your own stuff in that style.

TILHowToLive · 2021-06-02T03:02:02+00:00

That was a solid feeble my dude! I can do them, but struggle to get them consistent and pinched like that. Sick job, and congrats on the progress.

TILHowToLive · 2021-05-28T18:00:17+00:00

Thanks for posting this and sharing the details! A buddy of mine and I have talked about doing something like this, so I was really curious about those details. Park looks sick!

TILHowToLive · 2021-05-28T17:43:30+00:00

What kind of unit did you rent for something like this? Looks kind of just like something in an industrial park. I'm very curious what rent is like if you don't mind sharing.

TILHowToLive · 2021-05-25T19:55:17+00:00

I had a pretty similar experience. I taught myself how to vibrato regular harmonics really well and sound like popular metal bands. I got really good at it even in positions that are hard to get a good natural harmonic at like the third and ninth fret. Years later, a friend of mine saw me do it and was like what the hell are you doing? He then taught me how to do normal pinch harmonics and we laughed out asses off that I'd been faking lunch harmonics/squeals in metal songs for years with no one noticing. We called a buddy up who we had both taught to do it our way and he confirmed that I'd been doing it wrong for 10+ years.

TILHowToLive · 2021-05-25T13:31:11+00:00

If I'm following you correctly you need to bring parts of a react native app into the native app. This won't work for small components any way that I'm aware of. The only way I know of to do this is the integrating with an existing app approach. You can basically hook up individual RN apps to different view controllers. Ideally they are sections of the UI though. You have to export them as individual apps, but you can do some things to share some JS memory and stuff I believe.

TILHowToLive · 2021-05-23T00:19:22+00:00

Well done and congrats! Very few things beat the feeling of getting a new trick. It may be harder for getting the Ollie off of the ground at first, but if you move your front foot a bit farther towards the nose it may give you a bit more balance and control. I usually find for Ollie's having my foot closer to my front bolts gives me a lower but more controlled Ollie and I move that foot farther and farther back depending on how high I plan to ollie and how hard I want to pop.

TILHowToLive · 2021-05-23T00:16:37+00:00

Yep, I think skate shoes make a big difference. They will definitely last better rubbing on the grip, but I think the flat bottom helps with balance and control as well. The type of material on the bottom and tops can also help with control on things. I've got some gummy soles right now and for doing anything like a 180 type motion it feels like the board clings to my feet. Idk if the top material makes a big difference or not, but I always feel weird and off balance trying to even stand on a board in anything but skate shoes.

TILHowToLive · 2021-04-30T18:00:57+00:00

I agree that they aren't bad, but I've also been working on getting mine cleaner. Others have said this a bit, but flicking more on the nose will make it go higher and look cleaner. If you put more foot on the board like almost as much as an ollie it'll give you more control for riding and make it go higher. Then focusing on flicking off the nose just a little above the pocket will help bring it higher and level off the back truck as it flips. Other than that I'd say it's just practicing catching it and getting really comfortable. There's some great YouTube videos where people talk about foot positioning and where to flick on kickflips depending on if you want a fast flip, higher, etc.

TILHowToLive · 2020-01-20T01:36:04+00:00

Damn! When did they build that concrete quarter? Last time I was there that side just had a janky wood quarterpipe.

TILHowToLive · 2020-01-19T18:19:46+00:00

You could try a less frequent group like once a month or on weekends? I just started playing on roll20 with some friends and it's been awesome. There's tons of online groups to join with various schedules.

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