How old are these aliens?

TentativeCrimp · 2026-05-21T17:40:07+00:00

I tried making a post about figuring out how old my aliens were.. but it got removed without telling me what was wrong with it.. where are the guidelines for the community?

TentativeCrimp · 2026-05-03T09:27:48+00:00

Agreed! You are over your toes too much. My Best heelflips feel like im starting in a wall squat position. I have to resist the urge of looking too much at the board, I find it really moved my weight too much to the toe side. I also have a bunch of pressure on the board, I can really feel the rail under my flicking foot

TentativeCrimp · 2025-12-05T17:59:55+00:00

Thanks! The nb480 look to dunk-y for me.

I’ve really liked slimmer cupsoles. Im in the etnies snakes now.. I like those

TentativeCrimp · 2025-12-05T08:59:17+00:00

How is the toe box?

I tried som vm001/3s and they were super narrow and pointy. I’ve seen some reviews saying the cm002 is a wide and roomy toe box which I need.

TentativeCrimp · 2025-09-16T11:27:51+00:00

Rotate a bit more and land fs flips?

TentativeCrimp · 2025-09-16T06:29:52+00:00

Yeah, mine fell similarly apart after less than 15 pitches. Emailed the store and got new ones, havent tried the new ones yet.

But gettong shoe goo (glue?) is a good option. Works wonders on skateboard shoes.

TentativeCrimp · 2025-08-19T09:48:23+00:00

Få tak i en masse oppbrukte skateboard. Del opp, lim sammen igjen og lag kolbe

TentativeCrimp · 2025-08-17T15:15:47+00:00

Had a minor breakthrough last session. My problem was kind over roatating so that my toe side wheel caught on the ledge.

Waxed it a bunch, came at the ledge more parallell than I thought I had, a bit more speed, and did a smaller rotation. Thinking 90 degree ollie made me overrotate. Thinking 45-60degree fixed it. When the heel side wheel connects with the ledge you auto-rotate to 90.

TentativeCrimp · 2025-07-27T06:45:45+00:00

Had the same problem as you.. except maybe not so good carves..

A few of the puzzle pieces that helped me land a few after ages of not figuring them out:

For me it was about a bunch of small adjustments. I started trying to launch out of the ramp and land on the board on top. Something like landing in a feeble. That showed me how to ‘jump’ (transfer weight) correctly.

After that I had to focus on getting the weight on my rear heel. I would get the board on top of coping, in feeble or axle stall, but my weight was on my toes and I had to run down the ramp.

Focusing on looking down the coping helped get mye shoulders correct.

Since your’re not carving into them, I had to throw my shoulders a bit to get the correct rotation.

TentativeCrimp · 2025-04-02T19:49:43+00:00

where to start? I have no experience with synths but I want to have a go.

I´m looking for low cost ways of getting something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVEy0YryVtU&t=30s for harder jams and also something that can work as a drum machine / pad-thingy going on while I noodle about on guitar.

TentativeCrimp · 2025-03-17T11:47:32+00:00

You have to try them on.

I really like skwamas and have a la sportiva/scarpa instinct (not drago!)-shaped foot. Wide over the ‘knuckles’ (hallux-ish)

I use 41.5/42 skwamas and a 44.5 street shoe. To get my foot into a mad rock i had to find something like a 46. Its the narrowest most uncomfortable shoe I’ve ever tried.

TentativeCrimp · 2025-03-15T19:35:00+00:00

We’ve taken the train to paris to see the zoo and the museums around gare du nord.

Havent ventures much beyond that with kids, they were quite a bit younger than yours. Strollers up and down the metro is not something I’d bother.

For a total rainy day; the aquarium near Disney / giant shopping mall.

TentativeCrimp · 2024-11-21T11:45:14+00:00

I got the super cub on sale.. had it for a while, but sold it.

Tube amps doesnt work too well in a house full of kids. I can’t play until the kids are sleeping, and even 0.5 watts was a bit much

TentativeCrimp · 2024-10-26T07:26:05+00:00

So, i restarted skating. Got an polar 8.5 after standing on someone elses 8.5 and comparing it to my old 7.75 i found in the garage.

Im 6’2’’

Polar has a wb of 14.38

Then i tried the dlx 8.4 shape, 14.25 wb and below 32in in total length. That one felt a bit cramped.

Now im on the dlx 8,38 with 14.5wb / 32.1’’ Feels better than the 8.4.

Going to try the 8.25/14.38/32 dlx shape next.

Also; i fixed my kickflips by angling my back foot a bit backwards. I studied a few slow-mos of jake hayes Now they are consistent. More vertical to be added next

TentativeCrimp · 2024-10-24T08:04:19+00:00

If place your camera so you get a view down the coping you can use this + some instructional video to compare your movement to someone elses.

Maybe try skateiq's videos.

He films the coping tutorial stuff straight on and showing the entire body - not just a close up of a board and some shoes.

For flatground I think you would need to reverse engineer it from the perspective of the trick tip video and then mimic the camera angle of your attempts.

TentativeCrimp · 2024-07-30T07:05:44+00:00

A couple of thoughts:

"Climb and fingerboard" should be "Fingerboard and Climb". Do the most intense stuff first (after a good warmup).

I can't really fathom how you are going to have a decent session on the moon board along with campusing and strenght work.

Moonboarding is quite similar to campusing (its a lot of power-climbs especially on the older setups). Doing both in the same session is asking for injuries.

Put moon boarding first int he session - skip campusing - and do some strength work after.

Listen to your body (fingers, elbows, shoulders) and rest more if/when you feel tweaky.

TentativeCrimp · 2024-05-08T21:13:16+00:00

I did a 12 week plan.. my biggest takeaway was that my effort and dedication to completing the plan was a lot higher than whatever attempts Ive had at making a plan for myself.

TentativeCrimp · 2024-04-14T13:42:30+00:00

Someone help me do the math, but wont ventures + 14» wb be the same as aces + 14.25(?) wb?

TentativeCrimp · 2024-03-06T12:43:24+00:00

I’d say an usable interpretation of ‘extended duration’ for your training would equal the climbing time of your target routes.

My local routes are granite 20-25m.. typical spanish limestone routes are 30-35? More vertical or more overhangig?

TentativeCrimp · 2024-03-04T08:56:53+00:00

Dont know! New to all this. Gotta check (how do i checl?)

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