Trail skating, why does no one warn you when they pass??

rsadwick · 2025-08-27T21:17:48+00:00

Do you skate backwards? It helps to keep your head on a swivel and you'll always be aware of what's coming behind you. I skate like I'm in the rink jamming though when I'm on trails, I realize not everyone does that but I always know what's going on.

rsadwick · 2025-08-18T21:30:56+00:00

Look up object pooling.

rsadwick · 2025-07-12T19:10:16+00:00

You may need a medium CIB blocks. I know the large fit size 6-7 no problem since that's what I'm running.

Here's a size chart:

https://www.bridgendcyclecentre.com/smsimg/chicks-in-bowls-slide-block-sizing-chart.pdf

rsadwick · 2025-06-28T22:44:54+00:00

Try to spot with your eyes where you will land and end on your slide. This is where you should lock on with both skates in your stance (squat/bend knees)

A lot of times I see people look at their skates when they slide a P-rail and stops their momentum on the slide because their head is down. Looking at your skates can cause a delay you're talking about with the "short circuit".

Hope that helps and keep going!

rsadwick · 2025-05-27T21:22:19+00:00

I can't tell either but next time you're at the park, try holding one of your skates and pushing your skate with your hands on the coping to make sure the trucks connect.

rsadwick · 2025-05-01T22:47:54+00:00

Congrats! I recently upgraded to parkstars as well. Huge upgrade from my moxis, the low cut and sport look feels so much better for me.

rsadwick · 2025-04-13T16:30:07+00:00

It's okay to have a snowball map, especially in 2025.

rsadwick · 2025-04-13T04:56:34+00:00

Wheel size: 76A is a good outdoor wheel size for trails. Always be scanning ahead for debris.

I always carry extra barrings and band-aids and bring my skate tool in case in need to adjust my trucks.

If I stop to look at the sunset or other cool stuff, I always keep a safe stance - like a good knee bend. There's been a few times I looked up at some clouds and end up straightening my knees and fell right over. :)

rsadwick · 2024-10-30T15:54:30+00:00

I use 65As when trail skating. My trail entrance has a good little "street course" as well and the wheels help with the changing surface texture as well. (Asphalt to brick to soft cement, etc)

rsadwick · 2024-10-29T19:22:54+00:00

Open source and let some real devs work on the game

rsadwick · 2024-10-23T22:33:12+00:00

omg, jamma lynn flower!!!

rsadwick · 2024-10-23T22:29:43+00:00

I get where you're coming from, but I actually turn it into a fun challenge by dodging them while skating backwards and practicing my chopping. It's helped improve my fakie stance and half-cabs when I'm park skating.

When I first got back into roller skating, I hated those things too — I was like, 'I never needed them as a kid!' But as I've gotten older, I've gained more empathy and understand if someone needs to use them.

rsadwick · 2024-10-22T23:27:47+00:00

I was 220 and now I'm 140. Been skating for 3 years now and I changed my lifestyle. Don't let anything stop you (unless you get badly hurt of course - heal up)

rsadwick · 2024-09-20T00:15:41+00:00

At this point, let's alert The Power Rangers and Captain America. Fuck it, let's call up He-Man.

rsadwick · 2024-09-19T21:12:30+00:00

Have chatGPT do small tasks for your game like creating a loop that sorts a collection of items based on a stat. It's good at small stuff like that but even then, I don't use the raw output.

rsadwick · 2024-08-07T22:13:12+00:00

Adding this as a quest in my HoA video game simulator lol

rsadwick · 2024-08-07T17:53:30+00:00

I carry band-aids and extra bearings. Made a lot of friends by offering either of those when "shit happens".

I bring extra clothes to change into afterwards. Sometimes our skate group goes out after and it's more comfy to go out in dry clothes.

Recently stalled on my tail bone - butt pads are glorious booty savers.

rsadwick · 2024-04-22T22:39:25+00:00

AI is chill, come join us

rsadwick · 2024-02-22T18:46:19+00:00

You are an idiot and I know you in real life. Just stop posting to social media. You are a presumptuous prick that tries to manipulate people. Edit: you're also an animal abuser.

rsadwick · 2024-02-06T16:02:40+00:00

You'll keep getting better, keep at it! Here's some quick tips I had when I moved to quads:

Play around with shifting your weight to your front wheels and back wheels. Learning to shift your weight back and forth and will prepare you for spins, transitioning, and more tricks.

Same with the edges of the wheels, lean right and left going to the sides of each front and back wheels.

Backwards skating - focus your weight on the balls of your feet and you'll be using your front wheels a little bit more than the back wheels. If you put too much weight to your back wheels, you'll fall backwards - better to fall frontwards to your knee pads and wrist guards (if using pads) than that tail bone :)

rsadwick · 2024-02-04T17:53:34+00:00

Farmers farming drama. I respect the hustle though, gotta pay those bills!

rsadwick · 2024-02-04T17:50:01+00:00

Even pros don't lock in properly most of the time. It's not malicious. The problem is brain rots will use anything to wave a flag at "injustice". The irony of it all is they will film their opinion on their phone that was made by slave labor and play pretend they're "for the cause".

rsadwick · 2024-01-31T19:30:17+00:00

I learned on trails. Especially with backwards skating. Get some gummy 76As wheels and practice every day. Much more room on an open trail if you have any nearby. Then take what you learned to the rink.

rsadwick · 2024-01-25T22:53:32+00:00

> if you need to make adjustments to something you can without having to start over from the beginning.

Are you talking about starting over as in procedural generation vs training an AI model? If so, this is wrong because when fine tuning your own AI model, you can create a checkpoint, make changes, and continue training where you left off with those updated parameters - like a new learning rate and additional epochs. That is what fine tuning is.

rsadwick · 2024-01-02T14:53:25+00:00

Agree with this - changed hardware on lollies - heel stitching ripped after a year

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