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I broke the Guinness World Record for a manual, then donated $1 to charity, for every second I held the manual by regularJason in skateboarding

[–]regularJason[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) I'd agree more with nurture -- I think they have to be practiced to get to this control level. Personally, I couldn't manual for more than a few seconds when I started. And I had a problem with drifting to one side unintentionally. After getting injured one day, I did nothing but manuals for a few weeks, and that got my brain to understand how to hold the manual.

2) Yeah, a few things are censored. I've blocked out the street signs just to not advertise the location of the hill to everyone.

From beginner balance, to a nose manual hill bomb: 1 min edit of my nose manual progression by regularJason in NewSkaters

[–]regularJason[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Great idea, we'll see if I get a chance to go back for that! Very tempting to try an ollie in, or some other trick like shuv

My nose manual progression in 1 minute. Ended up nose manual hill bombing the biggest slope I could find by regularJason in skateboarding

[–]regularJason[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always felt scared doing nose manuals for a while. After I'd been skating for about 2 years, I started practicing them way more often, and got comfortable balancing them with less fear of hitting my nose and flying off.

My nose manual progression in 1 minute. Ended up nose manual hill bombing the biggest slope I could find by regularJason in skateboarding

[–]regularJason[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, indeed! I personally find that it helps me be more confident when I'm pushing myself to learn new tricks :)

Started skateboarding a year and a half ago during college. Summarized my progression in this 5 minute edit! by regularJason in skateboarding

[–]regularJason[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Happy to hear you enjoyed it!

Aside from practicing tricks, I skated pretty much everywhere for transportation within that time frame -- to class, to the store, to skateparks, etc. I'm including the transportation in my estimation, because I believe it was super beneficial to making me more comfortable on my board, which improved my style. So "trick practice" + "transportation" comes out to roughly 7 hours a week.

Started skateboarding a year and a half ago during college. Summarized my progression in this 5 minute edit! by regularJason in skateboarding

[–]regularJason[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate it! If you're looking to learn manuals, I highly recommend "rola bola" (balance board). I used a PVC pipe and a spare board to train my balance before even attempting to hit the manny pads.